 tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon...  An Introduction to the Study of Aesthetics - Page 216by James Clement Moffat - 1856 - 284 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 396 pages
...The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high: — I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn,... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...head ! The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice; and yon tall anch'ring bark Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd pebbles idly chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn, and... | |
 | 1801 - 446 pages
...head. The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock : her cock a buoy, Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surg* That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) - 1802 - 404 pages
...fearful " And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! #**•»# " The fishermen that walk upon the beach " Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark " Diminished to her cock. * * '' * * * " The murmuring surge, " That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, " Cannot be heard... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1802 - 410 pages
...lipon thé beach Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bai k Diminish'd to her cock ; her cocfc , a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge That on thé unnutnber'd idle pebbles chafes, Giniiot tie heard so high. Fil look no more, Lest my brain turn... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 488 pages
...that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ; 1 her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high : — I'll look no more ; Lest my brain turn,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight: The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high: — I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn,... | |
 | English literature - 1808 - 1016 pages
...that walk, upan the " beach '< Appear like mice ; and yon tall a»i" cboring bark " Seem» Icsîen'd to her cock, her cock " a buoy, " Almost too small for sight . " The murmuring surge beneath " Cannot be heard so high." The eggs, immediately after they arc • ', • liu^ ^IMIII, u«... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...walk upon the beach Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her boat ; her boat, a buoy, Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge (That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles beat) Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn. I No.... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1804 - 450 pages
...walk upon the beach Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her boat; her boat ! a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge That on th' unuumber'd idle pebbles beats, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn.... | |
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