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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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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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The hour of homely meal We must not now conceal , When round is passed , in turn , the smiling ale ; Potatoes , cheese , and bread Their viands — they are fed : Contented all , no cares avail Their present merriment to foil ; They play ...
The hour of homely meal We must not now conceal , When round is passed , in turn , the smiling ale ; Potatoes , cheese , and bread Their viands — they are fed : Contented all , no cares avail Their present merriment to foil ; They play ...
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On balance poised he veers his cautious round On outside edge , spectators to astound ; With gaping mouth they watch the skater's art , And linger round , unwilling to depart . 85 Still more their wonder , when upright he springs 74 THE ...
On balance poised he veers his cautious round On outside edge , spectators to astound ; With gaping mouth they watch the skater's art , And linger round , unwilling to depart . 85 Still more their wonder , when upright he springs 74 THE ...
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85 Still more their wonder , when upright he springs , Skips in mid air , as though his feet had wings ; Fantastic figures on the ice he carves , And richly plaudits echoing round deserves . Snowflake from threatening cloud the pine ...
85 Still more their wonder , when upright he springs , Skips in mid air , as though his feet had wings ; Fantastic figures on the ice he carves , And richly plaudits echoing round deserves . Snowflake from threatening cloud the pine ...
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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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