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... The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior - עמוד 174מאת Matthew Prior - 1907 - 150 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| James Parton - 1856 - 700 דפים
...bells a-top ?— Mov'd hi 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 pleased with their own verses' sound; Brought back, how fast soe'er they go, Always aspiring, always... | |
| Matthew Prior - 1858 - 500 דפים
...bells a-top? — Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs : 10 But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets...with gods ; Still dancing in an airy round, Still pleased with their own verses' sound; Brought back, how fast soe'er they go, Always aspiring, always... | |
| English poets - 1862 - 622 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 642 דפים
...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...with Gods ; Still dancing in an airy round, Still pleased with their own verses' sound ; Brought back, how fast soe'er they go, Always aspiring, always... | |
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