The Angler;: A Poem, in Ten Cantos. Comprising Proper Instructions in the Art, with Rules to Choose Fishing Rods, Lines, Hooks, Floats, Baits, and to Make Artificial Flies; Receipts for Pastes, &c. &c. Embellished with Upwards of Twenty Beautiful Wood-cutsJ.H. Burn, 1820 - 231 pages |
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... Heav'n is variously inclin'd , The true resemblance of a female mind ! Here darted beams with full refulgence glow , There faintly streak the party - colour'd bow ; Soft showers fall , and gentle zephyrs play , The 28 THE ANGLER .
... Heav'n is variously inclin'd , The true resemblance of a female mind ! Here darted beams with full refulgence glow , There faintly streak the party - colour'd bow ; Soft showers fall , and gentle zephyrs play , The 28 THE ANGLER .
Page 50
... Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate , " All but the page prescrib'd , their present state : " From brutes what men , from men what spirits know : " Or who could suffer being here below ? " The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed ...
... Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate , " All but the page prescrib'd , their present state : " From brutes what men , from men what spirits know : " Or who could suffer being here below ? " The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed ...
Page 51
... Heav'n . ” How bounteous is the charter of our meat ! Which loud proclaims- " Rise , mortal , kill and 66 eat , Of ev'ry wing , the savage and the tame . " Of every beast of salutary name ; " Of ev'ry finny tribe , in fresh or brine ...
... Heav'n . ” How bounteous is the charter of our meat ! Which loud proclaims- " Rise , mortal , kill and 66 eat , Of ev'ry wing , the savage and the tame . " Of every beast of salutary name ; " Of ev'ry finny tribe , in fresh or brine ...
Page 53
... Heav'n the wheels of Day To western waves precipitate the ray . The glorious setting sun displays a scene , Not glaring , but delightfully serene ; The moon begins to give its lambent light— The vacillating stars their twinkling bright ...
... Heav'n the wheels of Day To western waves precipitate the ray . The glorious setting sun displays a scene , Not glaring , but delightfully serene ; The moon begins to give its lambent light— The vacillating stars their twinkling bright ...
Page 65
... Heav'n For reason , which to MAN alone is giv'n . Almighty Power ! all - productive mind ! On all thy works thus stamp'd THYSELF we find ; How diff'rent all - how diff'rently endued , Not one alike , and yet alike all good ; How perfect ...
... Heav'n For reason , which to MAN alone is giv'n . Almighty Power ! all - productive mind ! On all thy works thus stamp'd THYSELF we find ; How diff'rent all - how diff'rently endued , Not one alike , and yet alike all good ; How perfect ...
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