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" Her broken flags, preparing t' overlook The tim'rous mallard at the sliding brook, Jets oft from perch to perch ; from stock to ground ; From ground to window ; thus surveying round Her dove-befeather'd prison, till at length (Calling her noble birth... "
Emblems Divine and Moral: Together with Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man - Page 104
by Francis Quarles - 1777 - 289 pages
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Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry

Henry Headley - 1787 - 212 pages
...and to renew Her broken flags, preparing t' overlook The tim'rous mallard at her fliding brook, Jets oft from perch to perch, from ftock to ground, From...ftrength Whereto her wing was born, her ragged beak Kipps of her jangling * j'Jfci, ftrives to break Her gingling fetters and begins to bate At ev'ry ghmpfe,...
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Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 2

Henry Headley - 1787 - 232 pages
...and to renew Her broken flags, preparing t' overlook The tim'rous mallard at her fliding brook, Jets oft from perch to perch, from ftock to ground, From...window, thus furveying round Her dove-befeather'd pnfon, 'till at length Calling her noble birth to mind, and ftrength Whereto her wing was born, her...
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Judgment and Mercy for Afflicted Souls: Or, Meditations, Soliloquies, and ...

Francis Quarles - 1807 - 410 pages
...round Her dove-befeather'd prison — till at length Calling her noble birth to mind, and strength Whereto her wing was born, her ragged beak Nips off her jangling jesses *, strives to break Her gingling fetters, and begins to bate At every glimpse, and darts at...
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Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions ..., Volumes 9-10

Sir Egerton Brydges - 1809 - 914 pages
...surveying round Her doye-bf feathered prison, till at length Calling her noble birth to mind, and strength Whereto her wing was born, her ragged beak Nips off her jangling jesses, strives to break Her jingling fetters, and begins to bate At every glimpse, and darts at every...
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Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 2

Henry Headley - 1810 - 236 pages
...surveying round Her dove-befeather'd prison, till at length (Calling her noble birth to mind, and strength Whereto her wing was born) her ragged beak Nips off her jangling jesses*, strive* to break * If 1 prove her haggard, Her jingling fetters, and begins to bate At ev'ry...
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The Ruminator: Containing a Series of Moral, Critical, and ..., Volume 2

Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 pages
...surveying round Her dove-befeathered prison, till at length Calling her noble birth to mind, and strength Whereto her wing was born, her ragged beak Nips off her jangling jesses, strives to break Her jingling fetters, and begins to bate At every glimpse, and darts at every...
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Specimens of sacred and serious poetry, from Chaucer to the present day ...

John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...surveying round Her dove-befeathered prison, till at length Calling her noble birth to mind, and strength Whereto her wing was born, her ragged beak Nips off her jangling jesses, strives to break Her jingling fetters, and begins to bate At every glimpse, and darts at every...
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The Poetical Works of Richard Crashaw and Quarles' Emblems, Page 102

Richard Crashaw, Francis Quarles, George Gilfillan - 1857 - 414 pages
...surveying round Her dove-befeather'd prison, till at length (Calling her noble birth to mind, and strength Whereto her wing was born) her ragged beak Nips off her jangling jesses, strives to break Her jingling fetters, and begins to bate At ev'ry glimpse. and darts at ev'ry...
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Emblems, Divine and Moral. With a Sketch of the Life and Times of the Author

Francis Quarles - 1859 - 298 pages
...and to renew Her broken flags, preparing t' overlook The tim'rous mallard at the fliding brook, Jets oft from perch to perch ; from ftock to ground ; From...born) her ragged beak Nips off her jangling jefles, ftrives to break Her jingling fetters, and begins to bate At ev'ry glimpfe, and darts at ev'ry grate...
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Quarles' Emblems

Francis Quarles - 1861 - 346 pages
...surveying round Her dove-befeather'd prison, till at length (Calling her noble birth to mind, and strength Whereto her wing was born) her ragged beak Nips off her jangling jesses, strives to break Her jingling fetters, and begins to bate At ev'ry glimpse, and darts at ev'ry...
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