...And the far-off stream is dumb, And the -whirring sail goes round, And the whirring sail goes round ; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock hath sung beneath...

...And the far-off stream is dumb, And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring sail goes round ; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock hath sung beneath...

...sufficiently characterized by its first and last line — "When cats run home, and light is come, — Alone and warming his five wits The white owl in the belfry sits." To the second, we should render injustice, did we copy less than the last stanza. " I would mock thy...

...ancient, solitary reign. Or as Tennyson, always true to Nature In his mention of birds, puts it — Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. I have found the white owl "at home" in many such belfries, where he has often allowed me to handle...

...round, And the whirring sail goes round ; Alone, and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits < When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely...Twice or thrice his roundelay ; Alone, and warming hrs five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. s Thy tuwhits are lull'd, I wot, Thy tuwhoos of yesternight,...

...And the whirring sail goes round, — Alone, and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock has sung beneath the thatch ' Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay, — ^ Alone,...

...addressed to the Owl, a specimen from each of which will charm our readers, we are convinced: " When.merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown...his roundelay, Alone and warming his five wits, The while owl in the belfry sits." Now, second: " I would mock thy chaunt anew, But I cannot mimic it;...

..." When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown Iny, And the cock hath snng beneath the thatch Twice or thrice his roundelay,...his roundelay, Alone and warming his five wits, The while owl in the belfry sita." Now, second : " I would mock thy chaunt anew, But I cannot mimic it;...

...round, And the whirring sail goes round; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely...the new-mown hay, And the cock hath sung beneath the thatc Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay; Alone and warming his five wits,...

...the whirring sail goes round ; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. 2. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells...owl in the belfry sits. SECOND SONG. TO THE SAME. 1. THY tuwhits are lull'd I wot, Thy tuwhoos of yesternight, Which upon the dark afloat, So took echo...