 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 pages
...flies. See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wing> : Short is his joy, he feels the fiery wound, Flutters...in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avails his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet circled eyes, The vivid green his shining... | |
 | Lawrence Rawstorne - 1837 - 250 pages
...we have just listened ; " See from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting with triumphant wings : Short is his joy ; he feels the...and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes... | |
 | Lawrence Rawstorne - 1837 - 280 pages
...we have just listened ; " See from the brake the whj-ring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting with triumphant wings : Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blocxl, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glo<.-y varying dyes, His purple crest, and... | |
 | 642 pages
...Windsor Forest ? — it is a finished picture : " See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings ! Short is...and panting, beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes... | |
 | William Hamilton Drummond - 1838 - 246 pages
...exhausts his pity in a single interjection :— " See from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is...blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes... | |
 | 726 pages
...HARBISON WEIB. Now, Mr. P<jpe, if you please ! — " See from the brake the whirring pheasant springs ! And mounts exulting on triumphant wings. Short is his joy ; he feels"— But that must do for the present, as the numbering of our plate shows there is more to come. Mr. Weir... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...prize, And high in air Britannia's standard flies. Sec ! from the brake the whirringpheasant springs, ; sweet recreation : And innocence, which most does...live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamcnted let me die, glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1845 - 700 pages
...Windsor Forest ? — it is a finished picture : " See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings ! Short is...and panting, beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyei , His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1869 - 664 pages
...See ! from the break the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts, exulting, on triumphant wings ; Sport is his joy : he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in...and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes. The vivid green his shining folds... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1857 - 716 pages
...In the last scene we saw him mount exulting on triumphant wings. But — , " Short ia his joy ; be feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and, panting, beats the ground. Ah ! u I Kit. avail his gloisy, varying dyes, 1 His purple creit, and scarlet-circled eyes—- The vivid... | |
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See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled... 
