 White are his shoulders and white his crest. Hear him call in his merry note: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Look, what a nice new coat is mine, Sure there was never a bird so fine. Chee, chee, chee. Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife, Pretty...  Child Life: A Collection of Poems - Page 74edited by - 1871 - 263 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1855 - 692 pages
...bob-o'-lmk, Spink, spank, spink ; Look, what a ntce new coat is mine, Sure there was never a bird so fine. Chee, chee, chee. Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife,...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
...bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Look, what a mce new coat is mine, Sure there was never a bird so fine. Chee, chee, chee. Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife,...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
...bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Look, what a nice new coat is mine, Sure there was never a bird so fine. Chee, chee, chee. Robert of 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,... | |
 | 1855 - 702 pages
...bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Look, what a nice new coat is mine, Sure there was never a bird so fine. Chee, chee, chee. Robert of 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,... | |
 | John Sullivan Dwight - 1856 - 428 pages
...mine, Sure there was never a bird so fine. Chee, chee, chee. Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wire, 1'retty and quiet, with plain brown wings, Passing at home...is she ; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts is he; Pouring blasts from his little throat — Bob-o'-link, bob-o''Iink,... | |
 | Mrs. Henry S. Mackarness - 1856 - 104 pages
...bob-o-link, Spink, spank, spink, Look, what a nice new coat is mine, Sure there was never a bird so fine, Chee, chee, chee." Robert of Lincoln's quaker wife,...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
...what a nice new coat ' is mine ! Sure ' there was never a bird sb fine ! Chee, chee, chee ! 3. Eobert of Lincoln's Quaker wife, Pretty and quiet, with plain...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... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 pages
...bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Look, what a nice new coat is mine, Sure there was never a bird so fine. Chee, chee, chee. Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife,...wings. Passing at home a patient life. Broods in the gross while her husband sings: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 808 pages
...bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Look, what a nice new coat is mine, Sure there was never a bird so fine. Chee, chee, chee. Robert of 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,... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 600 pages
...hird so fine. Chee, chee, chee. " Rohert of Lincoln's Quaker wife, Pretty and quiet, with plain hrown wings, 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... | |
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