 | 1797 - 420 pages
...living iusect stain my line . Let me, less cruel, cast the feather'd hook, With pliant rod allr.vart the pebbled brook, Silent along the mazy margin stray, And with the fur-wrought fly delude the prey. z70 RURAL SPORTS. CANTO II. Now, sporting Muse! draw in the flowing reins, Leave the... | |
 | John Gay, Thomas Park - 1808 - 322 pages
...of living insect stain my line : Let me, less cruel, cast the feather'd hook With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook, Silent along the mazy margin stray, And with the ftir-wrought fly delude the prey. 270 - CANTO IT. Nmv, sporting Muse ! draw in the flowing reins, Leave... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...living insects stain my line. ' ;, Let me, less cruel, cast the feather'd hook, With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook, Silent along the mazy margin stray, And with the fur-wrought fly delude the prey. CANTO II. Now, sporting Muse, draw in the flowing reins. Leave the clear streams awhile... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 364 pages
...of living insects stain my line. Let me, less cruel, cast the fcather'd hook With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook, Silent along the mazy margin stray, And with the fur-wrought fly delude the prey. CANTO II. Now, sporting Muse, draw in the flowing reins, Leave the clear streams awhile... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...of living insect stain my line. Let me, less cruel, cast the feather'd hook, With pliant rod athwart o the wind, With gems and golden lustre rich emblaz'd, Seraphic arms and trophies ; delude the prey. Now, sporting Muse, draw in the flowing reins, Leave the clear streams awhile for... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...living inseet stain my line. 1-et me, less eruel, east the feather'd hook, With pliant rod athwart ay, Has light as air eaeh limb, eaeh thought as elear as day. " O, who ean spe delude the prey. CANTO II. Now, sporting Muse, draw in the flowing reins, beave the elear streams awhile... | |
 | John Gay - 1826 - 376 pages
...of living insect stain my line ; Let me lees cruel cast the feather'd hook, With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook, Silent along the mazy margin stray, And with the fur-wrought fly delude the prey. CANTO II. Now, sporting muse, draw in the flowing reim, Leave the clear streams awhile... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 452 pages
...of living insect stain my line ; Let me, less cruel, cast the featherM hook. With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook, Silent along the mazy margin stray, And with the fur-wrought fly delude the prey. (toy. GOOD-LIVING. A DOMESTIC SCENE. Cent. I wish, my dear, you would not keep the... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 806 pages
...drew it out upon the bank. Additan. bet me less cruel cast the feathered hook With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook. Silent along the mazy margin stray And with the fine-wrought fly delude the prey. Oay'i Rural Sport!. Not that IM lop the beauties from his book, Like... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 924 pages
...living insect stain my line ; Let me, less cruel, cast the feather'd hook. With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook, Silent along the mazy margin stray, And with the fur-wrought fly delude the prey. day. GOOD-LIVING. A DOMESTIC SCENE. Gent. I wish, my dear, you would not keep the... | |
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Nor trowl for pikes, dispeoplers of the lake. Around the steel no tortur'd worm shall twine, No blood of living insect stain my line : Let me, less cruel, cast the feather'd hook With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook, Silent along the mazy margin... 
