The Poets' BirdsChatto and Windus, 1883 - 490 páginas |
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... breast , so tradition pretended , to save them from starvation . But she did not obviously give them " her life's blood , " for that would have pre- cipitated the very catastrophe which the poor mother tried so painfully to avert . Now ...
... breast , so tradition pretended , to save them from starvation . But she did not obviously give them " her life's blood , " for that would have pre- cipitated the very catastrophe which the poor mother tried so painfully to avert . Now ...
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... breast ; " and the vulture continues to " spring from the cliff upon the passing dove . " Such , then , may be said to be the sum of the English poets ' study of foreign bird - life and except in the case of cage - birds , such as cocka ...
... breast ; " and the vulture continues to " spring from the cliff upon the passing dove . " Such , then , may be said to be the sum of the English poets ' study of foreign bird - life and except in the case of cage - birds , such as cocka ...
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... breast , -to one or other they invariably go , -and very seldom think , apparently , of the myriads of lovely things that might brighten and beautify their verse , if they would only let their minds travel beyond " the tame villatic ...
... breast , -to one or other they invariably go , -and very seldom think , apparently , of the myriads of lovely things that might brighten and beautify their verse , if they would only let their minds travel beyond " the tame villatic ...
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... breast , Our little English Robin ; The bird that comes about our doors When autumn winds are sobbing ? Art thou the Peter of Norway boors , Their Thomas in Finland , And Russia far inland ; The bird who by some name or other All men ...
... breast , Our little English Robin ; The bird that comes about our doors When autumn winds are sobbing ? Art thou the Peter of Norway boors , Their Thomas in Finland , And Russia far inland ; The bird who by some name or other All men ...
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... . " And with proud breast his own white shadow crowning , Slants his neck . " 1 Drayton alone , true to nature , makes his Thames " blacke as Stix . " " The stately sailing swan Gives out its snowy plumage The Poets ' Birds . 35.
... . " And with proud breast his own white shadow crowning , Slants his neck . " 1 Drayton alone , true to nature , makes his Thames " blacke as Stix . " " The stately sailing swan Gives out its snowy plumage The Poets ' Birds . 35.
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beak beauty bird of paradise Birds of Scotland bittern blackbird bough breast brood Burns chaffinch chanticleer chough cloud cock cormorant Cowper crane crest crows cuckoo curlew dark delight doth dove doves Dryden eagle eagle's earth Elegy Faerie Queen falcon Favourite Village feathered fieldfare flies flight fowl Gilbert White goldfinch Grahame grove halcyon hath hawk heard heart heaven Hudibras Hurdis Jean Ingelow Keats lark Leyden linnet lonely loud mate melody merry Milton Montgomery morning mournful Nature neck nest night nightingale numbers o'er parrot peacock pelican perch pinions plumage plumes poet's poetical poetry poets Polyolbion prey raven ring-dove robin rooks round Scott scream Shelley shrill sing skies skylark soaring soft song Spenser spring stock-dove summer swan sweet swift thee Thomson thou thrush tree turtle voice vulture warbling wild wind wings Winter woodlark woods Wordsworth young
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Página 42 - Join voices, all ye living souls ; ye birds, That singing up to heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise ; Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep , Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail, universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light...
Página 327 - ... appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glowworm by his spark ; So stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — Did you admire my lamp...
Página 429 - And a good south wind sprung up behind ; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariner's hollo ! In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, It perched for vespers nine ; Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, Glimmered the white Moon-shine.
Página 430 - Nor dim nor red, like God's own head, The glorious Sun uprist: Then all averred, I had killed the bird That brought the fog and mist.
Página 286 - Teach us, sprite or bird, What sweet thoughts are thine : I have never heard, Praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine.
Página 149 - When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-white And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men ; for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo...
Página 351 - Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls, That they might answer him. — And they would shout Across the watery vale, and shout again, Responsive to his call...
Página 326 - Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.
Página 267 - Joyous as morning Thou art laughing and scorning; Thou hast a nest for thy love and thy rest, And, though little troubled with sloth, Drunken Lark! thou would'st be loth To be such a traveller as I. Happy, happy Liver, With a soul as strong as a mountain river Pouring out praise to the Almighty Giver, Joy and jollity be with us both!
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