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Page 14
... stream Defcends the billowy foam : now is the time , While yet the dark - brown water aids the guile , To tempt the trout . The well diffembled fly , The rod fine - tapering with elaftic fp.ing . 385 Snatch'd from the hoary feed the ...
... stream Defcends the billowy foam : now is the time , While yet the dark - brown water aids the guile , To tempt the trout . The well diffembled fly , The rod fine - tapering with elaftic fp.ing . 385 Snatch'd from the hoary feed the ...
Page 15
... stream . The fpeckled infant throw . But should you lure From his dark haunt , beneath the tangled roots 423 Of pendant trees , the monarch of the brook , Behoves you then to ply your fineft art . 425 Long time he , following cautious ...
... stream . The fpeckled infant throw . But should you lure From his dark haunt , beneath the tangled roots 423 Of pendant trees , the monarch of the brook , Behoves you then to ply your fineft art . 425 Long time he , following cautious ...
Page 20
... stream , They frame the first foundation of their domes ; Dry fprigs of trees , in artful fabric laid , And bound with clay together . Now ' tis nought But reftlefs hurry thro ' the bufy air , 650 Beat Beat by unnumber'd wings . The ...
... stream , They frame the first foundation of their domes ; Dry fprigs of trees , in artful fabric laid , And bound with clay together . Now ' tis nought But reftlefs hurry thro ' the bufy air , 650 Beat Beat by unnumber'd wings . The ...
Page 35
... fun - beam wanders thro the gloom ; And on the dark green graff , beĥide the brink Of haunted stream , that by the roots of oak Rolls o'er the rocky channel , lie at large , B 6 II And · And fing the glories of the circling year .
... fun - beam wanders thro the gloom ; And on the dark green graff , beĥide the brink Of haunted stream , that by the roots of oak Rolls o'er the rocky channel , lie at large , B 6 II And · And fing the glories of the circling year .
Page 44
... stream ; Heavy , and dripping , to the breezy brow Slow move the harmless race : where as they fpread Their fwelling treasures to the funny ray , Inly disturb'd , and wondering what this wild Qutrageous tumult means , their loud ...
... stream ; Heavy , and dripping , to the breezy brow Slow move the harmless race : where as they fpread Their fwelling treasures to the funny ray , Inly disturb'd , and wondering what this wild Qutrageous tumult means , their loud ...
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