 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 Seiten
...that flames with gold* ? With slaughtering gun th' unwearied fowler roves, When frosts have whitened all the naked groves ; Where doves in flocks the leafless trees o'ershade, And lonely woodcocks haunt the watery glade. He lifts the tube, and levels with his eye : Straight a short thunder breaks the frozen... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 Seiten
...that flumes with gold* ? With slaughtering gun th' unwearied fowler roves, When frosts have whitened all the naked groves ; Where doves in flocks the leafless trees o'ershade, And lonely ivoodcocks haunt the watery glade. He lifts the tube, and levels with his eye : Straight a short thunder... | |
 | Philip Tocque - 1846 - 418 Seiten
...slaughtering gun the unwearied fowler roves, When frosts have whitened all the naked groves; He lifts his tube, and levels with his eye, Straight a short thunder breaks the frozen sky." The ptarmigan, or partridge of Newfoundland, turns white in winter, and is of a reddish brown colour... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 Seiten
...each other to undo.) With slaught'ring guns th' unweary'd fowler roves, 125 When frosts have whiten'd all the naked groves ; Where doves in flocks the leafless...; Straight a short thunder breaks the frozen sky: 130 Oft, as in airy rings they skim the heath, The clam'rous lapwings feel the leaden death : Oft,... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 Seiten
...each other to undo) : With slaughtering guns the unwearied fowler roves, When frosts have whiten'd all the naked groves ; Where doves in flocks the leafless trees o'ershade, And lonely woodcocks haunt the watery glade. He lifts the tube, and levels with his eye : Straight a short thunder breaks the frozen... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 Seiten
...man each other to undo.) With slaughtering guns the unwearied fowler roves, When frosts have whiten'd all the naked groves ; Where doves in flocks the leafless trees o'ershade, And lonely woodcocks haunt the watery glade. He lifts the tube, and levels with his eye ; Straight a short thunder breaks the frozen... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - 1850 - 630 Seiten
...attention in winter. " With slaughtering gun th" unwearied fowler roves, When frosts have whiten'd all the naked groves ; Where doves in flocks the leafless trees o'ershade, And lonely woodcocks haunt the watery glade. He lifts his tube, and levels with his eye ; Straight a short thunder breaks the frozen... | |
 | Jeptha Root Simms - 1850 - 292 Seiten
...LIYINO. BY JEPTHA R. £IMMS, . ATJTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF SCHOHARIE COUNTY, AND BORDER WARS OF NEW YORK. He lifts the tube, and levels with his eye ; Straight a short thunder breaks the frozen sky.— Pops. ALBANY: PRINTED BY J. MUNSELL. F (23 Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1850,... | |
 | 1851 - 496 Seiten
...each other to undo) : With slaughtering guns th' unwearied fowler roves, When frosts have whiten'd all the naked groves ; Where doves in flocks the leafless trees o'ershade, And lonely woodcocks haunt the watery glade. He lifts the tube, and levels with his eye ; Straight a short thunder breaks the frozen... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 330 Seiten
...slaughtering guns the unwearied fowler roves, 125 When frosts have whiten'd all the naked groves;17 Where doves in flocks the leafless trees o'ershade, And lonely woodcocks haunt the watery glade. He lifts the tube, and levels with his eye;18 Straight a short thunder breaks the frozen... | |
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The clamorous lapwings feel the leaden death : Oft, as the mounting larks their notes prepare, They fall, and leave their little lives in air. 
