 | 1867 - 556 páginas
...hapless nymph with wonder saw: A wl.iskrr first, end then a claw, With many an ardent wish, She stretched in vain to reach the prize: What female heart can gold despise 1 What Cat's averse to lish ! Presumptuous maid ! with looks intent, Again she stretched, again she... | |
 | Edward Clarke Lowe - 1868 - 186 páginas
...stream: Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue, Through richest purple, to the view Betrayed a golden gleam. The hapless nymph with wonder saw: A whisker first,...gulf between. Malignant fate sat by and smiled, The slippery verge her feet beguiled ; She tumbled headlong in ! 600083078W X', ieud, Longfellow. Eight... | |
 | Charles Henry Ross - 1868 - 376 páginas
...; Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue, Though richest purple to the view, Betrayed a golden gleam. f " The hapless nymph, with wonder saw, A whisker first, and then a claw ; With many an ardent wish She stretched in vain to reach the prize ; — What female heart can gold despise? What Cat 's averse to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1868 - 280 páginas
...stream ; Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue, Through richest purple, to the view Betray'da golden gleam. 4 The hapless nymph with wonder saw ; A whisker first, and then a claw, With many ftn ardent wish, She stretch'd in vain to reach the prize. What female heart can gold despise \ What... | |
 | 1869 - 436 páginas
...stream : Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue Through richest purple, to the view Betray'da golden gleam. The hapless Nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first,...between — Malignant Fate sat by and smiled —- The slippery verge her feet beguiled ; She tumbled headlong in ! Eight times emerging from the flood She... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 260 páginas
...stream : Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue, Through richest purple, to the view Betrayed a golden gleam. The hapless nymph with wonder saw ; A whisker first, and then a claw, With many an ardent wish, She stretched in vain to reach the prize ; What female heart can gold despise ? Presumptuous maid ! 'with... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1869 - 306 páginas
...stream. Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue, Through richest purple to the view, Betrayed a golden gleam. " The hapless nymph with wonder saw ; A whisker first, and then a claw, With many an ardent wish, She stretched in vain to reach the prize : What female heart can gold despise, What cat's averse to fish?... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1870 - 456 páginas
...stream: Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue Through richest purple to the view Betray'da golden gleam. The hapless nymph with wonder saw: A whisker first,...heart can gold despise ? What cat's averse to fish 1 Presumptuous maid ! with looks intent Again she stretch'd, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1870 - 564 páginas
...coat that with the tortoise vies, The ears of jet, and em,rald eyes. She saw, and purr"d applause. The hapless nymph with wonder saw A whisker first,...female heart can gold despise ? What cat's averse to fa'sh ? Presumptive maid ! with looks intent, Again she stretch'd, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1870 - 72 páginas
...FAVOURITE CAT. Their scaly armour's Tynan l hue Through richest purple to the view Betrayed a golden gleam. The hapless nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first, and then a claw, With many an ardent wish, She stretched, in vain, to reach the prize. What female heart can gold despise 2 What cat's averse to fish... | |
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Through richest purple to the view Betray'da golden gleam. The hapless nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first, and then a claw, With many an ardent wish, She stretch'd, in vain, to reach the prize... 
