Feathered Favourites: Twelve Coloured Pictures of British BirdsT. Bosworth, 1854 - 53 psl. 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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... look of love , his sure fidelity , Bids us be gentle with so small a friend ; And much we learn from acts of gentleness . Doth he not teach ? —Ay , and doth serve us too , Who clears our homes from many a toilsome thing , Insect or ...
... look of love , his sure fidelity , Bids us be gentle with so small a friend ; And much we learn from acts of gentleness . Doth he not teach ? —Ay , and doth serve us too , Who clears our homes from many a toilsome thing , Insect or ...
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... look From off his perch was sent ; And yet , I thought , his eyes too bright , Too happy for an anchorite On lonely penance bent . Ah ! yes , for long his nest hath been Behind yon alder's leafy screen By Rothay's chiming waters ; Two ...
... look From off his perch was sent ; And yet , I thought , his eyes too bright , Too happy for an anchorite On lonely penance bent . Ah ! yes , for long his nest hath been Behind yon alder's leafy screen By Rothay's chiming waters ; Two ...
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... look upward — that's he ! Oh , the exquisite bird ! —with his downward - hung head . With his richly dyed greens - his pale yellow and red ! On the gnarled tree - trunk with its sober - toned gray , What a beautiful mingling of colours ...
... look upward — that's he ! Oh , the exquisite bird ! —with his downward - hung head . With his richly dyed greens - his pale yellow and red ! On the gnarled tree - trunk with its sober - toned gray , What a beautiful mingling of colours ...
33 psl.
... look at his nest , made with exquisite care , Of lichen , and moss , and the soft downy feather , And the web of the spider to keep it together . Is a brick out of place by your window ? F 33 THE TITMOUSE . THE TITMOUSE The merry ...
... look at his nest , made with exquisite care , Of lichen , and moss , and the soft downy feather , And the web of the spider to keep it together . Is a brick out of place by your window ? F 33 THE TITMOUSE . THE TITMOUSE The merry ...
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... look at that wonderful labour ; And be glad to have near you so merry a neighbour ; His work unto him is no trouble - behold For one moment his motions , so tricksy and bold . How he twists , how he turns with a harlequin grace ! He can ...
... look at that wonderful labour ; And be glad to have near you so merry a neighbour ; His work unto him is no trouble - behold For one moment his motions , so tricksy and bold . How he twists , how he turns with a harlequin grace ! He can ...
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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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