 Poor little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together ? And dost thou prune thy trembling wing; To take thy flight thou know'st not whither ? Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing folly Lies all neglected, all forgot : And pensive, wavering,...  The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior - עמוד 134מאת Matthew Prior - 1907 - 150 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 דפים
...their young, And teach the callow child her parent's song. PRIOR. Poor, little, pretty, flutt'ring thing, Must we no longer live together? And dost thou prune thy trembling w ng To take thy flight thou know'st not whither? PRIOR. The cheerful birds no longer sing; Each drops... | |
 | James Edward Cowell Welldon - 1898 - 368 דפים
...corporis, Quae nunc abibis in loca Pallidula, rigida, nudula, Nee, ut soles, dabis jocos ? " " Poor little pretty fluttering thing, Must we no longer...melancholy, Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st not what." Can any words be more sorrowful or more hopeless ? There is in them no sense of gain, but all is loss.... | |
 | James Edward Cowell Welldon - 1898 - 368 דפים
...soles, dabis jocos ? " 1 Odyssey, xi. 481;. The translation is that of Messrs. Butcher and Lang. " Poor little pretty fluttering thing, Must we no longer...melancholy, Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st not what." Can any words be more sorrowful or more hopeless ? There is in them no sense of gain, but all is loss.... | |
 | Robert Needham Cust - 1898 - 624 דפים
...Pallidula rigida nudula, " Nee, ut ante, dabis jocos " : rendered so nobly by the Poet Pope : " Poor little pretty fluttering thing, " Must we no longer live together? " And dost thou prune thy timid wing, " And take thy flight, thou kno west not whither? " I finally quote one living Poet, Mr.... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1899 - 498 דפים
...reader may see translated into our own language, with all the spirit of the original: — ft Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing. Must we no longer...To take thy flight, thou know'st not whither? "Thy pleasing vein, thy humorous folly, Lies all neglected, all forgot! And pensive, wavering, melancholy,... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 432 דפים
...abibia in loco ? Pallidula, rigida, nudula, c, ut soles, tlabis jocos. (Translation of Prior.) Poor little pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together ? And dost thou preen thy trembling wing, To take thy flight thou know'st not whither ? Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing... | |
 | Pauline W. Roose - 1900 - 294 דפים
...happy contrast to the trembling, apprehensive strain of Matthew Prior's verses — To His SOUL. " Poor little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer...not whither ? Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lie all neglected, all forgot ; And, pensive, wavering, melancholy, Thou dread's! and hop'st thou know'st... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1900 - 680 דפים
...this stanza in the following lines, which but feebly express the spirit of the original: " Poor hiilo, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together ; • And dost thou plume thy trembling wing, To take thy flight, thou knowest not whither? Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing... | |
 | Charles Henry Stanley Davis - 1901 - 738 דפים
...flame," is a paraphrase rather than a translation. We quote Prior's version: " Poor little, quivering, fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together...whither ? " Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing folly Lie all neglected, all forgot: And pensive, wavering, melancholy, Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 436 דפים
...Prior.) Poor little pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together ? And dost thou preen thy trembling wing, To take thy flight thou know'st...melancholy, Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st not what (Translation of Pope.) Ah, fleeting spirit ! wandering fire ! That long hast warmed my tender breast.... | |
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