 There throw, nice-judging, the delusive fly; And as you lead it round in artful curve, With eye attentive mark the springing game. Straight as above the surface of the flood They wanton rise, or urged by hunger leap, Then fix, with gentle twitch, the...  Trout and Salmon Fishing in Wales - Page 36by George Agar Hansard - 1834 - 223 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 368 pages
...plays in undulating flow, There throw, nice-judging, the delusive fly; And as you lead it round in artful curve, With eye attentive mark the springing...leap, Then fix, with gentle twitch, the barbed hook: Some lightly tossing to the grassy bank, And to the shelving shore slow-dragging some, With various... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pages
...plays in undulating flow, There throw, nice-judging, the delusive fly; And as you lead it round in artful curve, "With eye attentive mark the springing...leap, Then fix, with gentle twitch, the barbed hook: Some lightly tossing to the grassy bank, And to the shelving shore slow-dragging some, With various... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1804 - 208 pages
...plays in undulating flow, There throw, nice judging, the delusive fly, And as you lead it round in artful curve, With eye attentive mark the springing...above the surface of the flood They wanton rise, or urg'd by hunger leap, Then fix with gentle twitch the barbed hook ; Some lightly tossing to the grassy... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1807 - 208 pages
...delusive fly, With eye attentive mark the springing game: And as you lead it round in artful curve, Straight as above the surface of the flood They wanton rise, or, urg'd by hunger, leap, Then fix with gentle twitch the barbed hook; Some lightly tossing to the grassy... | |
 | James Thomson, Thomas Park - 1808 - 444 pages
...plays in undulating flow, There throw, nice-judging, the delusive fly; And as you lead it round in artful curve, With eye attentive mark the springing...above the surface of the flood They wanton rise, or urg'd by hunger leap, Thru fix, with gentle twitch, the barbed hook : Some lightly tossing to the grassy... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...plays in undulating flow, There throw, nice-judging, the delusive fly ; And as you lead it round in artful curve, With eye attentive mark the springing...above the surface of the flood They wanton rise, or urg'd by hunger leap, Then fix, with gentle twitch, the burbed hook : Some lightly tossing to the grassy... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1808 - 210 pages
...plays in undulating flow, There throw, nice judging, the delusive fly, And as you lead it round in artful curve, With eye attentive mark the springing...above the surface of the flood They wanton rise, or, urg'd by hunger, leap, Then fix with gentle twitch the barbed hook; Some lightly tossing to the grassy... | |
 | Thomas Best - Fishing - 1808 - 204 pages
...plays in undulating flow, There throw, nice judging, the delusive fiy, And as you lead it round in artful curve, With eye attentive mark the springing game : Straight as above the Siirfa.ce oi'the flood They wanton rise, or, urg'd by hunger, leap, Then fix with gentle twitch the... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...There throw, nice judging, the delusive fly ; And as you lead it round in artful curve, \\illi rye attentive mark the springing game, Straight as above the surface of the flood They wanton rise, or, nrg'd by hunger, leap, Tlien fix, with gentle twitch, the barbed hook : Some lightly tossing to the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...plays in undulating flow, There throw, nice judging, the delusive fly ; And as you lead it round in artful curve, With eye attentive mark the springing...above the surface of the flood They wanton rise, or urg'd by hunger leap, Then fix, with gentle twitch, the barbed hook : Some lightly tossing to the grassy... | |
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