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" 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 14
by James Thomson, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 372 pages
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The Complete Poetical Works of James Thomson

James Thomson - 1908 - 556 pages
...jealous fear. At last, while haply o'er the shaded sun Passes a cloud, he desperate takes the death 430 With sullen plunge. At once 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...
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Scottish Poetry: Drummond of Hawthornden to Fergusson : Lectures Delivered ...

Sir George Brisbane Douglas (bart.) - 1911 - 212 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...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...
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Days in the Open

Lathan Augustus Crandall - 1914 - 298 pages
...tangled roots Of pendent trees, the monarch of the brook, Behooves you then to ply your finest art. At last, while haply o'er the shaded sun Passes a...he darts along, Deep-struck, and runs out all the lengthened line; ' And flies aloft, and flounces round the pool, Indignant of the guile. With yielding...
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Grain and Chaff from an English Manor

Arthur Herbert Savory - 1921 - 328 pages
...speaks his jealous fear. At last, while haply yet the shaded sun Passes a cloud, he desperate tnkes the death, With sullen plunge. At once he darts along,...and runs out all the lengthen'd line; Then seeks the furthest ooze, the sheltering weed, The cavern'd bank, his old secure abode ; And flies aloft, and...
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Grain and Chaff from an English Manor

Arthur Herbert Savory - 1921 - 328 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...water speaks his jealous fear. At last, while haply yet the shaded sun Passes a cloud, he desperate takes the death, With sullen plunge. At once he darts...
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Translation and Translations: Theory and Practice

John Percival Postgate - 1922 - 232 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...he darts along, Deep-struck, and runs out all the lengthened line; Then seeks the farthest ooze, the sheltering weed, The cavern'd bank, his old secure...
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Songs for Fishermen

1922 - 344 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 cavern'd bank, his old secure...
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Songs for Fishermen

1922 - 344 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 cavern'd bank, his old secure...
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The Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 2

William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 424 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...he darts along, Deep-struck, and runs out all the lengthened line ; Then seeks the farthest ooze, the sheltering weed, The carerned bank, his old secure...
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The Family Library of Poetry and Song

William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1106 pages
...brook, Behooves you then to ply your finest art. Long time he, following cautious, scans the fly ; y nod to tumble down. King lengthened line ; Then seeks the farthest ooze, the sheltering weed, The caverned bank, his old secure...
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