 The springing trout in speckled pride, The salmon, monarch of the tide; The ruthless pike, intent on war, The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch and groves of pine, And hedges...  The Scottish Tourist, and Itinerary; Or, A Guide to the Scenery and ... - Page 831838 - 455 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Tobias Smollett - 1771 - 288 pages
...gayly green, May num'rous herds and flocks be fee% ' And lafles chanting o'er the pail, And fhepherd's piping in the dale, And ancient faith that knows no guile, And induftry imbrown'd with toil, And hearts refolv'd, and hands prepar'd, The bleffings they enjoy to... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English drama - 1777 - 330 pages
...gayly green, May num'rous herds and flocks be feen, And lafles chanting o'er the pail, And fhepherds piping in the dale, • - ^ And ancient faith that knows no guile, And induftry imbrown'd with toil, And hearts refolv'd, and hands prepar*di The bleffings they enjoy to... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...green, May numerous herds. ana flocks baleen ; And lafles, chanting. o'er the pail-; And fhepherds, piping in the dale ; . And ancient faith, that knows no guile ; And induftry, embrpwn'd with toit; And hearts refolv'd, and hands prepare?, •-. The. bleffings they erjsy... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1790 - 420 pages
...gayly green, May nnm'rous herds and flocks be feen. And laffes chanting o'er the pail, And Jhepherds piping in the dale, And ancient faith that knows no guile, And indnflry imbrown'd with toil, And hearts refolv'd, and hands prepared, The blej/ings they enjoy to... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...green, May num'rous herds and flocks be fccn; And l.ifu ',, chanting o'er the pail ; And flicpherds y deep. Daumlefs on his native lands The dragon-fon of Mona ftand induftry, imbrown'd with toil ; And hearts rcfolv'd, and hands prepar'd, The bleifings they enjoy to... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English fiction - 1796 - 560 pages
...gayly green, May num'rous herds and flocks be feen, And lafles chanting o'er the pail, And fhepherds piping in the dale, And ancient faith that knows no guile, And induftry embrown'd with toil, And hearts refolv'd, and hands prepar'd, The bleffings they enjoy to... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Great Britain - 1798 - 346 pages
...gaily green, May numerous Mock' and herds be fcen, And lafles chanting o'er the pail, And fhepherds piping in the dale ; And ancient faith that knows no guile, And induftry imbrown'd with toil, And hearts refjlv'd and hands prcpar'd, The blefiings they enioy to guard."... | |
 | Robert Heron - Scotland - 1799 - 432 pages
...gaily green. May uum'rous herds and docks be feen, And 1 rifles chanting o'er the pail, And (liepherds piping in the dale, And ancient faith that knows no guile, And induftry imbrovvn'd with toil, Arid hearts reiblv'd. and hands prepar'dj Tlie bleffings they enjoy... | |
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...youthful limbs I wont to lave, No torrents stain thy limpid source, No rocks impede thy dimpling course : Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy...hearts resolved, and hands prepared, The blessings they enjoy to guard. SMÓLLETT. Melody. How dear to me the hour when daylight dies, And sunbeams melt along... | |
 | John Stoddart - Scotland - 1801 - 386 pages
...o'er the pail, And shepherds piping in the dale ;" but we may trust, that it still possesses its — " Ancient faith that knows no guile, And industry embrown'd with toil, And hearts resolv'd, and hands prepar'd, The blessings they enjoy to guard." Here, if any where, manufactures... | |
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