 Nature seem'd in love: The lusty sap began to move; Fresh juice did stir th' embracing vines, And birds had drawn their valentines, The jealous Trout, that low did lie, Rose at a well dissembled fly; There stood my friend with patient skill, Attending...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Side 4611823Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Edward Marston - 1901 - 202 sider
...are familiar to all anglers— " This day Dame Nature seemed to love : The lusty sap began to move ; Fresh juice did stir th' embracing vines, And birds had drawn their valentines. And surely it was angling and temperance combined that prolonged the days of Izaak Walton himself to... | |
 | Robert Pitcher Woodward - 1902 - 476 sider
...subterranean passages. CHAPTER XIV. This day Dame Nature seemed in love : The lusty sap began to move ; Fresh juice did stir th" embracing Vines, And birds had drawn their Valentines. —The Complete Angler. It was noon when I started for Dalton, three miles away, and night before we arrived... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 814 sider
...departed innocence. THE ANGLER. " This day Dame Nature seemed in love : The lusty sap began to move, Fresh juice did stir th' embracing vines, And birds...valentines ; The jealous trout that low did lie, Rose at a well-dissembled flie. There stood my friend, with patient skill, Attending of his trembling quill.... | |
 | Fitz Roy Carrington - 1903 - 166 sider
...On a Bank as I sat a-fishing And now all nature seem'd in love ; The lusty sap began to move ; New juice did stir th' embracing vines, And birds had...valentines ; The jealous trout, that low did lie, Rose at a well-dissembled fly. There stood my friend, with patient skill, Attending of his trembling quill. Already... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1903 - 590 sider
...A-FISHING: A DESCRIPTION OF THE SPRING And now all Nature seemed to love, The lusty sap began to move ; New juice did stir th' embracing vines, And birds had...valentines. The jealous trout, that low did lie, Rose at a well-dissembled fly ; There stood my friend, with patient skill Attending of his trembling quill. Already... | |
 | Fitz Roy Carrington - 1903 - 172 sider
...And birds had drawn their valentines ; The jealous trout, that low did lie, Rose at a well-dissembled fly. There stood my friend, with patient skill, Attending of his trembling quill. Already were the eaves possess'd With the swift pilgrim's daubed nest: The groves already did rejoice In Philomel's triumphing... | |
 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - 1904 - 404 sider
...sap l>egan to move ; New juice did slir th' embracing vines, And biids had drawn their Valentine*. The jealous trout, that low did lie, Rose at a well...trembling quill. Already were the eaves possest With the swift Pilgrim's daubed nest ; The groves already did rejoice In Philomel's triumphing voice. Walton.... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1904 - 594 sider
...sat a-Fishing," he very likely refers to Walton, for he is doubtless the " friend " of these lines : The jealous Trout, that low did lie, Rose at a well dissembled fy : There stood my friend, with patient skill Attending of his trembling quill. Probably a reminiscence... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1905 - 460 sider
...departed innocence. - 31-11 THE ANGLER This day dame Nature seem'd in love, The lusty sap began to move, Fresh juice did stir th' embracing vines And birds...valentines. The jealous trout that low did lie, Rose at a well-dissembled flie. There stood my friend, with patient skill, Attending of his trembling quill.... | |
 | Charles Latimer Marson - 1905 - 248 sider
...had drawne their Valentines : The jealous Trout, that low did lie, Rose at a wel-dissembled File : There stood my friend, with patient skill Attending...trembling quill. Already were the Eaves possest With the swift Pilgrims daubed nest. The Groves already did rejoyce In Philomel's triumphing voyce. 33 The... | |
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