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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... nest , and guards His offspring from all harm , and how he goes , A persevering , bold adventurer , ' Midst hostile tribes , twenty times big as he , Skill , perseverance , courage , parent's love , - In all these acts we see , and may ...
... nest , and guards His offspring from all harm , and how he goes , A persevering , bold adventurer , ' Midst hostile tribes , twenty times big as he , Skill , perseverance , courage , parent's love , - In all these acts we see , and may ...
12 psl.
... nest hath been Behind yon alder's leafy screen By Rothay's chiming waters ; Two rapid years are run , and now This monk hath peopled every bough With little sons and daughters . I will not blame thee , Friar Wren , Because among stout ...
... nest hath been Behind yon alder's leafy screen By Rothay's chiming waters ; Two rapid years are run , and now This monk hath peopled every bough With little sons and daughters . I will not blame thee , Friar Wren , Because among stout ...
12 psl.
... nest with me ! M MONTGOMERY . REN , canst thou squeeze into a hole so small ? -Ay , with nine nestlings too , and room for all ; Go , compass sea and land in search of bliss , Then tell me if you find a happier home than this . LEE ...
... nest with me ! M MONTGOMERY . REN , canst thou squeeze into a hole so small ? -Ay , with nine nestlings too , and room for all ; Go , compass sea and land in search of bliss , Then tell me if you find a happier home than this . LEE ...
13 psl.
... nest I yearly see , Safe from all thy peace annoys- Claws of cats and cruel boys . We often hear thy chit - chit song Call thy tiny brood along ; While , in her nest , or on a spray , The throstle charms us with her lay ! Little Warbler ...
... nest I yearly see , Safe from all thy peace annoys- Claws of cats and cruel boys . We often hear thy chit - chit song Call thy tiny brood along ; While , in her nest , or on a spray , The throstle charms us with her lay ! Little Warbler ...
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... hills of Palestine : And hear his desultory bill Such notes of varying cadence trill , That mimic art , that quavered strain , May strive to match , but strive in vain . JOHN CLARE . THE PETTYCHAP'S NEST . ELL ! in THE BLACKCAP .
... hills of Palestine : And hear his desultory bill Such notes of varying cadence trill , That mimic art , that quavered strain , May strive to match , but strive in vain . JOHN CLARE . THE PETTYCHAP'S NEST . ELL ! in THE BLACKCAP .
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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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