 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
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 636 דפים
...Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs : But here or there1, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher....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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1881 - 638 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...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 Arnold - 1881 - 626 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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1882 - 630 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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Colwell - 1882 - 104 דפים
...of 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." Only, it is but fun to him at the worst, and at the best it can be no more, while to some human beings... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1883 - 426 דפים
...of 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; MATTHEW PRIOR, A Simile. 224. Hodge Bacon. Roger Bacon. Bob Grosted. Robert Grosseteste. Cf. I. ii.... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1884 - 472 דפים
...bells a-top ? — Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chimes, Tin' 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, Tliat frisk it under Pindus' shades. I ft noble songs, and lofty odes, They tread on stars, and talk... | |
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