 See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground, Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, 115 His purple crest, and...  English Forests and Forest Trees, Historical, Legendary, and Descriptive - Strona 1091853 - Liczba stron: 406Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - Liczba stron: 600
...invest, Sudden they seize th' amaz'd defeneeless prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. , to t 11 1« purple erest, and searlet-cirri к I eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - Liczba stron: 536
...invest , Sadden they seize th' amazed, defenceless prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...wings : Short is his joy, he feels the fiery wound, Flatters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, Hie purple... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - Liczba stron: 316
...short and sharp, like the shrill swallows cry. Sound of a howstring. , The string let fly The Pheasant. See from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings. Scylla and Charybdis. Dire Scylla there a scene of horror forms, And here Charybdis fills the deep... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - Liczba stron: 270
...bow-string, The string let fly Twang'd short and sharp, like the shrill swallow's cry. The Pheasant. See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings. Scylla and Charybdis, Dire Scylla there a scene of horror forms, And here Charybdis fills the deep... | |
 | 1826 - Liczba stron: 540
...myself those beautiful lines of Pope — "See from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mount*, exulting, on triumphant wings. Short is his joy ;...ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes. His purpled crest, and scarlet-circled eyes! The vivid green, his shining plumes unfold. His painted wmfrs,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - Liczba stron: 286
...bum-string. The. string let fly Twang'd short and sharp, like the shrill swallow's crjThc Pheasant. Soc ! from the brake, the whirring pheasant springs. And mounts exulting on triumphant wings. 'Srylla and Charybdis. Dire Scyllathere a scene of horror forms. And here Oharybdis fills the deep... | |
 | Lindley Murray, John Walker - 1826 - Liczba stron: 314
...bowstring. , The string let fly Twang'd short and sharp, like the shrill swallows cry. The Pheasant. See from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on trinmphant wings. Scylla and Ckarybdis. Dire Scylla there a scene of horror forms, And here Charybdis... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - Liczba stron: 276
...bow-string. • The string let fly Twang'd short and sharp, like the shrill swallow's cry. The pheasant. See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings. Scylla and Charybdis. Dire Scylla there a scene of horrour forms, A.nd here Charybdis fills the deep... | |
 | James Jennings - 1828 - Liczba stron: 526
...food can be obtained. POPE has finely, yet painfully, descrihed the Pheasunt in his Wmdsor Forest: "See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting, heats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy varying dyes, His purple crest and scarlet-circled eyes,... | |
 | James Jennings (of Huntspill.) - 1828 - Liczba stron: 528
...food can be obtained. POPE has finely, yet painfully, described the Pheasant in his Windsor Forett: "See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...exulting on triumphant wings; Short is his joy, he feels lhe fiery wound, Flatters in blood, and panting, beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy varying... | |
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