 While, lightly poised, the scaly brood In myriads cleave thy crystal flood ; The springing trout in speckled pride, The salmon, monarch of the tide ; The ruthless pike, intent on war, The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A...  Poetry for children, selected by L. Aikin - Page 73by Poetry - 1804Full view - About this book
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pages
...the tide ; The ruthless pike, intent on war ; The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving Scorn thy parent lake, . A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch and groves of pine, And edges flowered with eglantine. Still on thy banks so gayly green May numerous flocks and herds be seen... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...of the tide ; The ruthless pike, intent on war ; The silver 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 flowered with eglantine. Still on thy banks so gaily green, May numerous herds and flocks be... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...of the tide; The ruthless pike, intent on war, The silver 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 so gayly green, May numerous herds and flocks be... | |
 | 1864 - 142 pages
...of the tide ; The ruthless pike, intent on war, The silver 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 flowered with eglantine. Still on thy batiks, so gaily green, May numerous herds and flocks be... | |
 | 1865 - 538 pages
...of the tide ; The ruthless pike, intent on war, The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make By bowers...groves of pine, And hedges flower'd with eglantine." It' would almost seem as if these mellifluous lines were made so attractive to draw off attention from... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1865 - 446 pages
...conrse, That sweetly warbles o'er its bed, With white, ronnd, polished pebbles spread. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch and groves of pine, And hedges flowered with eglantine." Ere, however, closing our journey of a day, which introduces us to so interesting... | |
 | 1865 - 144 pages
...of the tide ; The ruthless pike, intent on war, The silver 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 flowered with eglantine. Still on thy banks, so gaily green, May numerous herds and flocks be... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...of the tide ; The ruthless pike, intent on wnr, The silver 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 so gayly green, May numerous herds and flocks be... | |
 | 1866 - 132 pages
...of the tide ; The ruthless pike, intent on war. The silver 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 flowered with eglantine. Still on thy banks, so gaily green, May numerous herds and flocks be... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 pages
...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 edges flowered with eglantine. Still on thy banks, so gaily green, may numerous herds and flocks be... | |
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