| 1797 - 420 страница
...his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. in. So the sweet lark, high-pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, ' ( If chance his mate's shrill call he hear) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy... | |
| 1814 - 640 страница
...cord glides swiftly through his glowing hands, And quick as light'ning on the deck he stands. III. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close...pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy... | |
| Charles Henry Wilson - 1803 - 228 страница
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below. The cord slides swiftly thro' his glowing hands, And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If, chance, his mate's shrill note he hear)... | |
| Select collection - 1806 - 322 страница
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below. The cords slide swiftly thro' his glowing hands ; And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If, chance, his mate's shrill voice he hear,... | |
| George Ashburner - 1807 - 238 страница
...well-known voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below. The cord slides swiftly through his glowing And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, ('If, chance, his mate's shrill note he hear)... | |
| Vincent Bourne - 1808 - 228 страница
...not (which has happened to many old men) outlive all my friends. III. So the sweet lark, high pois'cl in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If, chance, his mate's shrill note he hear) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet, Might envy... | |
| Vincent Bourne - 1808 - 398 страница
...notam audivit, ad infra Praemisit gemitum, nee piger ipse sequi : III. So fhe sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If, chance, his mate's shrill note he hear) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in fhe British fleet, Might envy... | |
| Vincent Bourne - 1808 - 300 страница
...through his glowing hands, And (quick as lightuing) on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If, chance, his mate's sin-ill note he hear) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet, Might... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 512 страница
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below : The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high-pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's shrill call he hear)... | |
| John Aikin - 1810 - 386 страница
...voice he heard, He sigh'd and cast his eyes below ; The cord glides swiftly thro' his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark high pois'd in air Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And... | |
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