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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... rate fize The trout abhors , and the rank morfel flies ; And if too small , the naked fraud's in fight , And fear forbids , while hunger does invite . 160 Thofe Those baits will best reward the fisher's pains , Whose 10 RURAL SPORTS .
... rate fize The trout abhors , and the rank morfel flies ; And if too small , the naked fraud's in fight , And fear forbids , while hunger does invite . 160 Thofe Those baits will best reward the fisher's pains , Whose 10 RURAL SPORTS .
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John Gay. Those baits will best reward the fisher's pains , Whose polish'd tails a fhining yellow ftains : Cleanfe them from filth , to give a tempting glofs , Cherish the fully'd reptile race with mofs ; Amid the verdant bed they twine ...
John Gay. Those baits will best reward the fisher's pains , Whose polish'd tails a fhining yellow ftains : Cleanfe them from filth , to give a tempting glofs , Cherish the fully'd reptile race with mofs ; Amid the verdant bed they twine ...
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... those hours when firft you felt the dart , Think on the restless fever of thy 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 ...
... those hours when firft you felt the dart , Think on the restless fever of thy 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 ...
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... those less destructive arms despise , Wide - waftful death from thundring cannon flies , One hour with more battalions ftrows the plain , Than were of yore in weekly battles flain . So love with fatal airs the nymph fupplies , Her dress ...
... those less destructive arms despise , Wide - waftful death from thundring cannon flies , One hour with more battalions ftrows the plain , Than were of yore in weekly battles flain . So love with fatal airs the nymph fupplies , Her dress ...
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... Those who give late are importun'd each day , And still are teiz'd because they still delay . If e'er the miser durft his farthings fpare , 460 He thinly spreads them through the publick square , Where , all befide the rail , rang'd ...
... Those who give late are importun'd each day , And still are teiz'd because they still delay . If e'er the miser durft his farthings fpare , 460 He thinly spreads them through the publick square , Where , all befide the rail , rang'd ...
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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.