When if an infeft fall (his certain guide), He gently takes him from the whirling tide; Examines well his form with curious eyes, His gaudy veft, his wings, his horns, and fize; Then round his hook the chofen fur he winds, 205 And on the back a fpeckled... The Works of the English Poets: Gay - Страница 8по Samuel Johnson - 1779Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| John Gay - 1753 - 282 страници
...He (hakes the boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the flream a waving foreft throw ; ZG« : , When if an infeft fall, (his certain guide) He gently...fize, Then round his hook the chofen fur he winds> 2«e And on the back a fpeckled feather binds, £o iuft the colours mine through ev'ry part, nature... | |
| Art - 1762 - 290 страници
...ftipping hook, He (hakes the boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the dream a waving foreft throw ; When if an infeft fall, (his certain guide) He gently...from the whirling tide; Examines well his form with carious eyes, His gaudy veil, his wings, his horns and fize, Then round his hook the chofen fur he... | |
| John Gay - 1770 - 216 страници
...hook, He fhakes the boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the ftream a waving foreft throw; zoo When if an infeft fall, (his certain guide) He gently...back a fpeckled feather binds, So juft the colours Ihine thro' every part, That nature feems to live again in art. Let not thy wary ftep advance too near,... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 страници
...difplays, He makes the boughs that on the margin grow. Which o'er the ftream a waving forcft throw -, When if an infeft fall (his certain guide) He gently...whirling tide; Examines well his form with curious eves, His gaudy veil, his wings, his horns, and fizc; Then round his hook the chofen fur he wiuds..... | |
| Thomas Best - 1794 - 182 страници
...foreft throw; He gently takes him from the whirling tide; When it an infeft fall., (his certain guide) Examines well his form with curious eyes, His gaudy...fize; Then round 'his hook the chofen fur he winds, And on the back a fpeckled feather hinds; So jult the colours lhine through ev'ry part, That Nature... | |
| John Bell - 1797 - 412 страници
...boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw, 200 When if an insect fall, (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the whirling tide, Examines well his fotm with curious eyes, His gaudy vest, his wings, his horns, and size; Then round his hook the chosen... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 512 страници
...piey. brook, And the coy fifh rejefb the fkipping hook, He (hakes the boughs that on the margin grow, "When, if an infeft fall (his certain guide). He gently...fize, Then round his hook the chofen fur he winds, ¿05 And on the back a fpeckled feather binds ; So juft the colours Ihine through every part, That... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 512 страници
...toughs that on'the margin glow, Which o'er the fhcam a waving foreft throw ; 200 When, if an infeñ fall (his certain guide), He gently takes him from the whirling tide ; P.xamines well his form with curious eyes, gaudy vert, his wings, his horns, and fizc, Then round... | |
| Thomas Best - 1808 - 204 страници
...'When if an insect fall (bis certain guide) . t Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw; ' ; ' ' He gently takes him from the whirling tide: Examines well his form with curious eyes,' Then round his hook the chosen fur he winds, H is gaudy vest, hit whip, Mi horns, and size; And im... | |
| English poetry - 1809 - 308 страници
...the boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw ; When, if an insect fall (his certain guide), He gently takes him from...Examines well his form with curious eyes, His gaudy vest, his wings, his horns, and size; Then round his hook the chosen fur he winds, And on the back... | |
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