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Fish you with fly , your rod must tapering be ; 125 Your line , as well from knot and kinkling free , With steady curve must veer its round in air , So not to lose your fly , nor snap the tender hair ; With graceful motion guide the ...
Fish you with fly , your rod must tapering be ; 125 Your line , as well from knot and kinkling free , With steady curve must veer its round in air , So not to lose your fly , nor snap the tender hair ; With graceful motion guide the ...
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The graceful trees around the mill - pool wave , 155 Majestic bending , and their tendrils lave ; Refreshed , the fanning breeze they trembling share , And shed their diamond drops in sunny air . Their various forms , reflected in the ...
The graceful trees around the mill - pool wave , 155 Majestic bending , and their tendrils lave ; Refreshed , the fanning breeze they trembling share , And shed their diamond drops in sunny air . Their various forms , reflected in the ...
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So great her loss we mourn , Nay , chide almost the sun , Whose darting ray forbids her longer reign ; Th ' environed flowery bower Laments the cruel hour Of her bereft , no more to bloom again ; Her stately form and graceful cup Must ...
So great her loss we mourn , Nay , chide almost the sun , Whose darting ray forbids her longer reign ; Th ' environed flowery bower Laments the cruel hour Of her bereft , no more to bloom again ; Her stately form and graceful cup Must ...
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Ne'er foiled , but boldly still Pursues his ardent will , Copies the angler , and his art would know : Equipped in fisher's garb , He baits his pointed barb , And veers the slender line with graceful flow ; But all in vain his skill he ...
Ne'er foiled , but boldly still Pursues his ardent will , Copies the angler , and his art would know : Equipped in fisher's garb , He baits his pointed barb , And veers the slender line with graceful flow ; But all in vain his skill he ...
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Tis now the season fair When multitudes repair To gardens , grounds where hops most graceful twine In ringlets round the pole , Now fallen , for the shoal Of cruel hands to strip the tender vine ; For them their mutual toil is sport ...
Tis now the season fair When multitudes repair To gardens , grounds where hops most graceful twine In ringlets round the pole , Now fallen , for the shoal Of cruel hands to strip the tender vine ; For them their mutual toil is sport ...
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| Title | The Seasons: a Poem |
| Author | Oliver Raymond |
| Published | 1878 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 9 Aug 2006 |
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