 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...dexterity, or speed, To him nor vanity nor joy could bring; His heart, from cruel sport estrang'd, would bleed To work the wo of any living thing, By trap or net, by arrow, or by sling ; These he detested, those he scorn'd to wield; He wish'd to be the guardian, not the king, Tyrant... | |
 | Henry Twells - 1864 - 318 pages
...Shot from the western cliff, released the weary team. Th' exploit of strength, dexterity, or speed, To him nor vanity nor joy could bring : His heart, from cruel sport estranged, would bleed To work the woe of any living thing, By trap or net, by arrow or by sling... | |
 | James Beattie, Oliver Goldsmith - Gift books - 1864 - 540 pages
...Shot from the western cliff, released the weary team. Th' exploit of strength, dexterity, or speed, To him nor vanity nor joy could bring. His heart, from cruel sport estranged, would bleed To work the woe of any living thing, These he detested ; those he scorn'd... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...Shot from the western cliff, released the weary team. The exploit of strength, dexterity, or speed, To him nor vanity nor joy could bring: His heart, from cruel sport estranged, would bleed To work the woe of any living thing, . By trap or net, by arrow or by... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 556 pages
...dexterity, or speeu, To him nor vanity nor joy could bring: His heart, from cruel sport estranged, woidd bleed To work the wo of any living thing, By trap or net ; by arrow or by sling ; These he detested, those he scorned to wield: He wished to be the guardian, not the king, Tyrant... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...Shot from the western cliif, released the weary team. Th' exploit of strength, dexterity, or speed To him nor vanity nor joy could bring; His heart, from cruel sport estrang"d, would bleed To work the wo of any living thing, By trap or net, by arrow, or by sling... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...Shot from the western cliff, released the weary team. The exploit of strength, dexterity, or speed, at hour could anything sport estranged, would bleed To work the woe of any living thing, By trap or net, by arrow or by sling... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1875 - 728 pages
...Shot from the western cliff, released the weary team. 18 Th' exploit of strength, dexterity, or speed, To him nor vanity nor joy could bring. His heart, from cruel sport estranged, would bleed To work the woe of any living thing, By trap or net, by arrow or by sling... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1876 - 604 pages
...Shot from the western cliff, released the weary team. Th' exploit of strength, dexterity, or speed, To him nor vanity nor joy could bring. His heart, from cruel sport estranged, would bleed To work the woe of any living thing, By trap, or net; by arrow, or by... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 pages
...Shot from the western cliff, released the weary team. The exploit of strength, dexterity, or speed, To him nor vanity nor joy could bring ; His heart, from cruel sport estranged, would bleed To work the woe of any living thing. By trap, or net; by arrow, or by... | |
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He wish'd to be the guardian, not the king, Tyrant far less, or traitor of the field, And sure the sylvan reign unbloody joy might yield. 
