 | John Bell - English poetry - 1797 - 480 pages
...flutt'ring heart, his varying cheeks confess His inward woe. Now, like a wearied stag, That stands a: bay, the hern provokes their rage ; Close by his languid...and in her breast Receives the latent death ; down plumb she falls Bounding from earth, and with her trickling gore Defiles her gaudy plumage. See, alasl... | |
 | 1794 - 918 pages
...confefs His inward woe. Now like a wearied dag, That (lands at bay, the hern provokes their rage ; Clofe by his languid wing, in downy plumes Covers his fatal beak, and cautious hide« The wcll-difftmblcd fraud. The falcon darte Like lightning from above, and in her bread Receives... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...cautioui hides The well difllmblcd fraud. The falcon dart» Like lightning from above, and in her bread Receives the latent death ; down plum She falls Bounding from earth, and with her trickling gore Defile« her gaudy plumage. See, ala» ! loi The falconer in defpair, his favourite bird Dead at his... | |
 | William Somervile - 1802 - 316 pages
...confcfs His inward woe. Now, like a wearied ftag, That Itands at bay, the hern provokes their rage; dole by his languid wing, in downy plumes Covers his fatal beak, and cautious hides The well-diffembled fraud. The falcon darts, Like lightning, iVom above, and in her brealt Receives the... | |
 | William Somervile - 1802 - 298 pages
...His inward woe. Now, like a wearied ftag, That llands at bay, the hern provokes their rage; Clole-by his languid wing, in downy plumes Covers his fatal beak, and cautious hides The well-diflimbled fraud. The falcon darts, Like lightning, from above, and in her brealt Receives the... | |
 | William Somerville, Thomas Park - 1808 - 354 pages
...and fears, as in a tempest toss'd ? His fluttering heart, his varying cheeks confess His inward woe. Now, like a wearied stag, That stands at bay, the hern provokes their rage; Close by bis languid wing, in downy plumes, Covers his fatal beak, and cautions hides The well-dissembled fraud.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...and fears, as in a tempest tost ? His fluttering heart, his varying cheeks confess Mis inward woe. Now like a wearied stag, That stands at bay, the hern...falls Bounding from earth, and with her trickling gov-1. Defiles her gaudy plumage. See, alas ! The falconer in despair, his favourite bird Dead at his... | |
 | William Somerville - 1813 - 142 pages
...and fears, as in a tempest toss'd? His fluttering heart, his varying cheeks confess His inward woe. Now, like a wearied stag, That stands at bay, the...and in her breast Receives the latent death; down plumb she falls Bounding from earth, and with her trickling gore Denies her gaudy plumage. See, alas!... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 462 pages
...and fears, as in a tempest toss'd ? His fluttering heart, his varying cheeks confess His inward woe. Now, like a wearied stag, That stands at bay, the...and in her breast Receives the latent death; down plumb she falls Bounding from earth, and with her trickling gore Defiles her gaudy plumage. See, alas!... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 346 pages
...and fears, as in a tempest toss'd ? His fluttering heart, his varying cheeks confess His inward woe. Now, like a wearied stag, That stands at bay, the...and in her breast Receives the latent death; down plump she falls Bounding from earth, and with her trickling gore Defiles her gaudy plumage. See, alas... | |
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His inward woe. Now like a wearied stag, That stands at bay, the hern provokes their rage ; Close by his languid wing, in downy plumes Covers his fatal beak, and cautious hides The well-dissembled fraud. The falcon darts Like lightning from above, and... 
