...His lordship, at the commencement of the poem, in allusion to birds and other animal*, says, " They whisper truths in reason's ear, If human, pride would stoop to hear." He then proceeds to describe how a flock of rooks were shot ut by his hailiff, some of whom were "...

...out of common reach ; And though 'tis said they speak no more, (Once only too in days of yore,) They whisper truths in reason's ear, If human pride would stoop to hear— Nay, often in loud clamours crave The rights, which bounteous nature gave : A flock of rooks, my story...

...out of common reach ; And though 'tis said they speak no more, (Once only too in days of yore,) They whisper truths in reason's ear, If human pride would stoop to hear — Nay, often in loud clamours crave The rights, which bounteous nature gave : A flock of rooks, my...

...Nature's much-neglected book, To birds and beasts by giving speech, For lessons out of common reach. They whisper truths in reason's ear, If human pride would stoop to hear,— Nay, often in loud clamours crave The rights which bounteous nalure gave. A nock of rooks, my story...

...Nature's much-neglected "book, To birds and beasts by giving speech, For lessons out of common reach. They whisper truths in reason's ear, If human pride would stoop to hear, — 'Nay, often in loud clamours crave The rights which bounteous nature gave. A flock of rooks my...

...harp, that Houri strings His long entrancing note. Lord Erskine, in beautiful words, says — They whisper truths in reason's ear, If human pride would stoop to hear. All our poets, from the greatest to the least, from the first to the last, acknowledge by their writings...

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