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 - Seite 1091853 - 406 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Alexander Pope - 1717 - 468 Seiten
...prize, And high in air Britannia's ftandard flies. See ! from the brake the whirring Pheafant fprings, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings. Short is...and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his gloffy, varying dyes, His purple creft, and fcarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his fhining plumes... | |
| 1720 - 302 Seiten
...brake the whirring pheafantfprings^. And mounts exulting on triumphant wings. Short is his joy; he feek the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah!' what avail- his glofly, varying dyes, His purple creft, and fcarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his ftiining plumes... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1722 - 294 Seiten
...prize. And high in air Britannia's ftandard flies. See ! from the brake the whirring pheafant fpring", And mounts exulting on triumphant wings. Short is...and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glofly, varying dies, His purple creft, and fcadet-circled eyes, The vivid green his fliining plumes... | |
| Henry Needler - 1735 - 252 Seiten
...Ar& flowly moves amid the waving Blaze. TU*. f See ! from the Brake the whirring Pheafant Iprings, And mounts exulting on triumphant Wings; Short is...Blood, and panting beats the Ground. Ah! what avail his gloffie, .varying Dyes, His Purple Creft, and Scarlet-circled Eyes, The iant, the Parrot, the * Swan,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1751 - 240 Seiten
...And high in air Britannia's ftandard flies, I rO See ! from the brake the whirring pheafant fprings, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is...and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glofly, varying dyes, 115 His purple creft, and fcarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his fhining plumes... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 Seiten
...And high in air Britannia's ftamlard flies, I IO See ! from the brake the whirring pheafant fprings, And mounts- exulting on triumphant wings : Short is...blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his'gKHy, varying dyes, 115 His purple c'reft, and fcarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his finning... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1752 - 398 Seiten
...And high in air Britannia's flandard flies. jio See! from the brake the whirring phcafant fprings, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is...Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah 1 what avail his glofly, varying dyes, i j£ His purple creft, and fcarlct-circled eyes, The vivid... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 Seiten
...And high in air Britannia's ftandard flies. no See ! from the brake the whirring pheafant fprings, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is...and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his gloffy, varying dyes, 115 His purple creft, and fcarled-circled eyes, The vivid green his mining plumes... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1757 - 280 Seiten
...And high in air Britannia's ftandard flies. 1 10 See ! from the brake the whirring pheafant fprings, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is...Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! tvhat avail his glofly, varying dyes, i 15 His purple creft, and fcarlet-circled eyes, The vivid... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1760 - 316 Seiten
...And high in air Britannia's ffcandard flies. no See ! from the brake the whirring pheafantfprings, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is...and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glofly, varying dyes, 1 1 5 His purple creft, and fcarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his mining... | |
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