 | 1825 - 512 pages
...zebra wantonly tosses his mane, In fields seldom freshened by moisture or rain Ami the fleet-footed ostrich over the waste. Speeds like a horseman who travels In haste ; And the vulture in circles wheels high overhead. Greedy to scent and to gorge on the dead ; And the... | |
 | 1825 - 516 pages
...zebra wantonly tosses his mane, In fields seldom freshened by moisture or rain AI) the fleet-footed ostrich over the waste Speeds like a horseman who travels in haste -, And the vulture in circles wheel* high overhead, Greedy to scent and to gorge on the dead ; And... | |
 | George Thompson - 1827 - 532 pages
...timorous quagha's wild whistling neigh Is heard by the brak fountain far away ; And the fleet-footed ostrich over the waste Speeds like a horseman who travels in haste ; And the vulture in circles wheels high overhead, Greedy to scent and to gorge on the dead ; And t;he... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 604 pages
...timorous quagha's |||| wild whistling neigb Is heard by the fountain at fall of day ; And the fleet-footed ostrich over the waste, Speeds like a horseman who travels in haste, — For she hies away to the home of her rest, When she and her mate have scoop'd their nest, Far hid... | |
 | Stephen Kay - 1833 - 550 pages
...zebra wantonly tosses his mane, In fields seldom freshen'd by moisture or rain ; And the fleet-footed ostrich over the waste Speeds like a horseman who travels in haste ; And the vulture in circles wheels high overhead, Greedy to scent and to gorge on the dead ; And the... | |
 | Stephen Kay - 1834 - 468 pages
...zebra wantonly tosses his mane, In fields seldom freshen'd by moisture or rain ; And the fleet-footed ostrich over the waste Speeds like a horseman who travels in haste ; And the vulture in circles wheels high overhead, Greedy to scent and to gorge on the dead ; And the... | |
 | Thomas Pringle, Leitch Ritchie - 1837 - 386 pages
...the zebra wantonly tosses his mane, With wild hoof scouring the desolate plain ; And the fleetrfooted ostrich over the waste Speeds like a horseman who travels in haste, Hieing away to the home of her rest, Where she and her mate have scooped their nest, Far hid from the... | |
 | Thomas Pringle, Leitch Ritchie - 1839 - 392 pages
...the zebra wantonly tosses his mane, With wild hoof scouring the desolate plain ; And the fleet-footed ostrich over the waste Speeds like a horseman who travels in haste, Hieing away to the home of her rest, Where she and her mate have scooped their nest, Far hid from the... | |
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With wild hoof scouring the desolate plain; And the fleet-footed ostrich over the waste Speeds like a horseman who travels in haste, Hieing away to the home of her rest Where she and her mate have scooped their nest, Far hid from the pitiless plunderer's... 
