 | 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.... | |
 | Aaron Santesso - 2006 - 230 ページ
...youth "with naked arm once more dividing]" the "yielding wave" of the Thames, which anticipates Gray's "Who foremost now delight to cleave / With pliant arm thy glassy wave?" Gray may have read the Croxall poem before writing his own ode, but there is no need to posit direct... | |
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Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave, With pliant arm, thy glassy wave... 
