 | A. H. W., Facts - 1873 - 478 pàgines
...voice is shrill. The dog, so alter'd is his taste, guits mutton bones, on grass to feast. ehold 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,... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1874 - 216 pàgines
...in a russet coat is drest; My dog, so altered in his taste, Quits mutton-bones, on grass to feast. And see yon rooks, how odd their flight! They imitate...see with sorrow Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. 19.—THE DEPASTURE OF COLUMBUS. 'tucK-t-•CU, tiu.-iMa/nd-e'ld na-&-~e4t£ ff / luck-i-ly by-stand-ers... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1874 - 876 pàgines
...hills arc 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 seein precipitate to fall As if they felt the piercing ball ; How restless are the snorting swine... | |
 | Hymns - 1875 - 336 pàgines
...so altered in his taste, Quits mutton-bones on grass to feast ; 'THE BODING SHEPHERD HEAVES A SIGH. And see yon rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate...with sorrow, Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. DR. JENNER. "ONLY ONE." FROM " only one word " many quarrels begin ; And " only this once" leads to... | |
 | 1870 - 684 pàgines
...voice is shrill. The dog., so alter'd in 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 backs do li*t Nor heed the trav'ller passing by, \nfiery r<r</the sun doth rise.... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1875 - 868 pàgines
...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 As if they felt the piercing ball ; How restless are the snorting swine... | |
 | John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1878 - 200 pàgines
...a russet coat is drest; My dog, so altered in his taste, Quits mutton-bones, on grass to feast. 4. And see yon rooks, how odd their flight! They imitate the gliding kite, 7 And seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. 5. 'Twill surely rain; I see with... | |
 | Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore - 1879 - 376 pàgines
...blackbird's voice is shrill. My dog, so altered in 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. E. Jenner XXVII HOW THEY DROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris,... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1879 - 398 pàgines
...blackbird's voice is shrill. My dog, so altered in 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./ 14, 15. (14) this, ie the lesson conveyed by such things. stand still, be cairn and quiet ; cease from... | |
 | 1879 - 384 pàgines
...voice is shrill. The dog, so altered in 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 trav'ler passing by. Injiery red the sun doth rise, Then... | |
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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. 
