 Wisely regardful of the' embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping...  Floral Emblems - Página 38por Henry Phillips - 1825 - 352 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Henry Headley - 1810 - 236 páginas
...doth monarchize ; But he, grim-grinning king*, , Who caitiffs scorns, and doth the blest surprise, Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is... | |
 | James Thomson - 1811 - 182 páginas
...thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trnsted man His annaal visit. Half-afraid, he first Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is:... | |
 | George Low - 1813 - 272 páginas
...be forgiven in transcribing the passage. One alone, -- 70 NATURAL HISTORY [Birds. His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is... | |
 | James Thomson - 1813 - 346 páginas
...thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted Man His annual visit. Half-afraid, he first 250 Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1815 - 170 páginas
...fields, and thorny thickers, leaves His shivering mates, and pays tp trusted Man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats; then,...brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is:... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 páginas
...fields, and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm earth ; then hopping o'er the floor Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks and starts, and... | |
 | 1816 - 338 páginas
...fields and thorny thickets leaves " His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man " His annual visit. Half afraid, he first " Against the window beats ;...brisk alights " On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, " Eyes all the smiling family askance, " And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 páginas
...joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shiv'ring mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, BOOK IV. DESCRIPTIVE AND PATHETIC. 277 \^ lives all the smiling family askance, And... | |
 | James Thomson - 1816 - 256 páginas
...thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted mail His annual visit. Il..ilf-afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is... | |
 | James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - 1818 - 316 páginas
...thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half-afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is... | |
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