 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 ... - 107. oldalszerző: John Mapletoft - 1707 - 126 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Matthew Prior - 1853 - 220 oldal
...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... | |
 | James Parton - 1856 - 720 oldal
...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... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1858 - 500 oldal
...bells a-top? — Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs : 10 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 odes, They tread... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 oldal
...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... | |
 | John George Phillimore - 1863 - 456 oldal
...little rage In jumping round a rolling cage ? Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs, But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher." — PRIOR. against any attempt to wrest from their hands the exorbitant power they now possess, or... | |
 | John George Phillimore - 1863 - 474 oldal
...rage In jumping round a rolling cage ? MoVed in the orb, pleased with the chimes, The foolish ereature thinks he climbs, But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher." — PJSIOR. against any attempt to wrest from their hands the exorbitant power they now possess, or... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1866 - 350 oldal
...bells a-top ? — Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs : 10 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 odes, They tread... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 oldal
...tnrn'd 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 Findus' shades. In noble song, and lofty odes, They tread on... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1869 - 340 oldal
...side turns 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 wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher." 3 Roger Bacon, commonly called Friar Bacon, lived in the reign of Edward I., and, for some little skill... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 oldal
...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... | |
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