 | John Gay - English poetry - 1753 - 282 pages
...day. You now a more delufive art muft try, I75 And tempt their hunger with the curious fly. To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride, Let nature guide thee ; fometimes golden wire Thefhining bellies of the fly require; i80 The peacock's plumes thy tackle... | |
 | Art - 1762 - 290 pages
...A'mid. the verdant bed they twine, they toil,And. from their bodies wipe their native foil. To frame the little animal, provide ^ All the gay hues that wait on female pride, Let nature guide thee ; fometimes golden wiie The filming bellies of the fty require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle muft... | |
 | John Newbery - English poetry - 1762 - 292 pages
...the day. You now a more delufive art muft try, And tempt their hunger with the curious fly. To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride, Let nature guide thee ; fometimes golden wire The fLining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle muft... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins - Fishing - 1775 - 620 pages
...defcription of the materials ufed in fly-making, which is quoted from the above-mentioned poem. " To frame the little animal provide " All the gay hues that 'wait on female pride ; " Let nature guide thee, fometimes getdea wire, " The Jhining bellies of the fly require. '' The peacock' s plumes thy tackle... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 964 pages
...the day : You now a more dclufivc art muft try, And tempt their hunger with the curious fly. To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride : I.tt nature guide thcc ; fomctimes golden wire The mining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's... | |
 | Thomas Best - Fishing - 1794 - 182 pages
...featherM hook, 'Silent along the 'mazy margin Aray, And with the fur-wrought fty delude the prey. To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride : tet Nature guide thee ; fometimes golden wire The mining bellies of the fty require ; The peacock's... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 908 pages
...You ПОЛУ a more dclufiveirt muft try, And tempt their hunger with the curious fly. • To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride ; Let nature guide thee ; fomeUBics golden wire. The fhining bellies of the fly require ; * The peacock's plumes thy tackle... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...day : You now a more delufive art rmift try, And ttmpt their hunger with the curious йу. To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride ; Let nature guide thee ; fomctimes golden wire The (hinirg bellies of the fly require; The peacock's plumes thy tackle muft... | |
 | English poetry - 1797 - 420 pages
...the day : You now a more delusive art must try, And tempt their hunger with the curious fly. To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait...golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; 180 The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1804 - 208 pages
...margin stray, And with the fur-wrought fly delude the prey. To frame the little animal, provide AH the gay hues that wait on female pride : Let Nature...The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor ttie dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the... | |
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To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride : Let Nature guide thee ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's... 
