 Oft have I seen a skilful angler try The various colours of the treacherous fly ; When he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook, He shakes the boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving...  Art of Angling - Página 111por Thomas Best - 1814 - 259 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Thomas Best - 1804 - 208 páginas
...skilful angler try The various colours of the treach'r-ous fly ; When he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook,...boughs, that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw ; When if an insect fall (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the whirling... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1807 - 208 páginas
...try And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook, When he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd the brook, He shakes the boughs, that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw; He gently takes him from the whirling tide: When if an insect fall (his certain... | |
 | John Gay, Thomas Park - 1808 - 322 páginas
...angler try 195 The various colours of the treacherous fly ; When, he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook,...boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw, 20i) When if an insect fall, (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1808 - 210 páginas
...angler try . • The various colours of the treacherous By ; When he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook,...boughs, that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw ; When if an insect fall (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the whirling... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 páginas
...skilful angler try The various colours of the treach'rous fly. When he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook,...boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw; When, if an insect fall (his certain guide), He gently takes him from the whirling... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 páginas
...When he with fruitless pain hatli sUimm'd the brook, And th« coy fish rejects the skipping hook, lie shakes the boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw ; When, if an insect fall, (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the whirling... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 364 páginas
...skilful angler try The various colours of the treacherous fly ; When he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook,...boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw ; When, if an insect fall, (his certain guide,) He gently takes him from the whirling... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 páginas
...skilful angler try The various colours of the treacherous fly 5 When he with fruitless pain hath skimmed the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook,...boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw, When if an insect fall, (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the whirling... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...skilful angler try The various colours of the treacherous fly. When he with fruitless pain hath skimm'd waving forest throw ; When, if an insect fall (his certain guide), He gently takes him from the whirling... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 páginas
...skilful angler try The various colours of the treacherous fly. When he with fruitless pain hath skimmed the brook, And the coy fish rejects the skipping hook,...boughs that on the margin grow, Which o'er the stream a waving forest throw ; When, if an insect fall, (his certain guide,) He gently takes him from the whirling... | |
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