 | Children's poetry, English - 1820 - 190 pages
...weigh'd, the sails unfurl'd, Serenely mov'd the wooden world, And stretch'd along the main. THE PHEASANT. SEE ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...! he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and pantingbeatsthe ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet circled-eyes... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 428 pages
...P. Sudden they seize th' amaz'd, defenceless prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. 110 See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dies, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 426 pages
...P. Sudden they seize th' amaz'd, defenceless prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. 1 10 See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dies, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - Readers - 1822 - 186 pages
...With conscious state his spacious tail displays, And slowly moves amid the waving blaze. THE PHEASANT. Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah, what avail his glossy varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet circled eyes ; The vivid green his shining... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 404 pages
...P. Sudden they seize th' amaz'd, defenceless prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. 110 See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pages
...P. Sudden they seize th' amaz'd, defenceless prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. 110 See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 400 pages
...P. Sudden they seize th' amaz'd, defenceless prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. 110 See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in hlood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, 115 His purple crest,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. Seel from the brake thewhirring pheasant springe, ew, The bells she I what avail his glossy varying dyes. His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...invest, Sudden they seize th' amaz'd defeneeless prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. , to t avail his glossy varying dyes, 11 1« purple erest, and searlet-cirri к I eyes, The vivid green his... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...defenceless prize, And in high air Britannia's standard flies. See ! fromthebrakethewhirringpheasantsprings, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings. Short is...in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining... | |
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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, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled... 
