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" Wet weather seldom hurts the most unwise ; So plain the signs, such prophets are the skies. The wary crane foresees it first, and sails Above the storm, and leaves the lowly vales... "
The Works of the Greek and Roman Poets - Page 126
1813
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The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis

Virgil - 1721 - 412 pages
...are the Skies: fry The wary Crane fore&es it firft, and GSsAbove the Storm, aml.leaTW Ac lowly Vafcs: The Cow looks up, and from afar can find The Change of Heav'n, and duffs it in the Wind. The Swallow skims the River's watry Face, fit The Frogs renew the...
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An Essay on the Weather: With Remarks on The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules for ...

John Mills - 1773 - 216 pages
...prophets are the fkies : The wary crane forfees it firft, and fails Above the ftorm, and leaves the hollow vales : The cow looks up, and from afar can find The change of heav'ri, and fnuffs it in the wind. The/iw7//»wfkims the river's wat'ry face, The frogs renew the...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical ..., Volumes 17-19

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 1130 pages
...f:gns, fuch prophets are the fkies : 51 eThe wary crane forefees it firft, and fails Above the ftorm, and leaves the lowly vales : The cow looks up, and from afar can find The change of heaven, and fnuffs it in the wind. The fwallow fkims the river's watery face, 5z9 The frogs renew the croaks of...
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The Works of the English Poets: Dryden's Virgil

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 424 pages
...figns, fuch prophets are the fkies : $ij The wary crane forefees it firft, and fails Above the ftorm, and leaves the lowly vales : The cow looks up, and from afar can fmd The change of heaven, and fnuffs it in the wind. The fwallow fkims the river's watery face, 540...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 22

English poets - 1790 - 366 pages
...figns, fuch prophets are the fkies : 515 The wary crane forefees it firft, and fails Above the ftorm, and leaves the lowly vales : The cow looks up, and from afar can find The change of heaven, and fnuffs it in the wind. The fwallow fkims the river's watery face, 520 The frogs renew the croaks of...
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A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling: Confirmed by Actual Experience and ...

Thomas Best - 1794 - 182 pages
...are the ftues : The wary crane forefees it fiitt, and fails Above the ftorm, and leaves the hollow vales : The cow looks up, and from afar can find The change of heav'n, and fnuffs it in the wind. 1\\&Jwallow fkims the river's watry face, The •frogs renew the...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 12

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 902 pages
...fign?, fuch prophets are the fkies : ' The wary crane forcl'ees it firft, and fails Above the dorm, and leaves the lowly vales: The cow looks up, and from afar can find, The change of heaven, and Inuli's it in the wind. The fwallow fkinis the river's watery face, The frogs renew the croaks of their...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical ...

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1104 pages
...The wary crane forefees it firft, and fails Alwre the ftorm, and leaves the lowly vales : The eciw looks up, and from afar can find, The change of heaven, and i'nuilsit in the wind. The (willow Ikims the river's watery face, The fro>s renew the croaks of their...
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The Works of Virgil, Volume 1

Virgil - 1803 - 364 pages
...rain The hollow ditches fills, and floats the plain; And sailors furl their dropping sheets amain. i Wet weather seldom hurts the most unwise ; So plain the signs, such prophets are the skies. 515 The wary crane foresees it first, and sails Above the storm, and leaves the lowly vales : The cow...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 3

Great Britain - 1804 - 658 pages
...prophets arc the ikies: "the wary crane forefces ¡t firrt, and fails Above the ftorm, and leaves tiie lowly vales : The cow looks up, and from afar can find The change of heaven, and fnuffs ¡t in the wind. The fwallow ikims the river's watery face, The frogs renew the croaks of their...
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