 Poor little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together, And dost thou prune thy trembling wing, To take thy flight thou know'st not whither. Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lies all neglected, all forgot; And pensive, wavering,...  French Verse of the XVI Century - Page 112edited by - 1916 - 125 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1797 - 454 pages
...jolis ebals? IMITATED. : OOR, little, pretty, flutt'ring thing, Must we no longer live together ? ^nd dost thou prune thy trembling wing, To take thy flight thou know'st not whither ? Thy hum'rous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lies all neglected, all forgot, Lnd, pensive, wav'ring, melancholy,... | |
 | Panorama - Epigrams, English - 1809 - 368 pages
...accident were mine*" THE EMPEROR ADRIAN'S VERSES, TO HIS SOUL, IMITATED. POOR, little, pretty, flutt'ring thing, Must we no longer live together ? And dost thou prune thy trembling wing, To take thy flight, the Lord knows whither? Thy hum'rous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lies all neglected, all forgot; And,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 582 pages
...Que ilfcvi.'iidi out taut do julis ebats ? Poo«, little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longei live together ? And dost thou prune thy trembling...To take thy flight thou know'st not whither ' Thy humourous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lies all neglected, all forgot: And pensive, wavering, melancholy,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 596 pages
...folichonne ! Que deviendront tant de jolis ébats î Poo», little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must »-e no longer live together? And dost thou prune thy trembling wing, To take thy Might thou know'stnot whither f Thy humourous vein, thy pleasing folly, . tics all neglected, all forgot... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1811 - 454 pages
...parting soul. (For fear I should puzzle you with Latin, I give it you in Prior's fine translation.) " Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no...To take thy flight, thou know'st not whither ? Thy pleasing vein, thy humorous folly, Lies all neglected, all forgot ! And pensive, wavering, melancholy,... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1811 - 516 pages
...our English reader may see translated into our own language, With all the spirit of the original. ; " Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no...wing, To take thy flight, thou know'st not whither? .' ' • . . • • •t Thy pleasing vein, thy humorous folly, Lies all neglected, all forgot! ,... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - Translating and interpreting - 1813 - 466 pages
...nor do they, in my opinion, exceed the liberty of poetical translation. Poor little pretty fiutt'ring thing, Must we no longer live together ? And do'st...wing, To take thy flight, thou know'st not whither? The hum'rons vein, the pleasing folly, Lies all neglected, all forgot ; And pensive, wav'ring melancholy,... | |
 | Greek literature - 1813 - 442 pages
...Qittr mine ablbls in loot ? Pallidula, rigida, nudula, Nee (ut soles J dablstoca. Prior's translation. Poor little, pretty, fluttering thing ! Must we no longer live together ? And dost thon prune thy trembling wing, To take thy flight, thon know'st not whither t Thy humorou« vein, thy... | |
 | Jean Baptiste Louis Crevier - Emperors - 1814 - 436 pages
...blindness they discover : an illustrious author of our days has happily translated them as follows : * Poor little pretty fluttering thing, Must we no longer...thou prune thy trembling wing, To take thy flight thbu know'st not whither? Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lies all neglected, all forgot : And... | |
 | 1840 - 520 pages
...uncover'd, Laughing tales no more thou givest. Prior has thus elegantly imitated the verses : — " Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no...take thy flight, thou know'st not whither ? " Thy pleasing vein; thy humorous folly, Lies all neglected, all forgot ! And pensive, wavering, melancholy,... | |
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