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 31
עמוד 4
... turns ; While calumny upon each party's thrown , Which both promote , and both alike difown . Fatigu'd at last ; a calm retreat I chose , 15 20 And footh'd my harafs'd mind with fweet repofe , Where fields , and fhades , and the ...
... turns ; While calumny upon each party's thrown , Which both promote , and both alike difown . Fatigu'd at last ; a calm retreat I chose , 15 20 And footh'd my harafs'd mind with fweet repofe , Where fields , and fhades , and the ...
עמוד 14
... turns pale , and fears his dubious art ; He views the tumbling fish with longing eyes , While the line ftretches with th ' unwieldy prize ; Each motion humours with his fteady hands , And one flight hair the mighty bulk commands ...
... turns pale , and fears his dubious art ; He views the tumbling fish with longing eyes , While the line ftretches with th ' unwieldy prize ; Each motion humours with his fteady hands , And one flight hair the mighty bulk commands ...
עמוד 17
... turns , he winds , and foon regains the way , Then tears with goary mouth the screaming prey . What various sport does rural life afford ! What unbought dainties heap the wholfom board ! Nor less the spaniel skilful to betray , Rewards ...
... turns , he winds , and foon regains the way , Then tears with goary mouth the screaming prey . What various sport does rural life afford ! What unbought dainties heap the wholfom board ! Nor less the spaniel skilful to betray , Rewards ...
עמוד 21
... turns , and now at large she flies ; Till spent at laft , fhe pants and heaves for breath , 385 Then lays her down , and waits devouring death . But ftay , advent'rous mufe , haft thou the force To wind the twisted horn , to guide the ...
... turns , and now at large she flies ; Till spent at laft , fhe pants and heaves for breath , 385 Then lays her down , and waits devouring death . But ftay , advent'rous mufe , haft thou the force To wind the twisted horn , to guide the ...
עמוד 36
... turn'd neck inclos'd , And heaving breafts within the ftays repos'd , When the clofe hood conceal'd the modeft ear , E'er black - lead combs difown'd the virgin's hair Then in the muff unactive fingers lay , Nor taught the fan in fickle ...
... turn'd neck inclos'd , And heaving breafts within the ftays repos'd , When the clofe hood conceal'd the modeft ear , E'er black - lead combs difown'd the virgin's hair Then in the muff unactive fingers lay , Nor taught the fan in fickle ...
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.