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 14
עמוד 10
... tell thee proper bait to chufe ; The worm that draws a long immod❜rate fize The trout abhors , and the rank morfel flies ; And if too small , the naked fraud's in fight , And fear forbids , while hunger does invite . 160 Thofe Those ...
... tell thee proper bait to chufe ; The worm that draws a long immod❜rate fize The trout abhors , and the rank morfel flies ; And if too small , the naked fraud's in fight , And fear forbids , while hunger does invite . 160 Thofe Those ...
עמוד 53
... tell , Who to her jealous fears a victim fell . Here kneels the trembling hunter o'er his wife , Who rolls her fick'ning eyes , and gasps for life ; Her drooping head upon her fhoulder lies , And purple gore her fnowy bofom dyes . What ...
... tell , Who to her jealous fears a victim fell . Here kneels the trembling hunter o'er his wife , Who rolls her fick'ning eyes , and gasps for life ; Her drooping head upon her fhoulder lies , And purple gore her fnowy bofom dyes . What ...
עמוד 81
... plank I laid , And my felf pois'd against the tott'ring maid , High leapt the plank ; adown Buxoma fell ; I spy'd — but faithful sweethearts never tell , E 5 LOB . LOBBIN CLOUT . This riddle , Cuddy , if thou The SQUAB B LE . 81.
... plank I laid , And my felf pois'd against the tott'ring maid , High leapt the plank ; adown Buxoma fell ; I spy'd — but faithful sweethearts never tell , E 5 LOB . LOBBIN CLOUT . This riddle , Cuddy , if thou The SQUAB B LE . 81.
עמוד 85
... tell me oft in joking talk Of ashes , leather , oatmeal , bran , and chalk ; Unwittingly of Marian they devine , And wift not that with thoughtful love I pine . Yet Colin Clout , untoward fhepherd swain , Walks whistling blithe , while ...
... tell me oft in joking talk Of ashes , leather , oatmeal , bran , and chalk ; Unwittingly of Marian they devine , And wift not that with thoughtful love I pine . Yet Colin Clout , untoward fhepherd swain , Walks whistling blithe , while ...
עמוד 87
... spell o'er the pofy on thy knife , And with another change thy ftate of life ? If thou forget'ft , I wot , I can repeat , My memory can tell the verse so sweet . ge 95 As As this is grav'd upon this Knife of thine , The DITTY . 87.
... spell o'er the pofy on thy knife , And with another change thy ftate of life ? If thou forget'ft , I wot , I can repeat , My memory can tell the verse so sweet . ge 95 As As this is grav'd upon this Knife of thine , The DITTY . 87.
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.