 Of pendent trees the monarch of the brook, Behoves you then to ply your finest art. Long time he, following cautious, scans the fly, And oft attempts to seize it, but as oft The dimpled water speaks his jealous fear. At last, while haply o'er the shaded...  Thomson's Poetical Works - Page 14by James Thomson, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Izaak Walton - 1875 - 672 pages
...And oft attempts to seize it, but as oft The dimpled w:itcr speaks his jealous fear. At last, wlii e haply o'er the shaded sun Passes a cloud, he desperate...death, With sullen plunge. At once he darts along, Some lightly tossing to the grassy bank, Deep struck, and runs out all the lengthAnd to the shelving... | |
 | Henry Robert Robertson - 1875 - 242 pages
...fear, cause these anticipations to be realised. Swallows. CHAPTER V. SPINNING FOR TROUT AT A WEIR. "At last, while haply o'er the shaded sun Passes a cloud, he desperate takes the death, With sudden plunge. At once he darts along, Deep-struck, and runs out all the lengthened line; Then seeks... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...the brook, Behooves you then to ply your finest art. Long time he, following cautious, scans the fly; And oft attempts to seize it, but as oft The dimpled...he darts along, Deep-struck, and runs out all the lengthened line ; Then seeks the farthest ooze, the sheltering weed, The caverned bank, his old secure... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 838 pages
...art. xuig time he, following cautious, scans tlie fly ; And oft attempts to seize it, but as oft 'he adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. HAGS. 1. I HAVE b 'asses a cloud, he desperate takes the death, \ nil sullen plunge. At once he darts along, )eep-struck,... | |
 | John Jackson Manley - 1877 - 432 pages
...the brook, Behoves you then to ply your finest art. Long time he, following cautious, scans the fly, And oft attempts to seize it, but as oft The dimpled...death ; With sullen plunge, at once he darts along Deep struck, and runs out all the lengtheu'd line ; Then seeks the farthest ooze, the sheltering weed,... | |
 | John Jackson Manley - 1877 - 436 pages
...your finest art. Long time he, following cautious, scans the fly, And oft attempts to seize it, hut as oft The dimpled water speaks his jealous fear ;...death ; With sullen plunge, at once he darts along Deep struck, and runs out all the lengthen'd line ; Then seeks the farthest ooze, the sheltering weed,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...brook, Behooves you then to ply your finest art. Long time he, following cautious, scans the fly ; And oft attempts to seize it, but as oft The dimpled water speaks his jealous foar. At last, while haply o'er the shaded sun Passes a cloud, he desperate takes the drath, With sullen... | |
 | John Ross - 1878 - 816 pages
...the brook, Behoves you then to ply your finest art. Long time he, following cautious, scans the fly, And oft attempts to seize it ; but as oft The dimpled...death, With sullen plunge. At once he darts along, Deep struck.andruns out all the lengthened line; Then seeks the furthest ooze, the sheltering weed,... | |
 | John Ross - 1878 - 786 pages
...the brook, Behoves you then to ply your finest art. Long time he, following cautious, scans the fly, And oft attempts to seize it ; but as oft The dimpled...the shaded sun Passes a cloud, he desperate takes tludeath, With sullen plunge. At once he darts along, Deepstruck.andrunsout all the lengthened line... | |
 | James Thomson - 1878 - 754 pages
...the Fly ; And oft attempts to sei/e it, but as oft jat The dimpled water speaks his jealous fear. A> last, while haply o'er the shaded Sun Passes a cloud,...he darts along, Deep-struck, and runs out all the lengthened h'ue ; Then seeks the farthest ooze, the sheltering weed, The cavern'd bank, his old secure... | |
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