OWL. WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, 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. The Works of Alfred Tennyson - Página 42por Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1874Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 252 páginas
...amorously, Again thou blushest angerly ; And o'er black brows drops down A sudden-curved frown. SONG.—THE OWL. WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew...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... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1843 - 260 páginas
...mystery is thine ; Smiling frowning evermore, Thou art perfect in love-lore, Ever varying Madeline. A subtle, sudden flame, By veering passion fann'd,...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... | |
| 1902 - 874 páginas
...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... | |
| 1844 - 836 páginas
...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... | |
| Henry Allon - 1845 - 646 páginas
...? Is it very wise or profitable to be manufacturing modern antiques, whose best recommenda* ' \Vheo cats run home, and light is come, And dew is cold...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... | |
| Anna Maria Hall - 1845 - 854 páginas
...drooping bead, They found that thus, in silent love, Hie gentle one was dead ! SOXG : THE OWL. WREN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon...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... | |
| 1845 - 608 páginas
...as these to the owl ? We quote them down below in a note.* They are unavailing, even as * s When caU run home, and light is come, And dew is cold upon...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... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 páginas
...the cock hath sung beneath the thatch Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay : Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. SECOND SONG. TO THE SAME. THY tuwhits are lull'd I wot, Thy tuwhoos of yesternight, Which upon the... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 252 páginas
...amorously, Again thou blushest angerly ; And o'er black brows drops down A sudden-curved frown. SONG.—THE OWL. WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew...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... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 402 páginas
...WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off stream is dumh, And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring...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... | |
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