 | 1771 - 662 pages
...trout in ipecklcd pride, The ialmon, monarch of the tide, The ruthlefs pike, intent on war, The filver eel and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, Bybow'rsof birch, and troves of pine, And hedges flow'r'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks, fo gayly... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1771 - 288 pages
...The falmon, monarch of the tide > The ruthlefs pike, intent on war ; The filver eel, and motled par.f Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy...By bow'rs of birch, and groves of pine, And hedges flow'r'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks fo gayly green, May num'rous herds and flocks be fee% '... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1771 - 292 pages
...falmon, monarch of the tide ; The ruthlefs pike, intent on war ; The filver eel, and motled par. f Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy...make, By bow'rs of birch, and groves of pine, And edges flow'r'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks fo gayly green. May num'rous herds and flocks be... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1772 - 656 pages
...pride } The falmon, monarch of the tide, The ruthlefs pike, intent on war j The filver eel and motled par. Devolving from thy parent lake» A charming maze...By bow'rs of birch, and groves of pine, And hedges flow'r'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks fo gayly green. May numerous herds and flocks be feen -,... | |
 | 1772 - 364 pages
...pride; The falmon, monarch of the tide, The ruthlefs pike intent on war; The filver eel, and motled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bow'rs of birch, aud groves of pine, And hedges flow'r'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks fo gayly green, May numerous... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1777 - 336 pages
...* The par is a fmall fifh^ not unlike the fmelt, which it rivals in delicacy and flavour. Devolving Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch, and groves of pine, And edges flower'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks fo gayly... | |
 | William Scott - 1789 - 416 pages
...fpecklfid pride i 4 • The falmon, monarch of the tide ; The ruthlefs pike, intent 9n war ' The filver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, . By bowers of birch and grev«s ^of pine,. , And hedges flower'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks-, .fo... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1790 - 420 pages
...pride ; The falmon, monarch cf the tide ; The ruthlefs pike, intent on war; The filver tel, and motled par *. Devolving from thy parent lake, . A charming maze thy "waters make, By bow'rs of birch, and grdves of pine, And hedges jlower' d -with eglantine. " The par is a fmall fid, not unlike the fmelt,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...in (peckltd pride; The (aimon, monarch of the tide ; The ruthlels pike, intent on war ; The filvcr eel and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By how'rs of birch, and groves of pine, .And hedges, flowcr'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks, Ib gaily... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...falmon, monarch of the tide; The ruthleis pike, intent on war; The lilver eel and mottled par, Involving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bow'rs of birch, and proves of piotf And hedges, flow'r'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks, fo gaily green, May num'rous... | |
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No rocks impede thy dimpling course, That sweetly warbles o'er its bed, With white round polish'd pebbles spread ; While, lightly poised, the scaly brood In myriads cleave thy crystal flood ; The springing trout in speckled pride ; The salmon, monarch... 
