 No sooner has he touched the flying ball, But 'tis already more than half the mall; And such a fury from his arm has got, As from a smoking culverin 'twere shot.  Pastimes and Players - Page 77by Robert Macgregor - 1881 - 203 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Waller - English poetry - 1744 - 496 pages
...lovely, and his limbs fo ftrong, Confirm our hopes we fliall obey him long. No fooner has he touch'd the flying ball, But 'tis already more than half the Mall: And fuch a fury from his arm has got, As from a fmoaking culverin 'twere fhot. Near this my Mufe, what... | |
 | Edmund Waller - English poetry - 1768 - 366 pages
...lovely, and his limbs fo ftrong, Comfirm our hopes we fhall obey him long. No fboner has he touch'd the flying ball, But 'tis already more than half the Mall : And fuch a fury from his arm has got, As from a fmoaking culverin 'twere fhot. Near this my Mufe, what... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 276 pages
...lovely, and his limbs fo ftrong, Confirm our hopes we fhall obey him long. No fooner has he touch'd the flying ball, But 'tis already more than half the Mall : And fuch a fury from his arm has got, As from -a fmoking culverin 'twere fhot. Near this my Mufe, what... | |
 | Edmund Waller - 1806 - 320 pages
...and his limbs so strong, Confirm our hopes we shall obey him long. No sooner has he tonch'd the Hying ball, But 'tis already more than half the Mall ; And...fury from his arm has got, As from a smoking culverin it were shot. Near this my Muse, what most delights her, sees A living gallery of aged trees ; Bold... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 280 pages
...limbs so strong, Confirm our hopes we shall obey him long. No sooner has he touch'd the flying hall, But 'tis already more than half the Mall ; And such...fury from his arm has got, As from a smoking culverin it were shot. Near this my Muse, what most delights her, sees A living gallery of aged trees ; Bold... | |
 | English periodicals - 1831 - 512 pages
...the joy Tu nee our Prince his matchless force employ. No sooner has he touched the fl.vtng ball, Than 'tis already more than half the Mall; And such a fury from his arm has got, As from a smoking cuiv'rin it was shot." Hugh Roberts having invented a draining machine, its utility was put to the... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - England - 1845 - 484 pages
...motion seen ; His shape so lovely, and his limbs so strong, Confirm our hopes we shall obey him long : No sooner has he touched the flying ball, But 'tis...has got As from a smoking culverin 'twere shot."* The Bird Cage Walk offered an attraction almost equal to the Mall, when with his numerous feathered... | |
 | Andrew Amos - Poisoning - 1846 - 598 pages
...lovely, and his limbs so strong, Confirm our hopes we shall obey him long. No sooner has he touch'd the flying ball But 'tis already more than half the...has got, As from a smoking culverin 'twere shot." Dr. Johnson, in criticizing Prior's " Carmen Seculars " observe*, that in this poem " he exhausts all... | |
 | Andrew Amos - Poisoning - 1846 - 574 pages
...lovely, and his limbs so strong, Confiim our hopes we shall obey him long. No sooner has he touch'd the flying ball But 'tis already more than half the...has got, As from a smoking culverin 'twere shot." Dr. Johnson, in criticizing Prior's " Carmen Seculare" observes, that in this poem " he exhausts all... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Historic buildings - 1847 - 474 pages
...strong, Confirm our hopes, we shall obey him long. No sooner has he touched the flying ball, But 't is already more than half the mall ; And such a fury from his arm has got, As from a smoking culverin it were shot. Charles the Second loved walking almost as much as his brother James delighted in riding,... | |
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