 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
 | Matthew Prior - 1860 - 338 דפים
...pleas'd with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs : But here or there, turn wood or Avire, He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with...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 poets - 1862 - 626 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... | |
 | John George Phillimore - 1863 - 456 דפים
...a rolling cage ? 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." — PRIOR. against any attempt to wrest from their hands the exorbitant power they now possess, or... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1864 - 518 דפים
...A squirrel spend his little rage In jumping round a rolling cage 1 But here or there, turn wood cir wire, He never gets two inches higher. So fares it...those merry blades That frisk it under Pindus' shades. t The account here given of William Lilly agrees exactly with his life written by himself, t Clear,... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1866 - 350 דפים
...The cage, as either side turn'd up, Striking a ring of bells a-top ? — Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs...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... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 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...fares it with those merry blades, That frisk it under Findus' shades. In noble song, and lofty odes, They tread on stars, and talk with gods ; Still dancing... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 דפים
...top? — Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks lie climbs : But, hero s waves o'er the cheerless ground. There let me wander...of eve, WTbeu sleep sits dewy on tho laborer's eyes Pi lidos' shades, In noble song and lofty odes, They tread ou stars, and talk with gods ; Still dancing... | |
 | Beata Francis - 1881 - 280 דפים
...Prior says : — 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. But I doubt whether the poor Squirrel is deceived for a moment. He can never really rest, and the monotonous... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 דפים
...bells at top ? — Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs: ead is spun, Drawn out and cut, ¡nul so is done. The roso williers, the blossom blasteth ; The Pimías' shades, In noble song and lofty odes, They tread on stars, and talk with gods; Still dancing... | |
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