...sun — With that sadness of heart which 110 stranger may scan, I fly to the deserts afar from man. Afar in the desert I love to ride, With the silent bush-boy alone by my sideWhen the wild turmoil of this wearisome life, With its scenes of oppression, corruption, and strife;...

...at the evening fall ; And the fiend-bJie laugh of hyenas grim Fearfully startles tho twilight dim. Afar in the desert I love to ride, With the silent bush-boy alone by my i Away — away—in the wilderness vast, Where tbe white man's foot hath never pasted, Ami the resile«*...

...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}...

...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 to ride, With the silent Bush-boy alone by my side : Away — away from the dwellings of men, By the wild deer's haunt, and the buffalo's glen ; By vallies remote, where...

...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 Bush-boy alone by my side : Away — away from the dwellings of men, By the wild deer's haunt, and the buffalo's glen ; By valleys remote, where...

...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 to ride, With the silent Bush-boy alone by my eidt : Away — away from the dwellings of men, By the wild dcer's haunt and the buffalo's glen ; By...

...such regions, — ostriches, quaghas, springboks, &c. We steered NNE by compass till sunset, when we Away — away in the wilderness vast, Where the white man's foot hath never pass'd, And the quiver'd Koranna or Bechuan Hath rarely cross'd with his roving clan : A region of...

...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...

...; And the mighty rhinoceros wallows at will, In the vlei where the wild-ass is drinking his fill. ' Afar in the Desert I love to ride, With the silent Bush-boy alone by nay side : O'er the brown Karroo, where the bleating cry Of the springbok's fawn sounds plaintively...

...te weze, daarln tegaan ; Ik zal u beschennen : You need not fear to go therein ; I'll protect you." AFAR in the desert I love to ride, With the silent Bush-boy alone by my side. When the wild turmoil of this wearisome life, With its scenes of oppression, corruption, and strife...