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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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Trout and Salmon Fishing in Wales

George Agar Hansard - 1834 - 260 pages
...the brook, C 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 checks his jealous fear: At last, while haply o'er the shaded sun Passes a cloud: he desperate takes...
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The Season: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author

James Thomson - 1836 - 200 pages
...fly ; And oft attempts to seize it, but aa oft / The dimpled water speaks his jealous fear. - - - W At last, while haply o'er the shaded sun Passes a...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 Seasons, with the life of the author, by S. Johnson

James Thomson - 1836 - 164 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, whilst haply o'er the shaded sun Passes a cloud, be desp'rate takes the death, With sullen plunge....
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The Seasons: and Castle of Indolence

James Thomson - 1838 - 236 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 lengthened line ; Then seeks the farthest ooze, the sheltering weed,...
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volume 26

John William Carleton - 1851 - 726 pages
...this time, for he took the fly fairly, and I managed to hook him. " — -^— — — — —— — he desperate takes the death With sullen plunge — at once he darts along Deep struck, and runs out all the lengthened line." • It was impossible to kill him where I was :...
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The Seasons

James Thomson - 1840 - 178 pages
...scans the fly ; And oft attempts to seize it, but as oft The dimpled water speaks his jealous fear. 425 At last, while haply o'er the shaded sun Passes a...once he darts along Deep-struck, and runs out all the lengthened line : Then seeks the furthest ooze, the sheltering need, 430 The cavcrned bank, his old...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 18

1841 - 278 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 caveni'd bank, his old secure...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 18

1841 - 272 pages
...Behoves you then to ply your finest art Long time he, following cautious, scam the fly ; And oft attempt* to seize it, but as oft The dimpled water speaks his...desperate takes the death, With sullen plunge. At one* he darts along, Deejwtruck, and runs out all the lengthened line; Then Reeks the farthest ooze,...
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Schreiner's Sporting Manual: A Complete Treatise on Fishing, Fowling and ...

William H. Schreiner - 1841 - 162 pages
...brook, Behoves you then to play your finest art : Long time, he following, cautious scans the fly, And oft attempts to seize it, But as oft the dimpled...jealous fear : At last, while haply o'er the shaded sun Puses a cloud, he desperate, takes the bait With sullen plunge ; at once he darts along, Deep struck,...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...the brook, behoves you then to ply your finest art. »ng time he, following cautious, scans the fly ; pranking o'er the place. But ¡trust me, gentles!) never yet 'asses a cloud, he desperate takes the death. Vith sullen plunge. At once he darts along. )eep-struck,...
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