 | John J. Brown - Fishes - 1857 - 396 pages
...style : " Let me live harmlessly ; and near the brink Of Trent or Avon have a dwelling place ; Where I may see my quill or cork down sink, With eager bite of perch, or roach, or dace ; And on the world and my Creator think ; Whilst some men strive ill gotten goods t'... | |
 | Clement Carlyon - Physicians - 1858 - 296 pages
...its influence on the thoughts as well as the harmonious metre which characterize his " Spinosism." And on the world and my Creator think, Whilst some...base excess Of wine, or worse, in war and wantonness. ' I count it higher pleasure to behold The stately compass of the lofty sky; And in the midst thereof,... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1859 - 340 pages
...Esq. : — Let me live harmlessly ; and near the brink Of Trent or Avon have a dwelling-place, Where I may see my quill or cork down sink With eager bite...Creator think : Whilst some men strive ill-gotten goods t1 embrace, And others spend their time in base excess Of wine, or worse, in war and wantonness. Let... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1860 - 402 pages
...Esq.?3 Let me live harmlessly, and near the brink Of Trent or Avon have a dwelling-place ; P Where I may see my quill, or cork, down sink With eager bite...Perch, or Bleak, or Dace ; •> And on the world and myr Creator think : Whilst some men strive ill-gotten goods t' embrace ; • And others spend their... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1860 - 394 pages
...Esq.?3 Let me live harmlessly, and near the brink Of Trent or Avon have a dwelling-place ; P Where I may see my quill, or cork, down sink With eager bite of Perch, or Bleak, or Dace ; 1 And on the world and myr Creator think : Whilst some men strive ill-gotten goods t' embrace ; s... | |
 | Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - Clergy - 1861 - 482 pages
...fishing : — Let me live harmlessly; and near the brink Of Trent or Avon have a dwelling-place, Where I may see my quill or cork down sink, With eager bite...bleak, or dace: And on the world and my Creator think : While some men strive ill-gotten goods to embrace; And others spend their time in base excess Of... | |
 | Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd, Recreations - Conduct of life - 1861 - 474 pages
...fishing : — Let me live harmlessly; and near the brink Of Trent or Avon have a dwelling-place, Where I may see my quill or cork down sink, With eager bite...bleak, or dace: And on the world and my Creator think: While some men strive ill-gotten goods to embrace; And others spend their time in base excess Of wine,... | |
 | American poetry - 1861 - 174 pages
...ANGLING. JET me live harmlessly, and near the brink Of Trent or Avon have a dwelling-place, Where I may see my quill, or cork, down sink, With eager bite of pike, or bleak, or dace ; And on the world and my Creator think : Whilst some men strive ill-gotten... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1862 - 520 pages
...CHAPTER I. " Let me live harmlessly, and near the brink Of Trent or Avon have a dwelling-place, Where I may see my quill or cork down sink With eager bite of Perch, or Bleak, or Dace." J. DAVORS. " I care not, I, to fish in seas, Fresh rivers best my mind do please, Whose sweet, calm... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1863 - 372 pages
...Esq.? — " Let me live harmlessly, and near the brink Of Trent or Avon have a dwelling-place, Where I may see my quill or cork down sink With eager bite...ill-gotten goods 't embrace, And others spend their time in hase excess Of wine, or worse, ia war and wantouness. '* Let them that list, these pastimes still pursne,... | |
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Let me live harmlessly, and near the brink Of Trent or Avon have a dwelling-place, Where I may see my quill, or cork, down sink. With eager bite of pike, or bleak, or dace ; And on the world and my Creator think : Whilst some men strive ill-gotten goods... 
