 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 o'er...  Notes and Queries - Page 1111906Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit, Half-afraid, e t VIII. See, through this air, this ocean, and this earth. the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is : Till,... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pages
...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 family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till more... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - English literature - 1852 - 570 pages
...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 his smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is —... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1853 - 172 pages
...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 o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till,... | |
 | James Thomson, George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1853 - 408 pages
...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 : Till,... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...fields, and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, ;uid 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 : Till,... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1854 - 482 pages
...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 o'er the floor Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is : Till,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1854 - 404 pages
...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 o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is : Till,... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - American poetry - 1906 - 548 pages
...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 o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till... | |
 | John Dennis - English literature - 1906 - 286 pages
...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 o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is— Till... | |
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