 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 512 Seiten
...other to undo.) "With slaughtering guns the unwearied fowler When frosts have whitened all the caked 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... | |
 | 1835 - 550 Seiten
...A DAY IN THE FOREST. 1 With slaught'ring 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." POPE'S WISDSOH FOBEST. A MAN whom destiny has placed amid woods and open fields, well-nigh... | |
 | 1871 - 494 Seiten
...course of the century. " With slaughtering guns, the unwearied fowler roves Where 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... | |
 | The North American Review.VOL.CXII. - 1871 - 506 Seiten
...course of the century. " With slaughtering guns, the unwearied fowler roves Where 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... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1871 - 450 Seiten
...course of the century. " With slaughtering guns, the unwearied fowler roves Where frosts have whitened all the naked groves; Where doves in flocks the leafless trees o'ershade, And lonely wookcocks haunt the watery glade; He lifts the tube and levels with his eye, Straight a short thunder... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1872 - 396 Seiten
...man each other to undo) : With slaughtering guns th' unweary 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. "WHOEYER THINKS A FAULTLESS PIECE TO SEE, He lifts the tube, and levels with his eye;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1873 - 590 Seiten
...each other to undo). With slaught'ring guns th' unwearied fowler roves, 125 When frosts have whiten'd all the naked groves; Where doves in flocks the leafless...and levels with his eye; Straight a short thunder bjreaks the frozen sky: 130 Oft, as in airy rings they skim the heath, The clam'rous lapwings feel... | |
 | Alfred Edmund Brehm - 1874 - 970 Seiten
...naked groves; Where Doves in flocks the leafless tree o'ershade And lonely Woodcocks haunt the watery glade, He lifts the tube, and levels with his eye;...a short thunder breaks the frozen sky : Oft, as in niry rings they skim the heath, The clamorous Lapwings feel the leaden death : Oft, as the mounting... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 Seiten
...half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves. When through the skies he drives the trembling doves. POPE. Where doves in flocks the leafless trees o'ershade, And lonely woodcocks haunt the wat'ry glade. POPE. Draw forth the monsters of th' abyss profound, Or fetch th' aerial eagle to the ground. POPE.... | |
 | 1876 - 552 Seiten
...man each other to undo). With slaughtering guns the 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; Strait 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. 
