 | John William Carleton - 1868 - 520 pages
...containing materials such as Gay describes as necessary for the art of imitating nature : — " To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride ; Let nature guide thcc ; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes the tackle... | |
 | William H. Schreiner - Fishing - 1841 - 162 pages
...them neatly, the pockets should be well supplied with the necessary materials therefore, " To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait...shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plume, thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender... | |
 | Thomas Frederick Salter - Fishing - 1841 - 428 pages
...artificial flies are prettily described by GAY, in his Poem on Rural Sports, as follows : To frame the little animal provide All the gay hues that wait...golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require. 2 u 2 The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail. Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail ; Each... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1841 - 894 pages
...delusive art must try, And tempt their hunger with the curious fly. To frame the little animal, prende All the gay hues that wait on female pride : Let nature...sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly reqaire ; The peacock's plumea thy tackle must not fail. Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail.... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 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...the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy hird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings : Silks of all colours... | |
 | John Jay Brown - Fishing - 1849 - 404 pages
...just the colors shine in every part. That nature seems to live again in art." And also— " To frame the little animal provide All the gay hues that wait...gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the glowing insect proper wings ; Silks of all colors must their aid impart, And every fur promote the... | |
 | John J. Brown - Fishing - 1849 - 250 pages
...juet the colors shine in every part, That nature seems to live again in art." And also — " To frame the little animal provide All the gay hues that wait...sable's tail ; Each gaudy bird some slender tribute bringa, And lends the glowing insect proper wings ; Silks of all colors must their aid impart, And... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...the day : You now a more delusive art must try, And tempt their hunger with the curious fly. To frame ear; when, contrary, he hears On all sides, from innumerable tongues, A dismal universal hiss, the sound Of toil. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings ; Silks... | |
 | John Gay - 1854 - 300 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...; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the % require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail.... | |
 | William Cartwright - Fishing - 1854 - 208 pages
...in a mift of dark decay The dreamer vaniih quite away." BISHOP KING. APPENDIX. APPENDIX. " To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride ; Let nature guide thee ; fometimes golden-wire The fliining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle muft... | |
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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... 
