Within a thick and spreading hawthorn bush That overhung a mole-hill large and round, I heard, from morn to morn, a merry Thrush Sing hymns to sunrise... Birds - Page 111842 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1835 - 866 pages
...overhung a molehill large and round, I heard from morn to morn a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, and I drank the sound With joy ; and, often an intruding guest, I watched her secret tolls from day to dayHow true she warped the moss, to form a nest, And modelled... | |
| 1831 - 502 pages
...molehill large and round, I heard, from morn to morn, a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, while 1 drank the sound With joy : — and often, an intruding guest, I watch'd her secret toils from day to duy, How true she warp'd the muss to form her nest, And modell'd it within with wood and clay. And... | |
| 1832 - 492 pages
...That overhung a mole hill, large and round, I heard, from morn to morn, a merry thrush Sinpr hymns to sunrise, while I drank the sound With joy : and often, an intruding guest, I watched her secret toils, from day to day, How true she warped the moss to form her nest, And modelled... | |
| 1831 - 496 pages
...bush, That overhung a molehill large and round, I heard, from morn to morn, a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, while I drank the sound With joy : —...How true she warp'd the moss to form her nest, And modell'd it within with wood and clay. And by-and-by, like heath-bells gilt with dew, There lay her... | |
| James Montgomery - 1833 - 368 pages
...merry thrush. Sing hymns of rapture, while I drank the sound O2 With joy ;— and oft, an unintrading guest, I watch'd her secret toils from day to day,...How true she warp'd the moss to form her nest, And modell'd it within with wood and clay. And by-and-by, like heath-bells gilt with dew, There lay her... | |
| James Montgomery - 1833 - 348 pages
...hymns of rapture, while I drank the sound O2 With joy ; — and oft, an iinintrading guest, I wntch'd her secret toils from day to day, How true she warp'd the moss to form her nest, And modell'd it within with wood and clay.' And by-and-by, like heath-bells gilt with dew, There lay her... | |
| John Clare - 1835 - 238 pages
...overhung a molehill large and round, I heard from morn to morn a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, and I drank the sound With joy ; and, often an intruding guest, I watched her secret toils from day to day — How true she warped the moss, to form a nest, And modelled... | |
| James Montgomery - 1838 - 332 pages
...merry thrush, Sing hymns of rapture, while I drank the sound With joy ; — and oft, an unintruding guest, I watch'd her secret toils from day to day,...How true she warp'd the moss to form her nest, And modell'd it within with wood and clay. And by-and-by, like heath-bells gilt with dew, There lay her... | |
| British birds - 1840 - 326 pages
...overhung a mole-hill large and round, I heard, from morn to morn• a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunshine, while I drank the sound With joy : and often, an intruding guest, I watched her secret toils, from day to day, How true she warp'd the moss to form her nest, And modell'd... | |
| Robert Tyas - 1842 - 462 pages
...overhangs a molehill large nnd round, I heard, from morn to morn, a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, and I drank the sound With joy ; and, often an intruding guest, I watched her secret toils from day to day — How true she warped the moss, to form a nest, And modelled... | |
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