 | Tobias Smollett - 1793 - 260 pages
...in fpeckled pride ; The falmon, monarch of the tide ; The ruthlefs pike intent on war ; The filver eel, and mottled par*. Devolving from thy parent lake,...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 feen,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...in Ipeckled pride ; The falmon, monarch of the tide ; The ruthlefs pike, intent on war; The fiU-er eel and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake,...charming maze thy waters make, By bow'rs of birch, .ind proves of pine, And hedges flower'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks, Го gaily green, May... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English fiction - 1796 - 560 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 bowVs of birch, and groves of pine. And hedges flower'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks, fo gayly... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Great Britain - 1798 - 346 pages
...trout in fpecklcd pride, The falmon, 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 makc f By bowers of birch, and groves of pine, And edges fiower'd with eglantineStill on thy banks,... | |
 | Robert Heron - Scotland - 1799 - 432 pages
...pride ; The falmon. monarch of the tide ; Th^ ruthlefs pike, intent on war j The filver eel, and motled par*. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch, and groves of pine, And. hedges flower'd with eglantine. Stitl'dii thy banks fo gaily... | |
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...youthful limbs I wont to lave, No torrents stain thy limpid source, No rocks impede thy dimpling course : Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch, and groves of pine, And hedges flower'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks, so gaily... | |
 | History - 1803 - 582 pages
...in fpeckled pride ; The falmon, 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 water make, By bow'rs of birch, and groves of pine, And hedges flower'd with eglantine. Still on thy... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...infpeckled pride; The falmon, monarch of the tide; The ruthlefs pike, intent on war; The filyereel and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake. A...By bow'rs of birch, and groves of pine, And hedges flower'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks, Co <aily green, Mny num'rous herds an3 flocks be fcen;... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 584 pages
...springing trout, in speckled pride; The salmon, monarch of the tide ; • The ruthless pile, tatent on war; ! The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving...thy parent lake A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch and groves of pine, . And hedges flowered with eglantine. Still on thy banks, so g&Jly... | |
 | Hewson Clarke - Periodicals - 1805 - 310 pages
...trout, in fpeckled pride, The falmon, 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, By bowers of birch, and groves of pine, And edges flower'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks fo gaily... | |
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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... 
