 Phoebus' fiery car : The youth rush eager to the sylvan war, Swarm o'er the lawns, the forest walks surround, Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound. Th' impatient courser pants in every vein, And, pawing, seems to beat the distant plain :...  Cloudesley, by the author of 'Caleb Williams'. - Page 71by William Godwin - 1830Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...surround, Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the op'ning hound. i;o Th' impatient courser pants in ev'ry vein. And pawing, seems to beat the distant plain;...cross'd, And ere he starts, a thousand steps are lost. See! the bold youth strain up the threat'ning steep, 15; Bush through the thickets, down the vallies... | |
 | 1785 - 596 pages
...ABSENTEMQ.UE FERIT GRAVIS UNGUL А С AMPUM. STAIIVJ. ТВ* IMPATIENT COURSE» FANTS IN EVERY VtIN; AND, PAWING, SEEMS TO BEAT THE DISTANT PLAIN: HILLS, VALES, AND FLOODS, APPEAR ALREADY CKOSTj AND, ERE HE STARTS, Л THOUSAND STEPS ARE LOST. ^ I ^ HAT the mind of mnn is never JL latisfied... | |
 | British periodicals - 1821 - 690 pages
...charge, deserves particular notice. In Statius we find a similar description : " Th' impatient courser pants in every vein, And pawing seems to beat the distant plain ; Hills, vnles, and floods, appear already cross, 'd, And ere he starts, a thousand steps are lost." 151, 54.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...book, I into his WINDSOR FOREST, where they are thus beautifully paraphrased : The impatient courser pants in every vein, And pawing seems to beat the...distant plain ; Hills, vales, and floods, appear already crost, And ere he starts, a thousand steps are lost. Our author trusted, as usual, to memory ; for... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 670 pages
...I i into his WINDSOR FOREST, where they are thu$ beau, tifully paraphrased : The impatient courser pants in every vein, And pawing seems to beat the...distant plain ; Hills, vales, and floods, appear already crost, And ere he starts, a thousand steps are lost. Our author trusted, as usual, to memory ; for... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 322 pages
...fugam, absentemque ferit gravis ungula campum. STATIUS. " ' i TV impatient courser pants in every vein j And pawing, seems to beat the distant plain : Hills, vales, and floods, appear already crost ; > ••• And, ere he starts, a thousand steps are lost. POPE. THAT the mind of man is never... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 230 pages
...surround, Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the op'ning hound. J50 Th' impatient courser pants in ev'ry vein, And, pawing, seems to beat the distant plain...cross'd, And ere he starts a thousand steps are lost. See the bold youth strain up the threat'ning steep, 155 Rush through the thickets, down the vallies... | |
 | 1804 - 498 pages
...thing that comes so near it, as Mr. Pope's, in Windsor Forest: " The impatient courser pants in ev'ry vein, And, pawing, seems to beat the distant plain ; Hills, vales, and floods, appear already crost, And ere he starts, a thousand steps are lost." " So when the ring with joyful shouts resounds,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 380 pages
...fereuat vestigia mille Ante fugam,abunttntquc ferit gra-vu ungula eampum. sTAT1Us, Th' impatient courser pants in every vein, And pawing seems to beat the...distant plain ; Hills, vales, and floods appear already crost, And ere he starts, a thousand steps are lost. PoPE. THAT the mind of man is never satisfied... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1807 - 316 pages
...cheer the O[.-'nmg hound. Th' impatient courser pants in ev'ry vein, 151 And pawing, seems to heat the distant plain : Hills, vales, and floods appear...cross'd, And ere he starts, a thousand steps are lost. See the hold youth strain up the tbrent'ning steep, Rush tbrough the thickets, down the vallies sweep,... | |
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