 And when the timorous trout I wait To take, and he devours my bait, How poor a thing, sometimes I find, Will captivate a greedy mind; And when none bite, I praise the wise Whom vain allurements ne'er surprise.  All the Year Round - Seite 571864Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Izaak Walton - 1653 - 306 Seiten
...imitate ; In civil bounds I fain would keep, And for my pajl offences weep. And when the timer ous Trout I wait To take, and he devours my bait, How poor a thing feme times I find Will captivate a greedy mind: And when none bite, I praife the wife , Whomvain alurements... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1781 - 328 Seiten
...copy all : In Bounds (like theirs) I fain would keep. Like -them would (when I break them) weep, ~ V. And when the timorous Trout I wait To take, and he devours my Bait ; Haw f mall, haw poor a Thing, I find, Will captivate a greedy Mind: And when none bite, the Wife... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - 1822 - 494 Seiten
...contemplate, And seek in life to imitate : In civil bounds I fain would keep, And for my past offences weep. And when the timorous Trout I wait To take, and he...thing, sometimes I find, Will captivate a greedy mind : And when none bite, I praise the wise. Whom vain allurements ne'er surprise. But yet, though while... | |
 | Izaak Walton, John Hawkins - 1822 - 486 Seiten
...contemplate, And seek in life to imitate : In civil bounds I fain would keep, And for my past offences weep. And when the timorous Trout I wait To take, and he devours my bait, 7"jTow poor a thing, sometimes 1 find, Will captivate a greedy mind : And when none bite, I praise... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1824 - 512 Seiten
...contempla And seek in life to imitate : In civil bounds I fain would keep, And for my past offences weep. And when the timorous Trout I wait To take, and he...thing sometimes I find Will captivate a greedy mind : And when none bite, I praise the wise, Whom vain allurements ne'er surprise. But yet, though while... | |
 | 1833 - 776 Seiten
...take comfort against their obstinacy in humming some lines, of which I could only catch the following: "And when the timorous trout I wait To take, and he...thing, sometimes I find, Will captivate a greedy mind: And when none bite I praise the wise, Whom vain allurements ne'er surprise." Though Friend Izaak "knows... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1842 - 532 Seiten
...contemplate, Ami seek in life to imitate : In civil bounds I fain would keep, And for my past offence t weep. And when the timorous Trout I wait To take, and he devours my bait. Hair poor a thing sometimes I find Will captivate a greedy mind : And when none bite, I praise the... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1844 - 532 Seiten
...contemplate, And seek in life to imitate : In civil bounds I fain would keep, And for my past offences weep. And when the timorous Trout I wait To take, and he...thing sometimes I find Will captivate a greedy mind : And when none bite, I praise the wise, Whom vain allurements ne'er surprise. But yet, though while... | |
 | 1845 - 732 Seiten
...it — ' 1 was for that time, lifted above earth ; And pos3ess'd joya not promised in my birth.' " N ^ } ̶ C o_ w 6 t s iqnVa_ J r ξJ O R # W~ ښ$ % Ӧ+v D\ `[ 97 JR > D8) ^ #*GY ; And when none bite, I praise the wise Whom vain allurements ne'er surprise. " But yet, though while... | |
 | 1845 - 688 Seiten
...it — ' I was for that time, lifted above earth ; And possees'd joys not promised in my birth.' " And when the timorous Trout I wait To take, and he devours my bait, How poor a thing sometimes I lind Will captivate a greedy mind ; And when none bite, I praise the wise Whom vain allurements ne'er... | |
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