 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - 1850 - 630 Seiten
...almost as tame as chickens. This beautiful bird is elegantly described in the following passage : — " See ! from the brake the whirring Pheasant springs,...avails his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, his scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, Bis painted wings, and breast... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 Seiten
...compare) When Albion sendj her eager sons to war, Some thoughtless town, with ease and plenty blea'd, Near and more near, the closing lines invest; Sudden...defenceless prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flics. See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant nings:... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1851 - 348 Seiten
...Near, and more near, the closing lines invest ; Sudden they seize thr amaz'd, defenceless prize, l/o And high in air Britannia's standard flies. See !...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... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 Seiten
...deeply impressed his young imagination. His account of the dying pheasant is a fmished picture : — See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs...triumphant wings : Short is his joy, he feels the flery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Oh! what avail his glossy varying dyes,... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 Seiten
...compare,) When Albion sends her eager sons to war, Some thoughtless town, with ease and plenty blest, Near, and more near, the closing lines invest ; Sudden...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... | |
 | Marjorie Latta Barstow Greenbie - 1917 - 222 Seiten
...the joyful reaper's hand. But these are shortly followed by descriptions of tolerable concreteness :4 See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah 1 what avail his glossy varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his... | |
 | 1917 - 220 Seiten
...joyful reaper's hand. But these are shortly followed by descriptions of tolerable concreteness :* Seel from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And...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... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 Seiten
...will set up and lay down as they list. PLINY— Natural History. Bk.X. Ch. XLVUI. HOLLAND'S trans. 20 , This gorgeous arch, with golden worlds inlaid Built with divine ambition! YOUNG— Night Thoughts. POPE — Windsor Forest. L. 111. PHILADELPHIA They say that the lady from Philadelphia who is staying... | |
 | 1799 - 396 Seiten
...the very hands that fed them. "See, from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exultant on triumphant wings. Short is his joy : he feels the...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... | |
 | Hugh I'Anson Fausset - 1923 - 306 Seiten
...Daphne's dead, and love is now no more ! Or, directly following a line of unusual banality, the familiar See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs...avails his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that... | |
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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... 
