Through richest purple to the view Betray'da golden gleam. The hapless nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first, and then a claw, With many an ardent wish, She stretch'd, in vain, to reach the prize... The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith - Page 4by Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 118 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 720 pages
...gold despise ? What Cat's averse to fish ? Presumptuous maid ! with looks intent, Again she stretched, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between : (Malignant Fate sat by and smiled) The slippery verge her feet beguiled ; She tumbled headlong in. Eight times emerging from the flood, She... | |
| James Parton - English poetry - 1857 - 706 pages
...stream : Their scaly armor's Tynan hue, Through richest purple, to the view Betrayed a golden gleam. The hapless nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first, and then a claw, With many an ardent wisii, She stretched in vain to reach the prize : What female heart can gold despise ? What Cat's averse... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1858 - 196 pages
...stream : Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue Through richest purple to the view Ketray'da golden gleam. The hapless nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first,...the prize. What female heart can gold despise ? What Cat 's averse to fish ? Presumptuous maid ! with looks intent Again she stretch'd, again she bent,... | |
| Bernhard Freiherr von Tauchnitz - English literature - 1860 - 468 pages
...stream ; Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue, Through richest purple, to the view Betray'da golden gleam. 4 The hapless nymph with wonder saw; A whisker first,...heart can gold despise? .What cat's averse to fish? 5 Presumptuous maid! with looks intent, Again she stretch'd, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between;... | |
| John Milton - English poetry - 1860 - 574 pages
...hapless nymph with wonder saw: A whisker first, and then a claw, With many an ardent wish, She stretched in vain to reach the prize: What female heart can gold despise? What Cat's averse to fishl Presumptuous maid! with looks intent, Again she stretched, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf... | |
| English poetry - 1890 - 366 pages
...stream : Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue Through richest purple, to the view Betray'da golden gleam. The hapless Nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first,...Again she stretch'd, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf betweenMalignant Fate sat by and smiled — The slippery verge her feet beguiled ; She tumbled headlong... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...stream : Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue Through richest purple, to the view Betray da golden gleam. The hapless Nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first,...heart can gold despise ? What Cat's averse to Fish ? Eight times emerging from the flood She mew'd to every watery God Some speedy aid to send :— No... | |
| Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 pages
...stream : Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue, Through richest purple, to the view Betray'da golden gleam. The hapless Nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first,...between — Malignant fate sat by and smiled — The slippery verge her feet beguiled ; She tumbled headlong in ! Eight times emerging from the flood She... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1862 - 358 pages
...hue Through richest purple to the view Betray'da golden gleam. The hapless nymph with wonder saw i A whisker first, and then a claw. With many an ardent...wish. She stretch'd, in vain, to reach the prize, ^hat female heart can~~goKhdespise ? (JVhat Cat's averse to fish ? Presumptuous maid ! with looks intent... | |
| English poetry - 1863 - 982 pages
...stream : Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue Through richest purple, to the view Betray'da golden gleam. The hapless Nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first,...prize — What female heart can gold despise ? What Cat 's averse to Fish ? Presumptuous maid ! with looks intent Again she stretch'd, again she bent,... | |
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