Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728-1774 · Hildesheimer and Faulkner · leaf 40
tted woods where birds forget to sing,But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling;Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crowned,Where the dark scorpion gathers death around;Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake;Where crouching tigers wait their… … Far different these from every former scene,The cooling brook, the grassy vested green,The breezy covert of the warbling grove,That only sheltered thefts of harmless love. 38
Irish poetry -- 19th century · Etchings -- English
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