 Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs: But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry blades, That frisk it under Pindus' shades. In noble songs, and lofty...  Select Proverbs, Italian, Spanish, French, English, Scotish, British, &c ... - Σελίδα 107των John Mapletoft - 1707 - 126 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1884 - 472 σελίδες
...turned up, Striking a ring of bells a-top ? — Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chimes, Tin' foolish creature thinks he climbs: But here or there, turn...He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry blades, Tliat frisk it under Pindus' shades. I ft noble songs, and lofty odes, They tread... | |
 | James Parton - 1884 - 734 σελίδες
...turn'd up, Striking a ring of bells a-top ? — Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chime* The foolish creature thinks he climbs : But here or there, turn...wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher. So feres it with those merry blades, That frisk it under Pindus' shades. In noble songs, and lofty odes,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1886 - 396 σελίδες
...turned up, Striking a ring of bells a-top ? Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs : But here or there, turn...He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry blades, That frisk it under Pindus' shades. In noble songs and lofty odes They tread on... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1889 - 326 σελίδες
...turn'd up, Striking a ring of bells a-top? — Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chimes The foolish creature thinks he climbs : But here or there, turn...He never gets two inches higher . So fares it with those merry blades, That frisk it under Pindus' shades. In noble songs, and lofty odes, They tread... | |
 | 1894 - 288 σελίδες
...turned up, Striking a ring of bells at top ? — Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs : But, here or there, turn...He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry blades That frisk it under Pindus' shades, In noble song and lofty odes, They tread on... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 656 σελίδες
...turned up, Striking a ring of bells a-top? — Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs : But here or there, turn...He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry blades, That frisk it under Pindus' shades. In noble songs, and lofty odes, They tread... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 496 σελίδες
...turned up. Striking a ring of bells a-top ? — Moved in the orb. pleased with the chimes. The foolish creature thinks he climbs; But here or there, turn...He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry blades That frisk it under Pindus's shades: In noble songs and lofty odes, They tread on... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 348 σελίδες
...turn'd up, Striking a ring of bells at top ? Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chimes. The foolish creature thinks he climbs : But here or there, turn...He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry blades, That frisk it under Pindus' shades. In noble song and lofty odes, They tread on... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 346 σελίδες
...turn'd up, Striking a ring of bells at top ? Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chimes. The foolish creature thinks he climbs : But here or there, turn...He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry blades, That frisk it under Pindus' shades. In noble song and lofty odes, They tread on... | |
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