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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21 psl.
... reed roof your nest of clay , And let my ear your music catch Low twittering underneath the thatch , At the green dawn of day . ROBERT FRANKLIN . W ELCOME , welcome , feathered stranger 21 THE SWALLOW . The welcome guest of settled ...
... reed roof your nest of clay , And let my ear your music catch Low twittering underneath the thatch , At the green dawn of day . ROBERT FRANKLIN . W ELCOME , welcome , feathered stranger 21 THE SWALLOW . The welcome guest of settled ...
25 psl.
... reed - sparrow build ; And the pewitt among the brown clods of the field ; The sea - gull may scream on the breast of the tide ; On the foam - crested billows the petrel may ride ; But the Woodpecker asketh nor river nor sea ; Give him ...
... reed - sparrow build ; And the pewitt among the brown clods of the field ; The sea - gull may scream on the breast of the tide ; On the foam - crested billows the petrel may ride ; But the Woodpecker asketh nor river nor sea ; Give him ...
44 psl.
... reed - tops as it went . Some blue peaks in the distance rose , And white against the cold - white sky , Shone out their crowning snows . One willow over the river wept , And shook the wave as the wind did sigh ; Above in the wind was ...
... reed - tops as it went . Some blue peaks in the distance rose , And white against the cold - white sky , Shone out their crowning snows . One willow over the river wept , And shook the wave as the wind did sigh ; Above in the wind was ...
45 psl.
... reeds , And the wave - worn horns of the echoing bank , And the silvery marish - flowers that throng The desolate creeks and pools among , Were flooded over with eddying song . THOMSON . HE stately sailing Swan Gives out his snowy 45 ...
... reeds , And the wave - worn horns of the echoing bank , And the silvery marish - flowers that throng The desolate creeks and pools among , Were flooded over with eddying song . THOMSON . HE stately sailing Swan Gives out his snowy 45 ...
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... reeds ; a clear abyss it seems , Held in the concave of the inverted sky , — In which is seen the rook's dull flagging wing Move o'er the silvery clouds . How peaceful sails Yon little fleet , the wild duck and her brood ! Fearless of ...
... reeds ; a clear abyss it seems , Held in the concave of the inverted sky , — In which is seen the rook's dull flagging wing Move o'er the silvery clouds . How peaceful sails Yon little fleet , the wild duck and her brood ! Fearless of ...
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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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