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 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 39
עמוד 3
... blefs'd by Fortune's hand , Nor brighten'd plow - fhares in paternal land , B 2 5 10 Long Long in the noifie town have been immur'd , Refpir'd CONTENTS OF FIRST VOLUME Ural Sports, a Georgic page The Fan, a Poem 25 Book 39 Book 49.
... blefs'd by Fortune's hand , Nor brighten'd plow - fhares in paternal land , B 2 5 10 Long Long in the noifie town have been immur'd , Refpir'd CONTENTS OF FIRST VOLUME Ural Sports, a Georgic page The Fan, a Poem 25 Book 39 Book 49.
עמוד 5
... hand : While with the mounting fun the meadow glows , 45 The fading Herbage round he loosely throws ; But if fome fign portend a lasting show'r , Th ' experienc'd fwain forefees the coming hour , His fun - burnt hands the scatt'ring ...
... hand : While with the mounting fun the meadow glows , 45 The fading Herbage round he loosely throws ; But if fome fign portend a lasting show'r , Th ' experienc'd fwain forefees the coming hour , His fun - burnt hands the scatt'ring ...
עמוד 7
... hand , No warbling chears the woods ; the feather'd choir , 95 To court kind flumbers to their sprays retire ; When no rude gale difturbs the fleeping trees , Nor afpen leaves confefs the gentlest breeze B 4 Engag'd Engag'd in thought ...
... hand , No warbling chears the woods ; the feather'd choir , 95 To court kind flumbers to their sprays retire ; When no rude gale difturbs the fleeping trees , Nor afpen leaves confefs the gentlest breeze B 4 Engag'd Engag'd in thought ...
עמוד 10
... hand . 145 Far up the stream the twisted hair he throws , Which down the murm'ring current gently flows ; 150 When if or chance or hunger's pow'rful fway , Directs the roving trout this fatal way . He greedily fucks in the twining bait ...
... hand . 145 Far up the stream the twisted hair he throws , Which down the murm'ring current gently flows ; 150 When if or chance or hunger's pow'rful fway , Directs the roving trout this fatal way . He greedily fucks in the twining bait ...
עמוד 13
... hand supply'd , Against the stream now gently let it play , Now in the rapid eddy roll away . The scaly fhoals float by , and feiz'd with fear Behold their fellows toft in thinner air ; 210 215 But foon they leap , and catch the ...
... hand supply'd , Against the stream now gently let it play , Now in the rapid eddy roll away . The scaly fhoals float by , and feiz'd with fear Behold their fellows toft in thinner air ; 210 215 But foon they leap , and catch the ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
Poems on Several Occasions: Rural Sports. the Fan. the Shepherd's Week ... <span dir=ltr>John Gay</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2016 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 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...
עמוד 97 - Last Valentine, the day when birds of kind Their paramours with mutual chirpings find, I...
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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.