 | Alexander Pope - 1831 - 384 sider
...invest ; Sudden they seize th' amaz'd, defenceless prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...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... | |
 | 1831 - 412 sider
...yet received that attention which they deserve, we shall lay a few brief specimens before the reader. See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood and panting heats I /><• ground* Ah ! what avail his glossy varying dyes His purple crest and scarlet circled... | |
 | 1856 - 736 sider
...ENGRAVED BY E. HACKEE, FROM A PAINTING BY II Altltl -ON \< Mil. Now, Mr. Pope, if you please ! — " See from the brake the whirring pheasant springs !...on triumphant wings. Short is his joy ; he feels" — But that must do for the present, as the numbering of our plate shows there is more to come. Mr.... | |
 | 1845 - 670 sider
...Pope in his Windsor Forest? — it is a finished picture : " See! from the brake the whirring pheatant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings ! Short is his joy, he feels the firry wound, Flutters in blood, and panting, beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 sider
...; Sudden they seize the amazed, 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 - 1836 - 502 sider
...invest ; Sudden they seize the amazed, defenceless prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. P e e* and scarlet circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, Hi« painted wings, and breast... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 sider
...invest ; Sudden they seize the amazed, defenceless prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wing> : Short is his joy, he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.... | |
 | Lawrence Rawstorne - 1837 - 250 sider
...we have just listened ; " See from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting with triumphant wings : Short is his joy ; he feels the...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... | |
 | Lawrence Rawstorne - 1837 - 280 sider
...we have just listened ; " See from the brake the whj-ring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting with triumphant wings : Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blocxl, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glo<.-y varying dyes, His purple crest, and... | |
 | 642 sider
...to mind that exquisite description of Pope in his Windsor Forest ? — it is a finished picture : " See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...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... 
