Feathered Favourites: Twelve Coloured Pictures of British BirdsT. Bosworth, 1854 - 53 Seiten Each of the dozen birds is depicted in a color-printed lithograph surrounded by a gilt frame, and followed by poems that feature each bird by Wordsworth, Tennyson, Milton, Burns, Grahame, Montgomery, and others. Birds depicted are the House-Sparrow, Wren, Blackcap, Swallow, Woodpecker, Water-Wagtail, Titmouse, King-Fisher, Woodlark, Swan, Eagle and Wild Duck. |
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... build Barry Cornwall A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind Sparrow , the gun is levelled , quit that wall THE WREN Grahame 7 Grahame 9 The little woodland dwarf , the tiny Wren Besides the Redbreast's note , one other strain There is ...
... build Barry Cornwall A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind Sparrow , the gun is levelled , quit that wall THE WREN Grahame 7 Grahame 9 The little woodland dwarf , the tiny Wren Besides the Redbreast's note , one other strain There is ...
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... build His home so near us . He doth follow us From spot to spot amidst the turbulent town , And ne'er deserts us ... builds his nest , and guards His offspring from all harm , and how he goes , A persevering , bold adventurer , ' Midst ...
... build His home so near us . He doth follow us From spot to spot amidst the turbulent town , And ne'er deserts us ... builds his nest , and guards His offspring from all harm , and how he goes , A persevering , bold adventurer , ' Midst ...
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... build , he takes possession and enjoys ; Or if he want it not , he takes it still , Just because teasing others is his will . From hour 5 THE HOUSE - SPARROW . Touch not the little Sparrow, who doth build Barry Cornwall I A fellow ...
... build , he takes possession and enjoys ; Or if he want it not , he takes it still , Just because teasing others is his will . From hour 5 THE HOUSE - SPARROW . Touch not the little Sparrow, who doth build Barry Cornwall I A fellow ...
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Twelve Coloured Pictures of British Birds. 1 1 GRAHAME . HE little woodland dwarf , the tiny Touch not the little Sparrow, who doth build Barry Cornwall I A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind Howitt.
Twelve Coloured Pictures of British Birds. 1 1 GRAHAME . HE little woodland dwarf , the tiny Touch not the little Sparrow, who doth build Barry Cornwall I A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind Howitt.
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... builds the artful fabric , then each side Has its own portico . But , mark within ! How skilfully the finest plumes and downs Are softly warped ; how closely all around The outer layers of moss ! each circumstance Most artfully ...
... builds the artful fabric , then each side Has its own portico . But , mark within ! How skilfully the finest plumes and downs Are softly warped ; how closely all around The outer layers of moss ! each circumstance Most artfully ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
anchorite bible having read bough brood brooks and purest bush She builds captive heart cherry-tree-your rows clip his fluttering comes your man-and crush him—no doth downs Are softly DYING SWAN far-off-woods feathered race find no Sparrow GRAHAME green hath heart Heaven horse will crush HOWITT Jack Sparrows JOHN CLARE little gateway porch little woodland dwarf liveth blithe lours MARY HOWITT MONTGOMERY moorland Neath some old nest Old beldame Sparrow pinions portico proper rust quit that wall ripening corn crop roof the lazy root-sprigs trills scamp is basking shrill roundelay silence-there's the Sparrow slaughter;-not a bird softly warped song suffice For exit sung in woods thee Thievish and clamorous think twas Solomon thou Titmouse warbler whip might clip window-and wintry WOODLARK Woodpecker woods or cages wrangle Wren X X X X X X X X XX XX X XX X XX XX XX XXXX ㄨˋ
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Seite 22 - I KNEW, by the smoke that so gracefully curled Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, And I said, " If there's peace to be found in the world, A heart that was humble might hope for it here...
Seite 40 - THE plain was grassy, wild and bare, Wide, wild, and open to the air, Which had built up everywhere An under-roof of doleful gray. With an inner voice the river ran, Adown it floated a dying swan, And loudly did lament. It was the middle of the day. Ever the weary wind went on, And took the reed -tops as it went. n. Some blue peaks in the distance rose, And white against the cold-white sky, Shone out their crowning snows.
Seite 17 - THE gorse is yellow on the heath, The banks with speedwell flowers are gay, The oaks are budding, and beneath The hawthorn soon will bear the wreath, The silver wreath of May. The welcome guest of settled spring...
Seite 45 - Lay'st thou thus thy drooping head ? Thou, that hold'st the blast in scorn, Thou, that wear'st the wings of morn ! Eagle ! wilt thou not arise ? Look upon thine own bright skies ! Lift thy glance ! the fiery sun There his pride of place has won, THE EAGLE.
Seite 33 - The halcyon flew across the stream, And the silver brooklet caught the gleam; The glittering flash of his dazzling wings Was such as the gorgeous rainbow flings. In broken rays through the tearful sky, On a sunny eve in bright July...