 Modest and shy as a nun is she; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Never was I afraid of man ; Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you...  Poems of William Cullen Bryant - Page 217by William Cullen Bryant - 1914 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1855 - 692 pages
...Lincoln's Quaker wife, Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings, Passing at home a patient life, Broods in the grass while her husband sings Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,...Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee. 576 Modest and shy, as a nun is she ; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts... | |
 | 1855 - 688 pages
...Lincoln's Quaker wife, Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings, Passing at home a patient life, Broods in the grass while her husband sings Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Brood, kmd creature ; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee. Modest and... | |
 | 1855 - 700 pages
...Lincoln's Quaker wife, Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings, Passing at homo a patient life, Broods in the grass while her husband sings Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Brood, kiud creature ; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I nm here. Chee, chee, chee. Modest and... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 808 pages
...Lincoln's Quaker wife. Pretty and quiet, with plain brown winga, Passing at home a patient life, Broods in the grass while her husband sings: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,...only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts is he. Pouring boosts from his little throat: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-liiik. Spink, spank, spink ; Never was I... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 pages
...wife, Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings. Passing at home a patient life. Broods in the gross while her husband sings: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,...only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat: Bob-o'-link, bob-p'-link. Spink, spank, spink ; Never was I... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 816 pages
...Lincoln is gaily drest, Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife, Broods in the grass while her husband sing?: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood,...Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee. Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings, Passing at home a patient life, One weak chirp is her only... | |
 | Mrs. Henry S. Mackarness - 1856 - 104 pages
...Lincoln's quaker wife, Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings, Passing at home a patient life, Broods in the grass, while her husband sings : " Bob-o-link,...bob-o-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature; do not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here, Chee, chee, chee." Modest, and shy as a nun, is she... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 pages
...Lincoln's Quaker wife, Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings, Passing at home a patient life, Broods in the grass ' while her husband sings Bob-o'-link, Bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink. Brood, land creature ; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I ' am here. Chee, chee, chee ! 4. Modest... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 600 pages
...Passing at home a patient life, Broods in the grass while her hushand sings, Boh-o'-link, hoh-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature ; you need not fear Thieves and rohhers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee. " Modest and shy as a nun is she. One weak chirp is her... | |
 | 1857 - 300 pages
...Passing at home a patient life, Broods in the grass while her husband sings, Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link ; Brood, kind creature, you need not fear Thieves and...only note ; Braggart, and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat — Never was I afraid of man, Catch me, cowardly knaves, if... | |
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