 | James Grahame - Sabbath - 1805 - 184 pages
...twang away, — The sudden rushing of the minnow shoal Scar'd from the shallows by my passing tread. Dimpling the water glides, with here and there A glossy...trout Watches his time to spring ; or from above, Some feather' d dam, purveying 'mong the boughs, Darts from her perch, and to her plumeless brood Bears... | |
 | James Grahame - English poetry - 1817 - 188 pages
...twang away, — The sudden rushing of the minnow shoal, Scared from the shallows by my passing tread. Dimpling the water glides, with here and there A glossy...spring; or, from above, Some feathered dam, purveying 'midst the boughs, Darts from her perch, and to her plumeless brood Bears off the prize : — sad emblem... | |
 | James Grahame - 1823 - 346 pages
...twang away,— The sudden rushing of the minnow shoal, Scared from the shallows hy my passing tread. Dimpling the water glides, with here and there A glossy...quick-eyed trout Watches his time to spring ; or, from ahove, Some feather'd dam, purveying midst the houghs, Darts from her perch, and to her plumeless hrood... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...twangaway,— The sudden rushing of the minnow shonl, Scared from the shallows by my passing tread. Dimpling the water glides, with here and there A glossy...spring; or, from above, Some feathered dam, purveying midst the boughs, Darts from her perch, and to her plumeless brood Bears off the prize:—sad emblem... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1838 - 752 pages
...full twang away The sudden rushing of the minnow shoal, Scared from the shallows hy my passing tread. i' Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led,...i:cm-'s the hour ; See the front o' hattle lower i See ahove, Some feather'd dam, surveying midst the houghs, Darts from her perch, and to her plumeless brood... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...full twang away The sudden rushing of the minnow shoal, Scared from the shallows by ray passing tread. A abore, Some feather'd dam, surveying midst the boughs, Darts from her perch, and to her plumeless brood... | |
 | James Grahame - Sunday - 1839 - 50 pages
...twang away—- The sudden rushing of the minnow shoal Scared from the shallows by my passing tread. Dimpling the water glides, with here and there A glossy...trout Watches his time to spring ; or from above, Some feather'd dam, purveying 'mong the boughs, Darts from her perch, and to her plumeless brood Bears oif... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...twang away, — The sudden rushing of the minnow-shoal, Scared from the shallows by my passing tread, Dimpling the water glides, with here and there A glossy...spring; or, from above Some feathered dam, purveying midst the boughs, Darts from her perch, and to her plumeless brood Bears off the prize : — sad emblem... | |
 | Periodicals - 1841 - 272 pages
...twang away, — The sudden nuking of the minnow shoal, Scared from the shallows by the passing tread, Dimpling the water glides ; with here and there A...while the quick-eyed trout Watches his time to spring. — GBAHAME. While the animal creation is oppressed with languor, ;he insect tribes fully enjoy this... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...twang away — The sudden rushing of the minnow shoal Scared from the shallows by my passing tread. useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a bough«, Darts from her perch, and to her plumeless brood Bears off the prize. Sad emblem of man's... | |
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Scared from the shallows by my passing tread. Dimpling the water glides, with here and there A glossy fly, 'skimming in circlets gay The treacherous surface, while the quick-eyed trout Watches his time to spring... 
