 Poor little pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together? And dost thou prune thy trembling wing To take thy flight thou know'st not whither? Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing folly. Lies all neglected, all forgot; And, pensive, wavering, melancholy,...  Italy - Page 326by John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1882 - 648 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1811 - 516 pages
...ut soles, dabis jocos ! Which our English reader may see translated into our own language, With all the spirit of the original. ; " Poor, little, pretty,...thing, Must we no longer live together? And dost thou prune thy trembling wing, To take thy flight, thou know'st not whither? .' ' • . . • • •t Thy... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1811 - 454 pages
...parting soul. (For fear I should puzzle you with Latin, I give it you in Prior's fine translation.) " Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together ? And dost thou prune thy trembling wing, To take thy flight, thou know'st not whither ? Thy pleasing vein, thy humorous... | |
 | Greek literature - 1813 - 442 pages
...Qittr mine ablbls in loot ? Pallidula, rigida, nudula, Nee (ut soles J dablstoca. Prior's translation. Poor little, pretty, fluttering thing ! Must we no longer live together ? And dost thon prune thy trembling wing, To take thy flight, thon know'st not whither t Thy humorou« vein, thy... | |
 | Jean Baptiste Louis Crevier - Emperors - 1814 - 436 pages
...blindness they discover : an illustrious author of our days has happily translated them as follows : * Poor little pretty fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together? And dost thou prune thy trembling wing, To take thy flight thbu know'st not whither? Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing... | |
 | 1840 - 520 pages
...uncover'd, Laughing tales no more thou givest. Prior has thus elegantly imitated the verses : — " Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together ? And dost thou prune thy trembling wing To take thy flight, thou know'st not whither ? " Thy pleasing vein; thy humorous... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1829 - 544 pages
...lit soles, dabis jocnt ! Which the English reader may see translated into our own language, with all the spirit of the original : — Poor, little, pretty,...fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together f And dost thou prune thy trembling wing, To take thy flight, thou know1st not whither ? Thy pleasing... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Rome - 1834 - 496 pages
...abibis in loca, Pallidula, rigida, nudula? Nee, ut soles, dabis jocos. Thus imitated by Prior: — Poor little pretty fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together ? And dost thou prune thy trembling wing To take thy flight thou know'st not whither ? Thy hum'rous vein, thy pleasing... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Battles - 1835 - 434 pages
...mini- abibis in loca, Pallidula, rigida, nudula ! Nee, ut soles, ilabis jocos. Thus imitated by Prior : Poor little pretty fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together ? And dost thou prune thy trembling wing To take thy flight thou know'st net whither t Thy hum'rous vein, thy pleasing... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1836 - 582 pages
...ut solos, dabis jocos ! Which the English reader may see translated into our own language, with all the spirit of the original. " Poor, little, pretty,...thing, Must we no longer live together ? And dost thou prune thy trembling wing, To take thy flight, thou know'st not whither ? Thy pleasing vein, thy humorous... | |
 | Joe Miller - English wit and humor - 1836 - 266 pages
...And if superior bliss heaven can bestow, The Emperor Adrian's Death-bed Verses to his Soul imitated. Poor little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together? And dost thou prune thy trembling wing To take thy flight the Lord knows whither? Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing... | |
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