 | James Wilson - 1840 - 500 страници
...learn from Pope that pheasant shooting was in vogue in Windsor forest during the reign of Anne : — See from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...is his joy, he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in hlood, and panting beats the ground ! Shooting — as practised with guns to which flint and steel... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 376 страници
...yet received that attention which they deserve, I shall lay a few brief specimens before the reader. See ; from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...wings ; Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flatten in blood and punting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy varying ilyes, His purple... | |
 | 1841 - 276 страници
...OCTOBER. Sec ! from the brake the whirring pheaaant springs, And mounti exulting on triumphant wiug>: Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters...in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarleUcircletl eyes. The vivid green his shining... | |
 | James Wilson - 1842 - 194 страници
...learn from Pope that pheasant shooting was in vogue in Windsor forest during the reign of Anne : — See from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground ! Shooting — as practised with guns to which flint and steel locks were attached — may be said... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1846 - 328 страници
...compare) When Albion sends her eager sons to war, Some thoughtless town, with ease and plenty bless'd Near and more near, the closing lines invest; Sudden...circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold 1 Nor yet, when moist Arcturus clouds the sky,... | |
 | Anne Kent - 1846 - 942 страници
...flood, Now range the hills, the gameful woods beset, Wind the shrill horn, or spread the waving net. See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes. VIOLET ALSINGER was so... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 страници
...not allowable to describe the season by a circumstance not proper to our climate, the vintage. — P. Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters...in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes. The vivid green his... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 страници
...compare) When Alhion sends her eager sons to war, Some thoughtless town, with ease and plenty bless'd, Near and more near, the closing lines invest ; Sudden...whirring pheasant springs, And mounts, exulting, on trinmphant wings : Short is his joy, he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 страници
...compare) When Alhion sends her eager sons to war, Some thoughtless town, with ease and plenty hless' d Near and more near, the closing lines invest; Sudden...in air Britannia's standard flies. See ! from the hrake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is his joy, he... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 страници
...compare) When Albion sends her eager sons to war, Some thoughtless town, with ease and plenty blest, Near, and more near, the closing lines invest; Sudden...in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining... | |
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See from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is his joy; he feels the fiery -wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled... 
