A birr ! a whirr ! the salmon's up, Give line, give line and measure ; But now he turns ! keep down ahead, And lead him as a child is led, And land him at your leisure. Hark to the music of the reel ! 'Tis welcome, it is glorious ; It wanders through... The New sporting magazine - Page 1401847Full view - About this book
| 560 pages
...colours come and go, All beautifully blended. Hark to the music of the reel ! "Fis hushed ; it hatk forsaken. With care we'll guard the magic wheel, Until...awaken.' " Come, now we have a dish, let us proceed to Ashhurton." George. — " I shall not he sorry ; for I am heartily sick of this endless moor. I have... | |
| Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1836 - 436 pages
...a bright imbedded stone. Lies gleaming at the bottom. Hark to the music of the reel ! 'Tis hush'd, it hath forsaken ; With care we'll guard the magic wheel, Until its notes rewaken. A birr ! a whirr ' the salmon's up, Gire line, give line and measure ; Rut now he turns !... | |
| Thomas Tod Stoddart - Fishing - 1836 - 184 pages
...a bright imbedded stone, Lies gleaming at the bottom. Hark to the music of the reel ! 'Tis hush'd, it hath forsaken ; With care we'll guard the magic wheel, Until its notes rewaken. A birr ! a whirr ! the salmon's up, Give line, give line and measure ; But now he turns !... | |
| Thomas Tod Stoddart - Fishing - 1839 - 240 pages
...a bright imbedded stone, Lies gleaming at the bottom. Hark to the music of the reel ! 'Tis hush'd, it hath forsaken ; With care we'll guard the magic wheel, Until its notes rewaken. IV. A birr ! a whirr ! the salmon's up, Give line, give line and measure 5 But now he turns... | |
| John William Carleton - 1847 - 556 pages
...colours come and go, All beautifully blended. Hark to the music of the reel ! "I'i- hushed ; it batk forsaken. With care we'll guard the magic wheel, Until...though why it is called two I do not know, as there is only one ; the rivers unite an hundred yards above the bridge, not below. I seo on this south-east... | |
| John Wilson - 1856 - 432 pages
...a bright imbedded stone, Lies gleaming at the bottom. Hark to the music of the reel ! 'Tis hush'd, it hath forsaken ; With care we'll guard the magic wheel, Until its notes rewakeu. A birr! a whirr! the salmon's up, Give line, give line and measure ; But now he turns ! keep... | |
| John Wilson - 1856 - 416 pages
...a bright imbedded stone, Lies gleaming at the bottom. Hark to the music of the reel ! 'Tis hush'd, it hath forsaken ; With care we'll guard the magic wheel, Until its notes rewaken. A birr ! a whirr ! the salmon's up, Give line, give line and measure ; But now he turns !... | |
| John Wilson - 1856 - 412 pages
...a bright imbedded stone, Lies gleaming at the bottom. Hark to the music of the reel ! 'Tis hush'd, it hath forsaken ; With care we'll guard the magic wheel, Until its notes rewaken. A birr! a whirr! the salmon's up, Give line, give line and measure ; But now he turns ! keep... | |
| John Wilson - 1865 - 444 pages
...a bright imbedded stone, Lies gleaming at the bottom. Hark to the music of the reel ! 'Tis hush'd, it hath forsaken ; With care we'll guard the magic wheel, Until its notes rewaken. A birr! a whirr! the salmon's up, Give line, give line and measure ; But now he turns ! keep... | |
| Fishing - 1880 - 252 pages
...And, like a bright embedded stone, Lies gleaming at the bottom. Hark to the music of the reel ! "fis hushed, it hath forsaken ; With care we'll guard the magic wheel, Until its notes re-waken. A birr ! a whirr ! the Salmon's up, Give line, give line and measure ; But now he turns !... | |
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