 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
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 220 lehte
...And in high atr Britannia's standard flies. 110 See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is...in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avails his glossy, varying dyes, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his... | |
 | Mr. Harrison (Ralph) - 1812 - 118 lehte
...drinking largely sobers us again. Pope on Crit. See from the brake, the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is his joy : he feels the fiery wound, Fl'.'ters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah, what avails his glossy, varying dyes, His purple... | |
 | 1814 - 310 lehte
...prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springe, And mounts, exulting, on triumphant wings : Short...in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avails his glossy varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes ! The vivid green his shining... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 lehte
...very slow, there is scarcely any missing them. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purpled crest and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his...His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold ? POPE. When these birds are taken young into keeping, they become as familiar as chickens ; and when... | |
 | 1817 - 494 lehte
...farmer's grounds after the gathering of the harvest. See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings; Short is...in blood, and, panting, beats the ground. Ah ! what avails his glossy, varying dyes ; His purple crest, his scarlet-circled eyes! The vivid green his shining... | |
 | Thomas Boreman - 1818 - 420 lehte
...ground; Ab! what avails his glossy, varying dyes ; His purple crest, his scarlet-circled eyes, 'I'tl'/ vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold ! POPE'S WINDSOR FOREST, THE PARTRIDGE Is in weight about fourteen ounces. The shape of this bird is... | |
 | 1820 - 190 lehte
...world, And stretch'd along the main. THE PHEASANT. SEE ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is...! 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 - 1822 - 426 lehte
...And high in air Britannia's standard flies. 1 10 See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is...beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dies, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 lehte
...And high in air Britannia's standard flies. 110 See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is...beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dies, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 186 lehte
...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...avail his glossy varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet circled eyes ; The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings and breast of wavy... | |
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