The Poets' BirdsChatto and Windus, 1883 - 490 páginas |
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... warbling springs " from the dews of the lawn , " And climbs to early sky , Winnowing blyth her dewy wings In morning's rosy eye , " 2 " bidding the villagers rise , " and calling up " the tuneful nations . " It is " the bird of the ...
... warbling springs " from the dews of the lawn , " And climbs to early sky , Winnowing blyth her dewy wings In morning's rosy eye , " 2 " bidding the villagers rise , " and calling up " the tuneful nations . " It is " the bird of the ...
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... warbling his death chant , " is a delightful picture to contemplate , and again and again it seems as if the poet , in spite of his evident solemnity , was making fun , as Prior does on Turturella's demise , of " the doleful elegie " of ...
... warbling his death chant , " is a delightful picture to contemplate , and again and again it seems as if the poet , in spite of his evident solemnity , was making fun , as Prior does on Turturella's demise , of " the doleful elegie " of ...
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... warbling , but all night tun'd her soft lays : Others on silver lakes and rivers bath'd Their downy breast : the swan , with arched neck , Between her white wings , mantling proudly rows Her state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit The ...
... warbling , but all night tun'd her soft lays : Others on silver lakes and rivers bath'd Their downy breast : the swan , with arched neck , Between her white wings , mantling proudly rows Her state with oary feet ; yet oft they quit The ...
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... warbling bird , the wood - larke place we , then The red sparrow , the nope , the redbreast , and the wren , The yellow - pate , which though she hurt the blooming tree , Yet scarce hath any bird a finer pype than shee ; And of those ...
... warbling bird , the wood - larke place we , then The red sparrow , the nope , the redbreast , and the wren , The yellow - pate , which though she hurt the blooming tree , Yet scarce hath any bird a finer pype than shee ; And of those ...
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... Warbling their Maker's praise on early wing . The woodland choir , warbling Melodiously the oft - repeated song , -Watts : Lyrics . Till noontide from the torpor - shedding ray . -Grahame : June . The crows that stalk anear Begin to ...
... Warbling their Maker's praise on early wing . The woodland choir , warbling Melodiously the oft - repeated song , -Watts : Lyrics . Till noontide from the torpor - shedding ray . -Grahame : June . The crows that stalk anear Begin to ...
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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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