 See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled...  The New sporting magazine - Page 2591845Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - Criticism - 1717 - 468 pages
...whirring Pheafant fprings, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings. Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his gloffy, varying dyes, His purple creft, and fcarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his fhining plumes... | |
 | English poetry - 1720 - 302 pages
...whirring pheafantfprings^. And mounts exulting on triumphant wings. Short is his joy; he feek the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah!' what avail- his glofly, varying dyes, His purple creft, and fcarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his ftiining plumes... | |
 | Henry Needler - 1735 - 252 pages
...whirring Pheafant Iprings, And mounts exulting on triumphant Wings; Short is his Joy ! he feels the fiery Wound, Flutters in Blood, and panting beats the Ground. Ah! what avail his gloffie, .varying Dyes, His Purple Creft, and Scarlet-circled Eyes, The iant, the Parrot, the * Swan,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 240 pages
...whirring pheafant fprings, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glofly, varying dyes, 115 His purple creft, and fcarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his fhining plumes... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pages
...pheafant fprings, And mounts- exulting on triumphant wings : Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his'gKHy, varying dyes, 115 His purple c'reft, and fcarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his finning... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pages
...whirring pheafant fprings, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his gloffy, varying dyes, 115 His purple creft, and fcarled-circled eyes, The vivid green his mining plumes... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1760 - 314 pages
...whirringpheafantfprings, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glofly, varying dyes, 1 1 e His purple creft, and fcarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his mining... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings; Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 1164 pages
...whirring pheafant fprings, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground, Ah! what avail his glofly, varying dies, 11$ His purple creft, and fcarlet circled eyes, The vivid green his mining plumes... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...pheafant fprings, And mounts, exulting, on triumphant wings : Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his gloflv varying dyes, His purple creft, and fcarlct circled eyes ! The vivid green his mining plumes... | |
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