 Through richest purple to the view Betray'da golden gleam. The hapless nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first, and then a claw, With many an ardent wish, She stretch'd, in vain, to reach the prize...  The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith - Stran 4avtor: Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 118 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | James Parton - 1856 - 720 strani
...gold despise ? What Cat's averse to fish ? Presumptuous maid ! with looks intent, Again she stretched, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between : (Malignant Fate sat by and smiled) The slippery verge her feet beguiled ; She tumbled headlong in. Eight times emerging from the flood, She... | |
 | James Parton - 1857 - 706 strani
...stream : Their scaly armor's Tynan hue, Through richest purple, to the view Betrayed a golden gleam. The hapless nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first, and then a claw, With many an ardent wisii, She stretched in vain to reach the prize : What female heart can gold despise ? What Cat's averse... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1858 - 196 strani
...stream : Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue Through richest purple to the view Ketray'da golden gleam. The hapless nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first,...the prize. What female heart can gold despise ? What Cat 's averse to fish ? Presumptuous maid ! with looks intent Again she stretch'd, again she bent,... | |
 | Bernhard Freiherr von Tauchnitz - 1860 - 468 strani
...stream ; Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue, Through richest purple, to the view Betray'da golden gleam. 4 The hapless nymph with wonder saw; A whisker first,...heart can gold despise? .What cat's averse to fish? 5 Presumptuous maid! with looks intent, Again she stretch'd, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between;... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 574 strani
...hapless nymph with wonder saw: A whisker first, and then a claw, With many an ardent wish, She stretched in vain to reach the prize: What female heart can gold despise? What Cat's averse to fishl Presumptuous maid! with looks intent, Again she stretched, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf... | |
 | 1890 - 366 strani
...stream : Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue Through richest purple, to the view Betray'da golden gleam. The hapless Nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first,...Again she stretch'd, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf betweenMalignant Fate sat by and smiled — The slippery verge her feet beguiled ; She tumbled headlong... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 strani
...stream : Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue Through richest purple, to the view Betray da golden gleam. The hapless Nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first,...heart can gold despise ? What Cat's averse to Fish ? Eight times emerging from the flood She mew'd to every watery God Some speedy aid to send :— No... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 strani
...stream : Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue, Through richest purple, to the view Betray'da golden gleam. The hapless Nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first,...between — Malignant fate sat by and smiled — The slippery verge her feet beguiled ; She tumbled headlong in ! Eight times emerging from the flood She... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1862 - 358 strani
...hue Through richest purple to the view Betray'da golden gleam. The hapless nymph with wonder saw i A whisker first, and then a claw. With many an ardent...wish. She stretch'd, in vain, to reach the prize, ^hat female heart can~~goKhdespise ? (JVhat Cat's averse to fish ? Presumptuous maid ! with looks intent... | |
 | 1863 - 982 strani
...stream : Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue Through richest purple, to the view Betray'da golden gleam. The hapless Nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first,...prize — What female heart can gold despise ? What Cat 's averse to Fish ? Presumptuous maid ! with looks intent Again she stretch'd, again she bent,... | |
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