 | 1925 - 996 Seiten
...Chalkhill " — a translation dated February, 1777. The stanza which Johnson translated is as follows : Or we sometimes pass an hour Under a green willow....breath, Other joys Are but toys, And to be lamented. The Doctor prefaces his translation with the words " Waltoni Piscator Perfectus," and proceeds : Xunc... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1851 - 502 Seiten
...shelter ; Where in a dike Pearch or Pike, Roach or Dace, We do chase, Bleak or Gudgeon, Without grudging, We are still contented. Or we sometimes pass an hour...breath : Other joys Are but toys, And to be lamented. Jo. CHALKHILL. VEN. Well sung, Master : this day's fortune and pleasure, and this night's company and... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 Seiten
...We do chase, * Bleak or gudgeon, Without grudging; We are still contented. Or, we sometimes pass au hour Under a green willow, That defends us from a...Stops our breath : Other joys Are but toys, And to he lamented. WHEN A SHOOTING WE DO GO. Anonymous. Date uncertain. Eighteenth century. THE season's... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 592 Seiten
...shelter ; Where in a dyke Perch or pike Roach or dace We do chace, Bleak or gudgeon Without grudging ; We are still contented. Or we sometimes pass an hour...breath : Other joys Are but toys And to be lamented. IZAAK WALTON. 169 Here from old Izaak Walton's book again we find such a pleasant picture of a contemplative... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 584 Seiten
...shelter ; Where in a dyke Perch or pike Roach or dace We do chace, Bleak or gudgeon Without grudging ; We are still contented. Or we sometimes pass an hour...defends us from a shower, Making earth our pillow ; AVhere wo may Think and pray, Before death Stops our breath : Other joys Are but toys And to be lamented.... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1854 - 348 Seiten
...; Where in a dike, Perch or pike, Roach or dace, We do chase ; Bleak or gudgeon, Without grudging ; We are still contented. Or we sometimes pass an hour...Under a green willow, That defends us from a shower — Where we may Think and pray, Before death, Stops our breath : Other joys Are but toys, And to be... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1856 - 592 Seiten
...Where in a dike Pearch or pike, Roach or dace, We do chase, Bleak or gudgeon Without grudging; • We are still contented. Or we sometimes pass an hour...Stops our breath: Other joys Are but toys, And to be lamented.—Jo. CHALKHILL.' Ven. Well sung, master! This day's fortune and pleasure, and this night's... | |
 | Robert Blakey - 1856 - 366 Seiten
...; Where in a dyke Pearch or pike, Roach or dace, We do chase, Bleak or gudgeon, Without grudging ; We are still contented. Or we sometimes pass an hour...pray, Before death Stops our breath Other joys Are but toya And to be lamented." The following lines are from the pen of Dr. Donne : — " Come, live with... | |
 | Robert Blakey - 1856 - 378 Seiten
...or dace, We do chase, Bleak or gudgeon, Without grudging ; We are still contented. Or we somctimes pass an hour Under a green willow, That defends us...breath, Other joys Are but toys And to be lamented." The following lines are from the pen of Dr. Donne : — " Come, live with me, and be my love, And we... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 Seiten
...; Where, in a dyke, Perch or pike, Roach or dace, We do chase, Bleak or gudgeon, Without grudging ; We are still contented. Or we sometimes pass an hour...breath : Other joys Are but toys, And to be lamented. OLD TOWLER. Anonymous. Eighteenth century. The music by W. SHIELD. HRIGHT chanticleer proclaims the... | |
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Or we sometimes pass an hour Under a green Willow; That defends us from a shower, Making earth our pillow, Where we may Think and pray, Before death Stops our breath: Other joys Are but toys, And to be lamented. 
