 Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs: But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry blades, That frisk it under Pindus  The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior - עמוד 137מאת Matthew Prior - 1858 - 475 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 דפים
...ring of bells a top; Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs: But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher." V. 224. Since old Hodge Bacon, and Bob Grosted.] Roger Bacon, commonly called Friar Bacon, was born... | |
 | 1820 - 190 דפים
...of bells a-top ; Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs ; But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher. PRIOR. THE SHEPHERD'S HOME. MY banks they are furnish' d with bees Whose murmur invites one to sleep... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 292 דפים
...bells a-top ? — Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs ; But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher. _ So fares it with those merry blades That frisk it under Pindus' shades. In noble songs and lofty... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 518 דפים
...see, ('Tis but by way of simile) A squirrel spend his little rage In jumping round a rolling cage ? But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets...those merry blades That frisk it under Pindus' shades. Till falling back still, for retreat, He fell to juggle, cant, and cheat :6 For as those fowls that... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 418 דפים
...see, ('Tis but by way of simile) A squirrel spend his little rage In jumping round a rolling cage ? But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets...those merry blades That frisk it under Pindus' shades. Till falling back still, for retreat, He fell to juggle, cant, and cheat :6 For as those fowls that... | |
 | James Hamilton Fennell - 1841 - 610 דפים
...bells a- top — Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs ; But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher." (Paioa.) But away»with the squirrel's treadmill, let him have a fixed residence ! Sir George Head... | |
 | George Moir Bussey - 1842 - 608 דפים
...of bells at top ? Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs. But here, or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets...inches higher. So fares it with those merry blades Who frisk it under Pindus' shades ; In noble songs, and lofty odes, They tread on stars and talk with... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 דפים
...inehes higher. So fares it with those merry blades, That frisk it nnder Pindns' shades, In noble song and lofty odes, They tread on stars, and talk with gods ; Still daneing in an airy ronnd, Still pleas'd with their own verses' sonnd ; Bronght baek, how fast soe'er... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1853 - 220 דפים
...of bells a-top. Mov'd in the orb, pleas' d with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs : But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets...with gods ; Still dancing in an airy round, Still pleas'd with their own verses' sound ; Brought back, how fast soe'er they go, Always aspiring, always... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 דפים
...bells at top ? — Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs : But, here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets...blades, That frisk it under Pindus' shades, In noble song and lofty odes, They tread on stars, and talk with gods ; Still dancing in an airy round, Still... | |
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