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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... thou cheerful plain ! Where peace and pleasure unmolested reign ; Where dewy buds their blushing bosoms show , And the cool rivers murmur as they flow : See yellow crow's - foot deck the gaudy hills , While the faint primrose loves the ...
... thou cheerful plain ! Where peace and pleasure unmolested reign ; Where dewy buds their blushing bosoms show , And the cool rivers murmur as they flow : See yellow crow's - foot deck the gaudy hills , While the faint primrose loves the ...
Page 54
... 'd thee t ' avoid the dew- Shun thou the pattern , but th ' advice pursue . Before the sun , declining to make way For night's approach , has ting'd the western ray , And skirted round each vapour's edge with gold , The 54 THE ANGLER .
... 'd thee t ' avoid the dew- Shun thou the pattern , but th ' advice pursue . Before the sun , declining to make way For night's approach , has ting'd the western ray , And skirted round each vapour's edge with gold , The 54 THE ANGLER .
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... THOU , who , by one act divine , Conceiv'd and executed the design ; Nor does the earth alone thy gifts enjoy ; Confin'd to none , the whole thy care employ ; The countless nations , in the deep below , Thy pow'r , wisdom , and thy ...
... THOU , who , by one act divine , Conceiv'd and executed the design ; Nor does the earth alone thy gifts enjoy ; Confin'd to none , the whole thy care employ ; The countless nations , in the deep below , Thy pow'r , wisdom , and thy ...
Page 66
... thou open'st thine exhaustless store , Till all are satisfied , and need no more . The Salmon's praises to my verse belong- King of the streams , and glory of OUR song ; He claims the rivers , and he claims the seas , Those for his ...
... thou open'st thine exhaustless store , Till all are satisfied , and need no more . The Salmon's praises to my verse belong- King of the streams , and glory of OUR song ; He claims the rivers , and he claims the seas , Those for his ...
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... thou dusky coat of yellow mail , And mountain back , arm'd with a bristly spine ! Twelve inches scarce thy measur'd length define . What's that ? -a spawnling worth no better style- O , had you seen in Ely's meery isle , moat , stew ...
... thou dusky coat of yellow mail , And mountain back , arm'd with a bristly spine ! Twelve inches scarce thy measur'd length define . What's that ? -a spawnling worth no better style- O , had you seen in Ely's meery isle , moat , stew ...
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angling April arming ARTIFICIAL FLIES banks Barbel bite bottom brandling Bream caddis CANTO Carp Charles Cotton cheerful Chelmer Cheven Chub colour cork coursers Dace deep delight diff'rent ditto draw e'er eels Eurus ev'ry eyes fastened finny flies float frog gale garden worm gentle grasshopper Grayling ground Gudgeon hail hand head heart Heav'n hole honey inches jolly Anglers keep ledger-bait length Loach lob-worm meads mid-water minnow mode of fishing morning muddy Nature's night o'er Otter Pearch Pike plain play pleasure pond pounds pow'r prey put the hook red-worm reign rise river Roach rove Salmon scene scoured season seize shore side sing sink smiles Sniggling song soul sport spring stream strike strong Suffolk sweet swim tackle tail Tench thee thou Trout wave Waveney weather wind wings winter worm yard yellow