 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - Počet stránok 316
...standard flies. 110 See ! from the hrake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on trinmphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in hlood, and panting heati the ground. Ah ! what avails his glossy, varying dyes, 115 His purple crest,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - Počet stránok 474
...invest ; Sudden they seiae the' amaz'd, defenceless prize, And in high air Britannia's standard flies. See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on trinmphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - Počet stránok 334
...invest ; Sudden they seize the' amaz'd, defenceless prize, And in high air Britannia's standard flies. See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining... | |
 | Poetry - 1804 - Počet stránok 184
...world, And ftretch'd along the main. THE PHEASANT. See ! from the brake the whirring pheafant fprings, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is...in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glofiy varying dyes, His purple creft, and fcarlet circled eyes ; The vivid green his (hining... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - Počet stránok 526
...short and sharp, like the shrill swallow's cry. The spring of the pheasant is heard in these lines: See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings. The following verse gives us the sound of felling trees in a wood. Loud sounds the axe, redoubling... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - Počet stránok 328
...invest ; Sudden they seize the' amaz'd, defenceless prize, And in high air Britaunia's standard flies. See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on trinmphant wings : Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - Počet stránok 308
...invest; Sudden they seize th' amaz'd, defenceless prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs....Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarleUcircled eyes, The vivid green his shining... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - Počet stránok 604
....Siijjen they stive th' ama/.'<l, defenceless prize, Andhi?h in air Britannia's standard Bies. Sec! he man who loves ii his joy ; hi- feels ihe fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting boats the ground. Ah ! what... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - Počet stránok 314
...invest; sudden they seize th' amaz'd, defenceless prize, and in high air Britannia's standard flies. 110 See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, 115 his purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, the vivid green his... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - Počet stránok 312
...invest; sudden they seize th' amaz'd, defenceless prize, and in high air Britannia's standard flies. 110 See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, 115 his purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, the vivid green his... | |
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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, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled... 
