| 1797 - Страниц: 420
...his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. in. So the sweet lark, high-pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, ' ( If chance his mate's shrill call he hear) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy... | |
| 1814 - Страниц: 640
...cord glides swiftly through his glowing hands, And quick as light'ning on the deck he stands. III. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close...pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy... | |
| Charles Henry Wilson - 1803 - Страниц: 228
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below. The cord slides swiftly thro' his glowing hands, And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If, chance, his mate's shrill note he hear)... | |
| Select collection - 1806 - Страниц: 322
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below. The cords slide swiftly thro' his glowing hands ; And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If, chance, his mate's shrill voice he hear,... | |
| George Ashburner - 1807 - Страниц: 238
...well-known voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below. The cord slides swiftly through his glowing And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, ('If, chance, his mate's shrill note he hear)... | |
| Vincent Bourne - 1808 - Страниц: 300
...through his glowing hands, And (quick as lightuing) on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If, chance, his mate's sin-ill note he hear) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet, Might... | |
| British poets - 1809 - Страниц: 512
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below : The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high-pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's shrill call he hear)... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - Страниц: 596
...heard, He s^gh'd, ami cast his eyes below : The cord slides s-л iftly thro. igh his glow-ins; hands, And (quick as lightning.') on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shots close his pinions to his breast, (If cham-c his mate's shrill-call he hear) And... | |
| John Aikin - 1810 - Страниц: 386
...voice he heard, He sigh'd and cast his eyes below ; The cord glides swiftly thro' his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark high pois'd in air Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And... | |
| 1810 - Страниц: 430
...from his aerial region plump into the Canongate Tolbooth ! " So the siy lark, hfgh poiitd in o\r, , Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill voice he hear, , And drops at once into her nest." • After a lively and spirited sketch of the "... | |
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