 | Edward Thomas - 1917 - 398 pages
...the stern ; The view's all bounded, and from side to side Your utmost prospect but a few ells wide ; Boys who, on shore, to sea the pebble cast, Will hear...disdain, At whom he knows not, whom he threats in vain. 'Tis pleasant then to view the nets float past, Net after net till all beyond you slip ; A boat comes... | |
 | 1810 - 538 pages
...sometimes them and not their boat discern, Or half-conceal'd some figure at the stern ; Boys jvho, on shore, to sea the pebble cast. Will hear it strike...disdain» At whom he knows not, whom he threats in vain; ' 'Tis pleasant then to view the nets float past, Net after net till you have seen the last ; And as... | |
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discern, Or half-conceal'd some figure at the stern ; Boys who, on shore, to sea the pebble cast, Will hear it strike against the viewless mast ; While the stern boatman growls his fierce disdain, At whom he knows not, whom he threats in vain. 
