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...freedom, and joy, and pride, Afar in the desert alone to ride ! There is a rapture to vault on tbe champing steed, And to bound away with the eagle's...death-fraught firelock in my hand. (The only law of the de»crt land ;) But 'tis not the innocent to destroy, For I hate the hunt union's savage joy. Afar...

...the desert land ;) But His not the innocent to destroy, For I hate the huntsman's aavagc joy. Afnr in the desert I love to ride, With the silent bush-boy alone by my sideAway — away — from the dwellings of men, By the wild deer's haunt, ond the buffalo' ti glen}...

...bondman's sigh— Oh, then — there is freedom, and joy, and pride, Afar in the Desert alone to ride ! There is rapture to vault on the champing steed, And...firelock in my hand, (The only law of the Desert land,) a distance the most grotesque appearances, such as those of houses, quadrupeds, birds, &c. Burchell...

...in consequence of the censorship assumed by the Colonial Oo. vernment. Oriental Jlerald, Vol. 12. Т There is rapture to vault on the champing steed, And...firelock in my hand, (The only law of the Desert land,) But 'tis not the innocent to destroy, For I hate the huntsman's savage joy. Afar in the Desert I love...

...of Europgeo Sotith African poetry, we give our readers » stanza : — 1827.]. Southern Africa. 131 "Afar in the Desert I love to ride, With the silent...from the dwellings of men, By the wild deer's haunt, and the buffalo's glen ; By valleys remote, where the orihi plays ; Where the gnoo, the gazelle, and...

...assuming at a distance the most grotesque appearances, such as those of houses, quadrupeds, birds, 8cc. And to bound away with the eagle's speed, With the death-fraught firelock in my band, (The only law of the Desert land,) But 'tis not the innocent to destroy, For I hate the huntsman's...

...bondman's sigh — Oh, then, there is freedom, and joy, and pride, Afar in the Desert alone to ride ! There is rapture to vault on the champing steed, And...firelock in my hand, (The only law of the Desert land) — But 'tis not the innocent to destroy, For I bate the huntsman's savage joy. ' Afar in the Desert...

...these the very materiel of poesy ? Mr. Pringle has found them such : but he shall speak for himself. " Afar in the desert I love to ride, With the silent Bush-boy alone by my side : When the sorrows of life the soul o'crcast, And, sick of the present, I turn to the past; And the...

...their nest, Far hid from the pitiless plunderer's view In the pathless depths of the parched karroo. Afar in the desert I love to ride, With the silent bush-boy alone by my side. Away — away — in the wilderness vast, Where the white man's foot hath never passed, And the quivered Coranna...