 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1877 - 326 pages
...greyhound follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's halloo ! Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nursed with tender care,...And to domestic bounds confined, Was still a wild Jack-hare. Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look,... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 126 pages
...greyhound follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's halloo ! Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nursed with tender care,...was of wheaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw j Thistles, or lettuces instead, With sand to scour his maw. On twigs of hawthorn he regaled, On pippin's... | |
 | James Burton (schoolmaster.) - 1878 - 124 pages
...winter. All things rejoiced beneath the sun, the weeds, The river, and the cornfields, and the reeds. His diet was of wheaten bread, and milk, and oats, and straw. On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I. This is... | |
 | William Cowper - 1879 - 88 pages
...foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's halloo ; Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, 5 Who, nursed with tender care, And to domestic bounds...duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, 10 He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wheaten bread, And... | |
 | Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore - 1879 - 376 pages
...tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's hallo ! Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nurs'd with tender care, And to domestic bounds confined, Was still a wild Jack-hare. Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 626 pages
...greyhound follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's halloo ; Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nursed with tender care,...was of wheaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw ; On twigs of hawthorn he regaled, On pippins' russet peel, And, when his juicy salads failed, Sliced... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1881 - 638 pages
...greyhound follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's halloo ; Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nursed with tender care,...look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wbeaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw ; Thistles, or lettuces instead, With sand to scour his... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1881 - 632 pages
...greyhound follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's halloo; Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nursed with tender care,...look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wieaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw ; On twigs of hawthorn he regaled, ' On pippins' russet... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1881 - 244 pages
...greyhound follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard huntsman's halloo ! Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nursed with tender care,...And to domestic bounds confined, Was still a wild Jack-hare. Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1881 - 562 pages
...greyhound follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew. Nor ear heard huntsman's halloo ; Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Who, nursed with tender care, And to domestic bounds conlined, Was still a wild Jack hare. -— .— Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every... | |
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Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wheaten bread, And milk, and oats, and straw ; Thistles, or lettuces instead, With sand to scour his maw. On twigs... 
