 Our plenteous streams a various race supply, The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye, The silver eel, in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold, Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains, And pikes, the tyrants...  A familiar history of the British fishes - Seite 98von British fishes - 1859 - 317 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Best - 1804 - 208 Seiten
...rivers, to stand continually day and night, on pain of an hundred shillings to the Jung. 2. H. <i. c. 15. Our plenteous streams a various race supply, The bright-eye'd perch, with fins of Tyrian dye, The silver eel in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales be-dropp'd with gold,... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1807 - 208 Seiten
...rivers, to stand continually day and night, on pain of an hundred shillings to the king. 2. H. 6. c. 15. Our plenteous streams a various race supply, The bright-eye'd perch, with fins of Tyriandye, The silver eel in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales be-dropp'd with gold,... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1808 - 210 Seiten
...rivers, to stand continually day and night, on pain of an hundred shillings to the king. 2. H. 6. c. 15. Our plenteous streams a various race supply, The bright-eye'd perch, with fins of Tynan dye, The silver eel in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales be-dropp'd with gold,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 Seiten
...hand : With looks unruov'd he hopes the scaly breed, And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed, , Our plenteous streams a various race supply : The bright-eyed perch, with fins of Tynan dye ; The silver eel, in shining volumes roll'd ; Thp yellow carp, in scales bcdropt with gold... | |
 | 1814 - 310 Seiten
...his hand : With looks unmoved, he hopes the scaly breed, And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed. Our plenteous streams a various race supply, , .. • The bright-eyed perch, with fins of Tyrian dye, The silver eel, in shining Tolumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold,... | |
 | Thomas Frederick Salter - 1815 - 422 Seiten
...subscription-water, stocked with Jack, Pike, Carp, Eels, &c. These waters are all within a mile of each other. Our plenteous streams a various race supply— The bright-eyed Perch, with fins of Tyrian dye ; The silver Eel, in shining volumes roll'd ; The yellow Carp, in scales bedropp'd with... | |
 | 1817 - 494 Seiten
...his hand ; With looks unmoved, he hopes the scaly breed, And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed. Our plenteous streams a various race supply, The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye ; The silver eel in shining volumes rolled. The yellow carp in scales bedropped with gold... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1823 - 352 Seiten
...his hand : With looks unmoved, he hopes the scaly breed, And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed. Our plenteous streams a various race supply, The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye, The silver eel, in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold,... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 Seiten
...his hand : With looks unmoved, he hopes the scaly breed, And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed. Our plenteous streams a various race supply ; The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye ; The silver eel, in shining volumes roll'd; The yellow carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 Seiten
...hand ; With look« unmoved, be hopes the scaly breed, And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed. Oar ordination, gain leisure to grow wise, and feel the shame of ignorance and Tyrian dye, The silver eel, in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold,... | |
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