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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... pinions , fall , she lightly flies Athwart the shower , and sings upon the wing . While thus the smallest of the plumy tribes Defies the storm , others there are that fly , Long ere the winter lours , to genial skies ; Nor this cold ...
... pinions , fall , she lightly flies Athwart the shower , and sings upon the wing . While thus the smallest of the plumy tribes Defies the storm , others there are that fly , Long ere the winter lours , to genial skies ; Nor this cold ...
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... pinions on my roof ; Preparing for departure hence , Ere winter's angry threats commence ; you , my soul would smooth her plume For longer flights , beyond the tomb . MARY HOWITT . HE Woodpecker green he has not his THE SWALLOW .
... pinions on my roof ; Preparing for departure hence , Ere winter's angry threats commence ; you , my soul would smooth her plume For longer flights , beyond the tomb . MARY HOWITT . HE Woodpecker green he has not his THE SWALLOW .
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... pinions Trace my empire through the sky : Air and elements , you see , Heaven and earth , were made for ME ! " Birds and insects , beasts and fishes , All their humble distance keep ; Man , subservient to my wishes , Sows the harvest ...
... pinions Trace my empire through the sky : Air and elements , you see , Heaven and earth , were made for ME ! " Birds and insects , beasts and fishes , All their humble distance keep ; Man , subservient to my wishes , Sows the harvest ...
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... pinion sink ? Wherefore on the violet's bed 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 ...
... pinion sink ? Wherefore on the violet's bed 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 ...
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... pinions pois'd for flight ; With cruel eye premeditates the war , And marks his destin'd victim from afar : Descending in a whirlwind to the ground , His pinions like the rush of waters sound ; The fairest of the fold he bears away ...
... pinions pois'd for flight ; With cruel eye premeditates the war , And marks his destin'd victim from afar : Descending in a whirlwind to the ground , His pinions like the rush of waters sound ; The fairest of the fold he bears away ...
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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 himno 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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