 He rais'd his head with whining moan, And thus was heard the feeble tone : ' Ah ! sons ! from evil ways depart ; My crimes lie heavy on my heart. See, see the murder'd geese appear ! Why are those bleeding turkeys there ? Why all around this cackling...  The Works of the English Poets: Gay - Side 79av Samuel Johnson - 1779Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Complete fabulist - 1732 - 402 sider
...All appetite had left his maw, And age dilarm'd his mumbling jaw. His num'rous race around him ftand, To learn their dying fire's command ; He rais'd his...whining moan, And thus was heard the feeble tone :— Ah fons, from evil ways depart, My crimes lie heavy on my heart : See, fee, the murder'd geeie appear... | |
 | John Gay - 1737 - 418 sider
...All appetite hath left his maw, And age dilarm'd his mumbling jaw. His num'rous race around him ftand To learn their dying fire's command ; He rais'd his head with whining moan, And thus was heard the.feeble tone. Ah fons, from evil ways depart, My crimes lie heavy on my heart. See, fee, the murder'd... | |
 | John Gay - 1746 - 212 sider
...All appetite hath left his maw, And age difarm'd his mumbling jaw. His num'rous race around him ftand To learn their dying fire's command ; He rais'd his...moan, •». And thus was heard the feeble tone. Ah fons, from evil ways depart, My crimes lie heavy on my heart. See, fee, the murder'd geefe appear !... | |
 | Zachary Grey - 1754 - 424 sider
...age difarm'd his mumbling jaw ; " His num'rous race about him ftand, " To learn their dying Sire's command ; " He rais'd his head with whining moan, " And thus was heard the feeble tone. " Ah fons, from evil ways depart, " My crimes lie heavy on my heart. " See, fee, the murder'd geefe appear... | |
 | John Gay - 1770 - 204 sider
...All appetite had left his maw, And agedifarm'd his mumbling jaw. His num'rous race around him ftand To learn their dying fire's command : He rais'd his...whining moan, And thus was heard the feeble tone. Ah, fons ! from evil ways depart ; My crimes lie heavy on my heart. See, fee, the murder'd geefe appear... | |
 | John Gay - 1772 - 308 sider
...his mumbling jaw. His num'rous race around him fland To learn their dying fire's command: He rai'.'d his head with whining moan. And thus was heard the feeble tone. Ah, fonsl from evil ways depart: My crimes lie heavy on my heart. See, fee, the murder'd geefe appear \... | |
 | John Gay - 1773 - 388 sider
...All appetite had left his maw, And age difarm'd his mumbling jaw. His num'rous race around htm ftand To learn their dying fire's command : He rais'd his...whining moan, And thus was heard the feeble tone. Ah, fons ! from evil ways depart : My crimes lie heavy on my heart. See, fee, the murder'd geefe appear... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 316 sider
...life's extreme decay, Weak, fick, and faint, expiring lay : All appetite had left his maw, And age difarm'd his mumbling jaw. His numerous race around...evil ways depart; My crimes lie heavy on my heart. 10 See, fee, the murder'd Geefe appear ! Why are thofe bleeding Turkeys there Why all around this cackling... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 sider
...his mumbling jaw. His num'reus race around him ft and, To learn their dying fire's command : He rah'd aftifis at his kindeft time ; Then for one night fold all his flavif fons ! from evil ways depart ; My crimes lie heavy on my heart. See, fee, the murder'd gcefc appear... | |
 | John Gay - 1792 - 250 sider
...All appetite had left his maw, And age difarm'd his mumbling jaw, His num'rous race around him ftand To learn their dying fire's command : He rais'd his...whining moan, And thus was heard the feeble tone. Ah, fons! from evil ways depart: My crimes lie heavy on my heart. See, See, fee, the murder'd geefe appear... | |
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