Halcyon: Or, Rod-fishing with Fly, Minnow, and Worm

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Bell and Daldy, 1861 - Всего страниц: 212
 

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Стр. 165 - A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.
Стр. 125 - To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride : Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy hird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours must their aid impart, And every fur promote the fisher's art.
Стр. v - Whilst some men strive ill-gotten goods t" embrace, And others spend their time in base excess Of wine, or worse, in war and wantonness. Let them that list these pastimes still pursue, And on such pleasing fancies feed their fill ; So I the fields and meadows green may view, And daily by fresh rivers walk at will Among the daisies and the violets blue, Red hyacinth and yellow daffodil, Purple narcissus like the morning rays, Pale gander-grass and azure culver-keys.
Стр. 92 - O glide, fair stream! for ever so, Thy quiet soul on all bestowing, Till all our minds for ever flow As thy deep waters now are flowing.
Стр. 7 - Hence these shades Are still the abodes of gladness ; the thick roof Of green and stirring branches is alive And musical with birds, that sing and sport In wantonness of spirit; while below The squirrel, with raised paws and form erect, Chirps merrily.
Стр. vi - All these, and many more of his creation That made the heavens, the Angler oft doth see ; Taking therein no little delectation, To think how strange, how wonderful they be : Framing thereof an inward contemplation To set his heart from other fancies free ; And whilst he looks on these with joyful eye, His mind is rapt above the starry sky.
Стр. vi - The stately compass of the lofty sky, And in the midst thereof, like burning gold, The flaming chariot of the world's great eye ; The watery clouds that in the air up-roll'd, With sundry kinds of painted colours fly ; And fair Aurora lifting up her head. Still blushing, rise from old Tithonus
Стр. 7 - Try their thin wings, and dance in the warm beam That waked them into life. Even the green trees Partake the deep contentment ; as they bend To the soft winds, the sun from the blue sky Looks in and sheds a blessing on the scene.
Стр. 73 - Yes, sir. around an inch and a quarter or an inch and a half in diameter?
Стр. 1 - The near approaching of the cheerful day: Then let him go to river, brook or lake, That loves the sport, where store of fish abound ; And through the pleasant fields his journey make, Amidst sweet pastures, meadows fresh and sound ; Where he may best his choice of pastime take, While swift HYPERION runs his circle round : And as the place shall to his liking prove, There still remain or further else remove.

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