 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...  The British anthology; or, Poetical library - Page 98by British anthology - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 lehte
...POPE, therefore, has described a pheasant shot, he breaks out into a very masterly exclamation ; « Ah ! what avail his glossy varying dyes, His purple...scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes untold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold ?fThis exquisite picture heightens the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 316 lehte
...wound, Flutters in hlood, and panting heati the ground. Ah ! what avails his glossy, varying dyes, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid...his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and hreast that flames with gold? Nor yet, when moist Arcturus clouds the sky, The woods and fields their... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 lehte
...prize, And in high air Britannia's standard flies. See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is...breast that flames with gold ? Nor yet, when moist Arctnrus clouds the sky, The woods and fields their pleasing toils deny. To plains with well-breath'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 lehte
...standard flies. See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on trinmphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound,...avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet circled eyes. The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that... | |
 | Poetry - 1804 - 184 lehte
...world, And ftretch'd along the main. THE PHEASANT. See ! from the brake the whirring pheafant fprings, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is...and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glofiy varying dyes, His purple creft, and fcarlet circled eyes ; The vivid green his (hining plumes... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 lehte
...prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs. And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is...avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarleUcircled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 lehte
...and in high air Britannia's standard flies. 110 See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, and mounts exulting on triumphant wings: short is...ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, 115 his purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, the vivid green his shining plumes unfold, his painted... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 lehte
...and in high air Britannia's standard flies. 110 See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, and mounts exulting on triumphant wings: short is...ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, 115 his purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, the vivid green his shining plumes unfold, his painted... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 538 lehte
...flies. Serf from the brake the whirring pheasant And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: [springs, Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters...beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dies, His purple crest, and scarlet circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold. His painted... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 lehte
...And high in air Britannia's standard flies. no See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is...ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, L 2 The The vivid green his shining plumes unfold,... | |
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