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 40
עמוד 18
... head , 320 His early flight th ' ill - fated partridge takes , And quits the friendly fhelter of the brakes : Or when the fun cafts a declining ray , And drives his chariot down the western way , Let your obfequious ranger fearch around ...
... head , 320 His early flight th ' ill - fated partridge takes , And quits the friendly fhelter of the brakes : Or when the fun cafts a declining ray , And drives his chariot down the western way , Let your obfequious ranger fearch around ...
עמוד 28
... head , From the broad top depending branches spread ; No knotty limbs the taper Body bears , Hung on each bough a fingle leaf appears , 10 45 20 25 Which fhrivell'd in its infancy remains , Like a clos'd fan , nor ftretches wide its ...
... head , From the broad top depending branches spread ; No knotty limbs the taper Body bears , Hung on each bough a fingle leaf appears , 10 45 20 25 Which fhrivell'd in its infancy remains , Like a clos'd fan , nor ftretches wide its ...
עמוד 31
... youth his flame declares , The Goddess with a nod his paffion hears . Far in Cythera ftands a spacious grove , Sacred to Venus and the God of love ; C 4 90 Here Here the luxuriant myrtle rears her head , Like the The 31 FAN .
... youth his flame declares , The Goddess with a nod his paffion hears . Far in Cythera ftands a spacious grove , Sacred to Venus and the God of love ; C 4 90 Here Here the luxuriant myrtle rears her head , Like the The 31 FAN .
עמוד 32
John Gay. Here the luxuriant myrtle rears her head , Like the tall oak the fragrant branches spread ; Here nature all her fweets profufely pours , And paints th ' enamell'd ground with various flow'rs ; Deep in the gloomy glade a grotto ...
John Gay. Here the luxuriant myrtle rears her head , Like the tall oak the fragrant branches spread ; Here nature all her fweets profufely pours , And paints th ' enamell'd ground with various flow'rs ; Deep in the gloomy glade a grotto ...
עמוד 37
... head - drefs finks and now afpires A tow'ry front of lace on branching wires . The curling hair in tortur'd ringlets flows , Or round the face in labour'd order grows . grace ; 205 210 215 220 2:25 How How fhall I foar , and on unweary ...
... head - drefs finks and now afpires A tow'ry front of lace on branching wires . The curling hair in tortur'd ringlets flows , Or round the face in labour'd order grows . grace ; 205 210 215 220 2:25 How How fhall I foar , and on unweary ...
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
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
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.