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 24
עמוד 7
... leaves the task of day , 90 And trudging homeward whiftles on the way ; When the big - udder'd cows with patience stand , Waiting the ftroakings of the damfel's hand , No warbling chears the woods ; the feather'd choir , 95 To court ...
... leaves the task of day , 90 And trudging homeward whiftles on the way ; When the big - udder'd cows with patience stand , Waiting the ftroakings of the damfel's hand , No warbling chears the woods ; the feather'd choir , 95 To court ...
עמוד 16
... Leave the clear ftreams a while for funny plains . Should you the various arms and toils rehearse , And all the fisherman adorn thy verfe ; Should you the wide encircling net display , And in its spacious arch inclofe the fea , Then ...
... Leave the clear ftreams a while for funny plains . Should you the various arms and toils rehearse , And all the fisherman adorn thy verfe ; Should you the wide encircling net display , And in its spacious arch inclofe the fea , Then ...
עמוד 36
... leaves ; With the light fan fhe moves the yielding air , And gales , till then unknown , play round the fair . 185 190 Unhappy lovers , how will you withstand , 195 When these new arms fhall grace your charmer's hand In ancient times ...
... leaves ; With the light fan fhe moves the yielding air , And gales , till then unknown , play round the fair . 185 190 Unhappy lovers , how will you withstand , 195 When these new arms fhall grace your charmer's hand In ancient times ...
עמוד 55
... leaves , Through his pale veins green fap now gently flows , And in a fhort - liv'd flow'r his beauty blows . Let vain Narciffus warn each female breast , That beauty's but a tranfient good at best . Like flow'rs it withers with th ...
... leaves , Through his pale veins green fap now gently flows , And in a fhort - liv'd flow'r his beauty blows . Let vain Narciffus warn each female breast , That beauty's but a tranfient good at best . Like flow'rs it withers with th ...
עמוד 58
... leaves them to a woman's will ) With certain aim a golden arrow drew , Which to Leander's panting bofom flew : Leander lov'd ; and to the fprightly dame In gentle fighs reveal'd his growing flame ; 190 Sweet fmiles Corinna to his fighs ...
... leaves them to a woman's will ) With certain aim a golden arrow drew , Which to Leander's panting bofom flew : Leander lov'd ; and to the fprightly dame In gentle fighs reveal'd his growing flame ; 190 Sweet fmiles Corinna to his fighs ...
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.