| 2004 - 228 ページ
...(1716-71), looking towards Eton, had sombre forebodings about the boys playing and studying there. Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a...pliant arm thy glassy wave? The captive linnet which enthrall? What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball? While... | |
| G. Gabrielle Starr - 2004 - 318 ページ
...poet but is not. The speaker is too far away to see the details Father Thames is asked to describe: Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave? The captive linnet which enthrall? What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball? (11.... | |
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