Poems on Several Occasions: Rural sports. The fan. The shepherd's week. Trivia. The what d'ye call it; a tragi-comi-pastoral farceH. Lintot and J. and R. Tonson, 1753 |
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... hearts betrays . Mark well the various seasons of the year , How the fucceeding infect race appear ; In this revolving moon one colour reigns , Which in the , next the fickle trout difdains . Oft have I feen a.fkilful angler try . The ...
... hearts betrays . Mark well the various seasons of the year , How the fucceeding infect race appear ; In this revolving moon one colour reigns , Which in the , next the fickle trout difdains . Oft have I feen a.fkilful angler try . The ...
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... heart , Now he turns pale , and fears his dubious art ; He views the tumbling fish with longing eyes , While the line ftretches with th ' unwieldy prize ; Each motion humours with his fteady hands , And one flight hair the mighty bulk ...
... heart , Now he turns pale , and fears his dubious art ; He views the tumbling fish with longing eyes , While the line ftretches with th ' unwieldy prize ; Each motion humours with his fteady hands , And one flight hair the mighty bulk ...
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... heart ; Think how you pin'd in absence of the swain ; 60 65 By thofe uneafy minutes know my pain . 70 Ev'n while Cydippe to Diana bows , And at her shrine renews her virgin vows , The The lover , taught by thee , her pride o'ercame 30 ...
... heart ; Think how you pin'd in absence of the swain ; 60 65 By thofe uneafy minutes know my pain . 70 Ev'n while Cydippe to Diana bows , And at her shrine renews her virgin vows , The The lover , taught by thee , her pride o'ercame 30 ...
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... heart ; If only fome bright toy can charm her fight , Teach me what prefent may fufpend her flight . Thus the defponding youth his flame declares , The Goddess with a nod his paffion hears . Far in Cythera ftands a spacious grove ...
... heart ; If only fome bright toy can charm her fight , Teach me what prefent may fufpend her flight . Thus the defponding youth his flame declares , The Goddess with a nod his paffion hears . Far in Cythera ftands a spacious grove ...
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... hearts ! When kindling war the ravag'd globe ran o'er , And fatten'd thirsty plains with human gore , At first , the brandish'd arm the jav❜lin threw , Or fent wing'd arrows from the twanging yew ; In the bright air the dreadful ...
... hearts ! When kindling war the ravag'd globe ran o'er , And fatten'd thirsty plains with human gore , At first , the brandish'd arm the jav❜lin threw , Or fent wing'd arrows from the twanging yew ; In the bright air the dreadful ...
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Poems on Several Occasions: Rural Sports. the Fan. the Shepherd's Week ... John Gay Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
againſt arms beneath Blouzelind bofom breaft Buxoma caft canft thou cheek Civic crown Cloacina cloſe coach COUNTRYMAN croud crown'd CUDDY damfel defcend diftant DORCAS dy'd Eclogues erft ev'ry eyes fafe fair fame feen fhade fhall fhining fhoes fhould fide fighs figns FILBERT filver fing firſt flain flame fleep flies flow fome fong foon ftand ftrains ftreams fuch fung fure fwain fweet fwelling Ghoft glowing hand haut-boy JOHN GAY KITTY laffes laft link-boy LOBBIN CLOUT loft Lubberkin maid mark the ground Mufe muft muſt ne'er night nymph o'er obfervations paffing paffion Paftoral PEASCO pinners plain play prefent raiſe rifing riſe rofe ſeen SERGEANT ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhow ſhow'r Sir HUMPHRY Sir ROGER ſkies ſpread Squire ſtand ſtate Stave ſteps ſtreet ſwain ſweet thee thefe theſe thofe three times mark toil turn me thrice verſe Virg Whofe Whoſe winds
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Página 12 - When if an insect fall, (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the whirling tide, Examines well his form with curious eyes, His gaudy vest, his wings, his horns, and...
Página 97 - Last Valentine, the day when birds of kind Their paramours with mutual chirpings find, I...
Página 166 - Proud coaches pass, regardless of the moan Of infant orphans, and the widow's groan ; While Charity still moves the walker's mind. His liberal purse relieves the lame and blind.
Página 11 - To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride ; Let Nature guide thee ! sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings...
Página 176 - Cracks the tough harness : here a pond'rous beam Lies overturn'd athwart ; for slaughter fed Here lowing bullocks raise their horned head. Now oaths grow loud, with coaches coaches jar...
Página 64 - In this also my love to my native country Britain much pricketh me forward, to describe aright the manners of our own honest and laborious ploughmen, in no wise sure more unworthy a British poet's...
Página 107 - ve seen, Set off with kerchief starch'd and pinners clean. Sometimes, like wax, she rolls the butter round, Or with the wooden lily prints the pound.
Página 169 - Let others in the jolting coach confide, Or in the leaky boat the Thames divide ; Or, box'd within the chair, contemn the street, And trust their safety to another's feet : Still let me walk...
Página 187 - His num'rous lowing herd; his herds he sold, And his deep leathern pocket bagg'd with gold; Drawn by a fraudful nymph, he gaz'd, he...
Página 188 - Yet there are watchmen, who with friendly light Will teach thy reeling steps to tread aright ; For sixpence will support thy helpless arm, And home conduct thee, safe from nightly harm.