 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pàgines
...in a russet coat is drest ; My dog, so alter'd in his taste, Quits mutton-bones, on grass to feast : And see yon rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate...precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. — 'T will surely rain, I see with sorrow Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. JENNER. INSTRUCTION... | |
 | 1845 - 398 pàgines
...voice is shrill. The dog, so altered is his taste, Quits mutton bones, on grass to feast. Behold the rooks, how odd their flight! They imitate the gliding...precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. The tender colts on back do lie, Nor heed the traveller passing by. In fiery red the sun doth rise,... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1845 - 510 pàgines
...crawling o'er the green ; Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry, The distant hills are looking nigh ; And see yon rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite, Or seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. How restless are the snorting swine,... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1846 - 226 pàgines
...mutton-bones on grass to feast ; And see you rooks, how odd their flight! They imitate the gliding kite, Or seem precipitate to fall, , As if they felt the piercing ball:— 'Twill surely rain,—I see with sorrow, Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow." Uncivilized nations often entertain... | |
 | George William Johnson - 1847 - 636 pàgines
...voice is shrill | S7. My do;, so alter'd is his taste, Quits mutton bones, on grass to feast : 29. And see yon rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate...precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing hall ; Twill surely rain, I see, with sorrow, Our jaunt cannot take place to-morrow. la the foregoing... | |
 | Percy Society - 1847 - 358 pàgines
...voice is shrill. The dog, so alter'd is his taste, Quits mutton-bones, on grass to feast. Behold the rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding...precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. The tender colts on back do lie, Nor heed the traveller passing by. In fiery red the sun doth rise,... | |
 | 1904 - 668 pàgines
...voice is shrill ; The dog, so altered is his taste, Quits mutton bones on grass to feast. Behold the rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding...precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. The tender colts on back do lie, Nor heed the' traveller passing by. In fiery red the sun doth rise,... | |
 | George W. Johnson - 1850 - 434 pàgines
...good for manure?" That ignorant prejudice has passed away ; No. LXXXIV., VOL. IV. NATURAL P Behold the rooks, how odd their flight! They imitate the gliding kite, And seem precipitate to fall, As if thcv felt the piercing ball. ****** 'Twill surely rain ; we see, with sorrow, No working in our grounds... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1850 - 158 pàgines
...hills are looking nigh : Hark, how the chairs and tables crack ! Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; And see yon rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite ; Or seem precipitate to fall, • Low o'er the grass the swallow wings; The cricket, too, how loud... | |
 | Peter Adam Schenck - 1851 - 306 pàgines
...black-bird's mellow voice is shrill. My dog, so alter'd is his taste, Quits mutton bones, on grass to feast; And see, yon rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate...with sorrow, Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow." 5* SELECTION OF SEEDS. Every one ought to know that there is a great different in the productiveness... | |
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Quits mutton-bones on grass to feast ; And see yon rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite, And seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. 'Twill surely rain, I see with sorrow, Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. 
