 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
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1907 - 378 pages
...regardful of the embroiling sky In joyless fields and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates. 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." That... | |
 | Robert Pickett Scott - English poetry - 1907 - 458 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,... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1907 - 364 pages
...regardful of the embroiling sky In joyless fields and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates. 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." That... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 528 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; 255... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 616 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 —... | |
 | Elizabeth Godfrey - Calendars - 1908 - 460 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 family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is; Till, more... | |
 | John Dennis - English literature - 1908 - 288 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 —... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 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, 30 Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is,... | |
 | Edward Chauncey Baldwin, Harry Gilbert Paul - English poetry - 1908 - 430 pages
...the embroiling sky, 25 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, 30 Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ;... | |
 | James Thomson - Seasons - 1908 - 408 pages
...thorny Thickets, leaves His shivering Mates, and pays to trusted Man 250 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: <>55... | |
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