 Go, let the diving negro seek For gems, hid in some forlorn creek : We all pearls scorn, Save what the dewy morn Congeals upon each little spire of grass, Which careless shepherds beat down as they pass : And gold ne'er here appears, Save what the yellow...  Spring-tide: Or, The Angler and His Friends - Page 30by John Yonge Akerman - 1850 - 192 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1897 - 548 pages
...Upon the bait, but never on the hook; Nor envy, less among The birds, for prize of their sweet song. Go, let the diving negro seek For gems, hid in some...dewy morn Congeals upon each little spire of grass, IVhich careless shepherds beat dawn as they pass : And gold ne'er here appears, Save what the yellow... | |
 | Blanche McManus - 1898 - 174 pages
...Upon the bait, but never on the hook ; Nor envy, 'less among The birds, for prize of their sweet song. Go, let the diving negro seek For gems, hid in some...ne'er here appears, Save what the yellow Ceres bears. Blest silent groves, O, may you be Forever mirth's best nursery ! May pure contents Forever pitch their... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1899 - 340 pages
...bait, but never on the hook ! Nor envy, unless among The birds; for prize of their sweet song. K 2 131 Go! let the diving Negro seek For gems, hid in some...ne'er here appears Save what the yellow CERES bears. Blest silent groves! O, may ye be •••••. For ever, Mirth's best nursery! May pure Contents... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1901 - 524 pages
...the bait, but never on the hook ; Nor envy, unless among The birds, for prize of their sweet song. Go, let the diving negro seek For gems, hid in some...ne'er here appears, Save what the yellow Ceres bears. Blest silent groves, oh may you be, For ever, mirth's best nursery ! May pure contents For ever pitch... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1901 - 270 pages
...birds for prize of their sweet seng. Go, let the diving negro seeh For gems hid in some forlorn creeh: We all pearls scorn, Save what the dewy morn Congeals...ne'er here appears, Save what the yellow Ceres bears, Blest silent groves, oh may you be For ever mirth's best nursery f May pure contents For ever pitch... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 pages
...bait, but never on the hook ; Nor envy, 'less among The birds, for price of their sweet song. (to, 2 cureless shepherds beat down as they pass ; And gold ne'er here appears, Save what the yellow Ceres... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1902 - 330 pages
...Upon the bait, but never on the hook : Nor envy, 'nless among The birds for price of their sweet song. Go, let the diving Negro seek For Gems hid in some...forlorn creek : We all pearls scorn, Save what the deny morn Congeals upon each little spire of grass, Which careless shepherds beat down as they pass... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1907 - 892 pages
...Upon the bait, but never on the hook: Nor envy, unless among The birds, for prize of their sweet song. Go, let the diving Negro seek For gems hid in some...ne'er here appears Save what the yellow Ceres bears. Blest silent groves! O may ye be For ever mirth's best nursery! May pure contents For ever pitch their... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1908 - 944 pages
...Upon the bait, but never on the hook: Nor envy, unless among The birds, for prize of their sweet song. Go, let the diving Negro seek For gems hid in some...forlorn creek; We all pearls scorn Save what the dewy mom Congeals upon each little spire of grass, . . Which careless shepherds beat down as they pass;... | |
 | George Wyndham - 1919 - 502 pages
...: — ' Go let the diving negro seek For gems hid hi some forlorn creek ; We all pearls scorn, But what the dewy morn Congeals upon each little spire...gold ne'er here appears, Save what the yellow Ceres wears.' Sir Walter sought his rest in Arcadia ; but he only found it on the scaffold. Old and racked... | |
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