 | Thomas Boreman - 1818 - 420 pages
...remain patiently confined ; and, if she ever breeds in confinement, is very careless of her brood. This beautiful bird is elegantly described in the...triumphant wings; . , Short is his joy ; he feels the tiery wound, Flutters in blood, und panting beats the ground; Ab! what avails his glossy, varying dyes... | |
 | 1820 - 190 pages
...weigh'd, the sails unfurl'd, Serenely mov'd the wooden world, And stretch'd along the main. THE PHEASANT. SEE ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...! 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... | |
 | 1821 - 444 pages
...the gentle shade, this while that sweetly sleeps. Drayton'f Polyolbion. ORDER IV.— <§alltttae. i See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...on triumphant wings : Short is his joy ; he feels tbe fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ali .' what avail his glossy, varying... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 pages
...P. Sudden they seize th' amaz'd, 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 - 1822 - 426 pages
...P. Sudden they seize th' amaz'd, defenceless prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. 1 10 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... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 186 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pages
...P. Sudden they seize th' amaz'd, 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 dyes, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 404 pages
...P. Sudden they seize th' amaz'd, 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 dyes, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 pages
...P. Sudden they seize th' amaz'd, defenceless prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. 110 See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs,...is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in hlood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, 115 His purple crest,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. Seel from the brake thewhirring pheasant springe, ew, The bells she I what avail his glossy varying dyes. His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his... | |
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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... 
