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" Fierce in dread silence on the blasted heath Fell Upas sits, the Hydra-tree of death. Lo; from one root, the envenom'd soil below, A thousand vegetative serpents grow; In shining rays the scaly monster spreads O'er ten square leagues his far-diverging... "
The History of Allelopathy - Page 96
by R.J. Willis - 2007 - 316 pages
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Beauties of The Botanic Garden

Erasmus Darwin - Botany - 1805 - 224 pages
...the airy tides ; Nor handed moles, nor beaked worms return, That mining pass the irremeable bourn.— Fierce in dread silence on the blasted heath Fell...thousand vegetative serpents grow ; In shining rays the scaly monster spreads O'er ten square leagues his far-diverging heads ; Or in one trunk intwists his...
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The Oriental Voyager: Or, Descriptive Sketches and Cursory Remarks, on a ...

James Johnson - Voyages and travels - 1807 - 430 pages
...dread siK-nce, on the blasted heath Fell Upax sits, the hydra tree of Death. Lo ! from one root, th' envenom'd soil below, A thousand vegetative serpents grow • In shining rays the scaly monster spreads, O'er ten square I, agues, his far diverging heads, Steep'd in fell poison, as...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 17

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...the airy tides ; Nor handed moles, nor beaked worms return, That mining pass the irremeable bourn,— Fierce in dread silence on the blasted heath Fell...thousand vegetative serpents grow ; In shining rays the scaly monster spreads O'er ten square leagues his far-diverging heads ; Or in one trunk entwists his...
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The Botanic Garden: A Poem, in Two Parts; Containing The Economy of ...

Erasmus Darwin - Botany - 1824 - 246 pages
...the airy tides ; Nor handed moles, nor beaked worms return> That mining pass the irremeable bourn.— Fierce in dread silence on the blasted heath Fell Upas sits, the Hydra- Tree of death. i piuuuuie, uii tiiuae vegeuiinea : . liacps strong scent may do this in a :...
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The American Farmer

John S. Skinner - 1827 - 434 pages
...trickling rills, Nor tufted moss, nor leathery lichen creeps, In russet tapestry o'er the crumbling steeps. Fierce in dread silence on the blasted heath, Fell Upas sits, the hydra-tree of death." BOTANIC GARDKN. From what has been already observed, we see the circumstances necessary to germination:...
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Moral and Sacred Poetry

Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...airy tides ; Nor handed moles, nor beaked worms return, That mining pass the irremeable hourn. — Fierce in dread silence, on the blasted heath, Fell...sits, the HYDRA-TREE of death. Lo ! from one root, the envenomed soil below, A thousand vegetative serpents grow ; In shining rays the scaly monster spreads...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and ..., Volume 4

George Crabbe - 1834 - 346 pages
...enquiry. (2) [" Fierce in dread silence on the blasted heath Fell Upas sits, the Hydra tree of death. Ix> from one root, the envenom'd soil below, A thousand vegetative serpents grow ; In shining rays the scaly monster spreads O'er ten square leagues his far diverging heads, Or in one trunk entwists his...
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Voyage of the United States Frigate Potomac: Under the Command of ..., Volume 1

Jeremiah N. Reynolds - Science - 1835 - 648 pages
...information. The divinity of Darwin's muse has consecrated this fable in the following beautiful lines : — " Fierce, in dread silence, on the blasted heath, Fell...sits, the hydra-tree of death ! Lo, from one root, the envenomed soil below, A thousand vegetative serpents grow ! In shining rays, the scaly monster spreads...
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Voyage of the United States Frigate Potomac,: Under the Command of Commodore ...

Jeremiah N. Reynolds - Potomac (Frigate) - 1835 - 600 pages
...information. The divinity of Darwin's muee has consecrated this fable in the following beautiful lines : — " Fierce, in dread silence, on the blasted heath, Fell Upas sits, the hydra-tree of death ! Lo,'frora one root, the envenomed soil below, A thousand vegetative serpents grow ! In shining rays,...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: The borough, continued ...

George Crabbe - Poets, English - 1836 - 344 pages
...place for enquiry. , (2) [" Fierce in dread silence on the blasted heath Fell Upas sits, the Hydra tree of death. Lo from one root, the envenom'd soil below,...thousand vegetative serpents grow ; In shining rays the scaly monster spreads O'er ten square leagues his far diverging heads, Or in one trunk entwists his...
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