 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
 | Edward Bliss Reed - 1912 - 638 דפים
...moment, is his rule of life. There is no mystery or romance in such a nature; but at times we tire of " those merry blades That frisk it under Pindus" shades....and lofty odes, They tread on stars, and talk with gods."3 1 AR Waller, Prior, Dialogues of the Dead and other works in prose and verse, Cambridge, 1907,... | |
 | 1920 - 996 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...talk 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... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 דפים
...There, Thomas, didst thou never see ('T is but by way of simile) A squirrel spend his little rage 5 In jumping round a rolling cage? — The cage, as...under Pindus' shades. In noble songs and lofty odes, 15 They tread on stars and talk with gods; Still dancing in an airy round, Still pleased with their... | |
 | Thomas M. Woodman - 1989 - 180 דפים
...irreverence and has a deep temperamental suspicion of the false sublime. He remarks of poets that: In noble Songs, and lofty Odes, They tread on Stars,...talk 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... | |
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