| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1771 - 622 pages
...wild, till Phcebus' beam Shot from the weftern clilf, reliev'd the weary team. Th'expleit of ftrengrfs, dexterity, or fpeed, To him nor vanity, nor joy could bring. His heart, from crud fport cftrang'd would bleed To work the woe of any living thing, By trap, or net; by arrow, or... | |
| Several Hands - 1771 - 614 pages
.... To .deep, untrodden groyes his footfteps led',., ' There would he wander wild, till Phcsbus'beam To him nor vanity., nor joy could bring. His heart, from cruel fport eftrang'd would bleed To work th« woe of any living thing, By trapv or net; by arrow, or by fling;... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1772 - 656 pages
...untrodden groves his footfteps led, There would he \Vander wild, till Phebus' beam, Shot from the weilcrn cliff, releafed the weary team. Th' exploit of ftrength,...vanity nor joy could bring. His heart, from cruel (port eftranged, would bleed To work the\voe of any living thing, By trap, or net ; by arrow, or by... | |
| English poetry - 1785 - 316 pages
...would he wander wild, 'till Phcebus beam, Shot from the weftern cliff, releafcd the weary team. XVIII. Th' exploit of ftrength, dexterity, or fpeed, To him...vanity nor joy could bring. His heart, from cruel fport enftranged, would bleed To work the woe of any living thing, By trap, by net, by arrow, or by fling... | |
| English poetry - 1785 - 320 pages
...Phoebus beam, Shot'from the weftern cliff, releafed the weary team. XV HI. Th' exploit of llrength, dexterity, or fpeed, To him nor vanity nor joy could bring. His heart, from cruel fport enllranged, would bleed To work the woe of any living thing, By trap, by net, by arrow, or by fling... | |
| 1785 - 304 pages
...from the weftern cliff, rcleas'd the weary team. *£,'**' xvui. :!:!•' . Th' explpit of Jlreogth, dexterity, or fpeed, To him nor vanity nor joy could bring. His heart, from cruel fpo/t eftranged, would bleed To work the woe of any living thing, • < By trap, or net ; by arrojn:,... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 416 pages
...dexterity, or speed, To him nor vanity nor joy could bring. _ . His heart, from cruel sport estranged, would bleed To work the wo of any living thing, By trap, or net ; by arrow, or by sling ; These he detested, those he scorn'd to wield : He wish'd to be the guardian, not the king^//o'... | |
| English poetry - 1789 - 214 pages
...from the western cliff, released the weary team. XVIII. Th' exploit of strength, dexterity, or speed, To him nor vanity nor joy could bring. His heart, from cruel sport estranged, would bleed To work the wo of any living thing, By trap, or net ; by arrow, or by... | |
| Robert Burns, Hester Lynch Piozzi - English poetry - 1790 - 308 pages
...yetblefs'dtheladr Some deem'd him wondrous wife, and fome believ'd him mad. Th' exploit of flrength, dexterity, or fpeed, To him nor vanity nor joy could...from cruel fport eflranged, would bleed To work the woe of any living thing, By trap, or net; by arrow, or by fling j Thefe he detefted, thofe he fcorn'd... | |
| Robert Burns, Hester Lynch Piozzi - English poetry - 1790 - 308 pages
...yetblefs'dtheladr Some deem'd him wondrous wife, and fome believ'd him mad. Th' exploit of flrength, dexterity, or fpeed, To him nor vanity nor joy could...from cruel fport eflranged, would bleed To work the woe of any living thing, By trap, or net ; by arrow, or by fling j Thefe he detefted, thofe he fcorn'd... | |
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