 While, lightly poised, the scaly brood In myriads cleave thy crystal flood ; The springing trout in speckled pride, The salmon, monarch of the tide ; The ruthless pike, intent on war, The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A...  Poetry for children, selected by L. Aikin - Pàgina 73per Poetry - 1804Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pàgines
...of the tide ; The ruthless pike, intent on war, The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch, and groves of pine, And edges flowered with eglantine. Still on thy banks so gayly green, May numerous herds and flocks be... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1869 - 436 pàgines
...course, That sweetly warbles o'er its bed, With white, round, polished pebbles spread. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers...groves of pine, And hedges flower'd with eglantine.' Ere, however, closing our journey of a day, which introduces us to so interesting an epitome of the... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pàgines
...of the tide ; The ruthless pike, intent on war, The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers...hedges flower'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks so gaily green, May numerous herds and flocks be seen . And lasses chanting o'er the pail, And shepherds... | |
 | David Grant (of Aberdeen) - 1871 - 478 pàgines
...of the tide ; The ruthless pike, intent on war; The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch, and groves of pine, And edges flowered with eglantine. Still on thy banks, so gaily green, May numerous herds and flocks be... | |
 | Robert Blakey - 1871 - 244 pàgines
...tide, The ruthless pike, intent on war, The silver eel, and mottled par Devolving from thy parent fake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch, and groves of pine, And edges flowered with eglantine. Still on thy banks so gaily green May numerous flocks and herds be seen,... | |
 | Garland - 1872 - 170 pàgines
...in speckled pride ; The salmon, monarch of the tide ; The ruthless pike, intent on war; The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from their parent...hedges flower'd with eglantine, Still on thy banks so gaily green, May num'rous herds and flocks be seen, And lasses chanting o'er the pail, And shepherds... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 524 pàgines
...the tide; • The ruthless pike, intent on war; The silver eel, and mottled par.1 Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers...hedges flower'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks, so gaily green, ''May numerous herds and flocks he seen, And lasses chanting o'er the pail, And shepherds... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1872 - 820 pàgines
...course. That sweetly warhles o'er itfl bed With white round polished pebbles spread. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch and groves of pine, And hedges flowered with eglantine." Shortly before reaching Btilloch we pass on the left Tillie.» __ _ /~t _i1... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 pàgines
...of the tide; The ruthless pike, intent on war; The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch, and groves of pine, And edges flowered with eglantine. Still on thy banks so gaily green, May numerous herds and flocks be... | |
 | Country life - 1873 - 160 pàgines
...of the tide ; The ruthless pike, intent on war; The silver eel and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch and groves of pine, And edges flowered with eglantine. Still on thy banks so gaily green May numerous herds and flocks be seen... | |
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