 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 str.
...by fits ; at last they soar In one bright blaze, and then descend no more. When swallows fleet tear high, and sport in air, He told us that the welkin would be clear. Cay. SOAR. nt [from the verb.] Towering flight. Within tear Of tow'ring eagles, to all the fowls he... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 str.
...ensue : He first that useful secret did explain , That pricking corns foretold the gath'ring rain. "When swallows fleet soar high and sport in air, He told us that the welkin would be clear. Let Cloddipole then hear us twain rehearse , And praise his sweet-heart in alternate verse. Ouï ,... | |
 | George Gregory - 1808 - 352 str.
...: " He first that useful secret could explain, " That pricking corns foretold the gath'ring rain. " When swallows fleet soar high and sport in air, " He told us that the welkin would be clear." VIRGIL. Dam. — " Vis ergo inter nos, quid possit uterque vicissim " Experiamur? Ego hanc vitulam,... | |
 | John Gay, Thomas Park - 1808 - 322 str.
...ensue : He first that useful secret did explain, That pricking corns foretold the gathering rain : When swallows fleet soar high and sport in air, He told us that the welkin would be clear. 30 Let Cloddipole then hear us twain rehearse, And praise his sweetheart, in alternate verse : I'll... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 str.
...strait ensue: He first that useful secret did explain, That pricking euros foretold the gathering rain ; When swallows fleet soar high and sport in air, He told us that the welkin would be clear. Let Cloddipole then hear us twain rehearse, And praise his sweetheart, in alternate verse : I'll wager... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 str.
...straight ensue: He first that useful secret did explain, That pricking corns foretold the gathering rain. When swallows fleet soar high and sport in air, He told us that the welkin would be clear. 30 Let Cloddipole then hear us twain rehearse, And praise his sweetheart in alternate verse. I'll wager... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 596 str.
...first tliat useful secret did explain, That prk'king corns foretold the gathering rain. , When swalluws fleet soar high and sport in air, He told us that the welkin would be clear. 3d Let CloJdipole then hear us twain rehearse, And praise his sweetheart in alternate тепе. I'll... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 492 str.
...arise ; He first that useful secret did explain, That pricking corns foretold the gathering rain : When swallows fleet soar high and sport in air, He told us that the welkin would be clear. Let Cloddipole then hear us twain rehearse, Aud praise his sweetheart, in alternate verse : I'll wager... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 str.
...ensue : He first .that useful secret did explain, That pricking corns foretold the gathering rain. When swallows fleet soar high, and sport in air, He told us that the welkin would be clear. Let Cloddipole then hear us twain rehearse, And praise his sweetheart in alternate verse. I'll wager... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 364 str.
...straight ensue: He first that useful secret did explain, That pricking corns foretold the gathering rain. When swallows fleet soar high and sport in air, He told us that the welkin would be clear. 3O Let Cloddipole then hear us twain rehearse, And praise his sweetheart in alternate verse. I'll wager... | |
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Cloddipole we learnt to read the skies, To know when hail will fall, or winds arise. He taught us erst the heifer's tail to view, When... 
