 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 512 pagine
...converse at will, And would be glad to do so still ; For it is thou alone that keep'st the soul awake. O my beloved nymph, fair DOVE, Princess of rivers !...I love Upon thy flowery banks to lie, And view thy silver stream. When gilded by a summer's beam, And in it all thy wanton fry Playing at liberty,, And... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pagine
...calm and quiet a delight Is it alone To read, and meditate, and write, By none offended, and offending none ! To walk, ride, sit or sleep, at one's own ease, And pleasing a MAN'S self— none others to displease! COTTON. Sir William Temple's only son, a young man of talents and accomplishments,... | |
 | John Evans - 1818 - 564 pagine
...in silent admiration. Well might Cotton, living on the spot, exclaim 226 WALTON'S FISHING-HOUSE. O my beloved nymph — fair Dove ! Princess of rivers! how I love Upon thy flow'ry banks to lie And view thy silver stream, When gilded by a summers beam ! And in all that wanton... | |
 | Sampson Erdeswicke - 1820 - 516 pagine
...with his friend Isaac Walton, took so much delight in angling ; and here wrote the following lines: O my beloved Nymph ! fair Dove, Princess of rivers !...I love Upon thy flowery banks to lie, And view thy silver stream, When gilded by a summer's beam, And in all that wanton fry, Playing at liberty, And... | |
 | 1821 - 444 pagine
...calm and quiet a delight It is alone To read, and meditate, and write, By none offended, nor offending none ; To walk, ride, sit, or sleep at one's own ease,...And pleasing a man's self, none other to displease ! * — . 1642. — COLONEL LOVELACE IMPRISONED in the Gatehouse, at Westminster, by order of the House... | |
 | Izaak Walton, John Hawkins - 1822 - 486 pagine
...keep'st the soul awake. How calm and quiet a delight Is it, alone, To read, and meditate, and write, Oh my beloved nymph, fair Dove ; Princess of rivers,...love Upon thy flowery banks to lie ; And view thy silver stream, When gilded by a summer's beam ! And in it, all thy wanton fry, Flaying at liberty :... | |
 | 1823 - 730 pagine
...F. IJ. COMPENDIUM OF COUNTY HISTORY. 'i : . STAFFORDSHIRE. ( Continued from p. 103.) •• , . " O my beloved nymph ! fair Dove, Princess of rivers !...love ' / Upon thy flowery banks to lie \ And view thy silver stream When gilded by a Summer's beam, i And in all that wanton fry, , Playing at liberty And... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1824 - 518 pagine
...and quiet a delight, Is it, alone To read, and meditate, and write; By none offended, and offending none ? To walk, ride, sit, or sleep at one's own ease!...And, pleasing a man's self, none other to displease. VL Oh, my beloved Nymph! fair Dove! Princess of Rivers! how I love Upon thy flowery banks to lie. And... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1824 - 512 pagine
...Stream ; from an Original Drawing by the Same. Copied and Engraved by H. White. " O my beloved Nymph 1 Fair Dove! *' Princess of Rivers ! how I love " Upon thy flowery banks to lie; " And view thy silver stream, " When gilded by a Summer's beam." Cotton's Retirement, St. vi. px "But look you, Sir,... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1832 - 330 pagine
...and quiet a delight Is it, alone, To read, and meditate, and write, By none offended, and offending none ! To walk, ride, sit, or sleep at one's own ease...And, pleasing a man's self, none other to displease. VI. Oh my beloved nymph, fair Dove ! Princess of rivers! how I love Upon thy flowery banks to lie,... | |
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Upon thy flowery banks to lie, And view thy silver stream, When gilded by a Summer's beam ! And in it all thy wanton fry Playing at liberty... 
