 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1843 - 260 psl.
...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... | |
 | 1844 - 836 psl.
...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... | |
 | 1902 - 874 psl.
...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... | |
 | 1845 - 608 psl.
...even as * s When caU 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,...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,... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1845 - 854 psl.
...SOXG : THE OWL. WREN 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,...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,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 psl.
...SONG.— THE 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 wanning his five wits, The white owl in the helfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1845 - 646 psl.
...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. 1 Thy tuwhits are lull'd, I wot, Thy tuwhoos of yesternight, Which upon the dark afloat, So took echo... | |
 | 1847 - 432 psl.
...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;... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.VOL.I.January to June,1847 - 1847 - 430 psl.
..." 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;... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 276 psl.
...the cock hath sung beneath the thatc 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 lulled, I wot, Thy tuwhoos of yesternight, Which upon the... | |
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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. 
