 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1835 - 482 pages
...joyless fields, and thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, He first against the window beats : then,...grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet." From birds, however, he passed to beasts; and talked at large of the consideration which the wisest... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - Birds - 1835 - 604 pages
...their smart and lively actions. " The redbreast pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid lie first Against the window beats ; then brisk alights...wonders where he is : Till more familiar grown, the table crumbs Attract his slender feet." THOMSON. Such are a few of the points of attraction which this... | |
 | James Thomson - 1836 - 164 pages
...pays to trusted man J Us annual vi^it. Half afraid, he first Against the window heats ; then, hrisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the...wonders where he is: Till, more familiar grown, the tahle crumhs Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Ponr fnrth their hrown inhahitants. The hare,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1836 - 200 pages
...mates, and pays to trusted man Hifwmgiial visit. Half-afraid, he first— • — - „ AgRiteKthe window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth...pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is^» . Till uspre familiar grown, the table crumbs •— ^if ~ vUgatt his slender feet. The foodless wilds "*^«*... | |
 | Henry Duncan - Natural theology - 1836 - 430 pages
...joyless fields and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats; then...the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And picks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till, more familiar grown, the table crumbs Attract his... | |
 | 1848 - 508 pages
...most ready welcome is honest robin, which, " Half afraid at first Against the w iudow beats ; theu brisk alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er...smiling family askance, And pecks and starts, and \ronders where he is ! Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet." Winter... | |
 | English essays - 1837 - 738 pages
...joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats, then...the floor Eyes all the smiling family askance. And picks and starts, and wonders where he is. Till more familiar grown, the table crumbs Attract his slender... | |
 | Thomas Miller - Country life - 1837 - 466 pages
...joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then...hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askaunce, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till more familiar grown, the table crumbs... | |
 | 1837 - 646 pages
...famished wolves descending the Appenines, scatters its hues over the little robin, that, half-afraid, " Against the window beats ; then brisk alights On the...o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance." Cowper's scenes from nature delight by their reality. We can all appreciate their beauty, for we Lave... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1838 - 400 pages
...famished wolves descending the Apennines, scattered its hues over the little robin, that, half afraid, — Against the window beats ; then brisk alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping on the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance. Cowper's sketches please from their association... | |
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Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping... 
