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" See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled... "
The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ... - Page 424
1839
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 75-76

John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold.' Nor yet, when moist Arcturus clouds the sky, The...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 230 pages
...wound, Flutters in blcod, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avails his glossy, varying dyes, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, ; His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold ? Nor yet, when moist Arcturus clouds the sky, The...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 416 pages
...POPE, therefore, has described a pheasant shot, he breaks out into a very masterly exclamation ; Ah ! what avail his glossy varying dyes, His purple crest,...eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold ?f This exquisite picture heightens the distress, and...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 pages
...therefore, has described a pheasant shot, he breaks out into a very masterly exclamation ; « Ah ! what avail his glossy varying dyes, His purple crest,...scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes untold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold ?fThis exquisite picture heightens the...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground, Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest,...eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold ? Nor yet, when moist Arcturus clouds the sky. The...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ...

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1807 - 316 pages
...wound, Flutters in hlood, and panting heati the ground. Ah ! what avails his glossy, varying dyes, 115 His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and hreast that flames with gold? Nor yet, when moist Arcturus clouds the sky, The woods...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes. Collated with the ...

Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest,...eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold. His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold ? Nor yet, when moist Arcturus clouds the sky, The...
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Poetical Works

Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...: Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest,...eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold ? Nor yet, when moist Arctnrus clouds the sky, The...
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Poems

Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...wound, flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, 115 his purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, the vivid green his shining plumes unfold, his painted wings, and breast that flames with gold? Nor yet, when moist Arcturus clouds the sky, the woods...
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Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Issues 77-79

Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...wound, flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah ! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, 115 his purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, the vivid green his shining plumes unfold, his painted wings, and breast that flames with gold!' Nor yet, when moist Arcturus clouds the sky, the...
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