 The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the waterhen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy moat the heron, fond Of solitude, alighted. ' The moping heron, motionless and stiff, That on a stone, as silently and stilly Stood, an apparent sentinel,...  Poems, illustr. by B. Foster - Sivu 45tekijä(t) Thomas Hood - 1872Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1846 - 534 sivua
...and bold, as if he knew His enemy was banished. ' The wary crow, the pheasant from the woods, Lulled by the still and everlasting sameness, Close to the...stilly Stood, an apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water lily. ' No sound was heard, except from far away; The ringing of the whitwall's shrilly laughter,... | |
 | 1846 - 730 sivua
...if he knew His enemy was banished. •The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the water hen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy moat the heron,...apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily. ss * * The vine unpruned, and the neglected peach, Dropped from the wall with which they used to grapple... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1847 - 454 sivua
...strikingis at least one of the pictures drawn by Hood:— " The coot was swimming in the reedy pool, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in...apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily." The watery flats of the country have had also their influence on the popular superstitions. The delusive... | |
 | Eliza Cook - 1850 - 432 sivua
...beautiful and yet Crabbe-like in its quaint power,) so simple and eloquent, that we must extract it. " The moping heron, motionless and stiff, That on a...silently and stilly, Stood, an apparent sentinel, ae if To guard the water-lily." None of these productions, however, beautiful as they arc, brought... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1851 - 438 sivua
...striking is at least one of the pictures drawn by Hood: — " The coot was swimming in the reedy pool, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in...apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily." The watery flats of the country have had also their influence on the popular superstitions. The delusive... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1851 - 468 sivua
...striking is at least one of the pictures drawn by Hood: — " The coot was swimming in the reedy pool, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in...heron, fond Of solitude, alighted ; The moping heron, motiouless and stiff, That on a stone as silently and stilly Stood, an apparent sentinel, as if To... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 424 sivua
...and frisk' d, and sat, and vanish'd, But leisurely and bold, as if he knew His enemy was banish' d. The wary crow, — the pheasant from the woods —...stone, as silently and stilly, Stood, an apparent sentmel, as if To guard the water-lily. No sound was heard, except, from far away, The ringing of the... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 428 sivua
...frisk'd, and sat, and vanish d, But leisurely and bold, as if he knew His enemy was banish'd. The eoot was swimming in the reedy pond$ Beside the water-hen,...stilly. Stood, an apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water- lily. No sound was heard except, from far away, The ringing of the Whit wall's shrilly laughter,... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1856 - 454 sivua
...coot was swimming in the reedy pool, Beside the water-hen, BO Boon affrighted ; And in the weedy moot, the heron, fond Of solitude, alighted ; The moping...apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily." The watery flats of the country have had also their influence on the popular superstitions. The delusive... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1858 - 236 sivua
...deep damask'd wings. Hood and Crabbe are generally true to nature. Admire " the heron," by Hood, — The coot was swimming in the reedy pond Beside the...solitude, alighted. The moping heron, motionless and stift, That on a stone as silently and slily Stood an apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily.... | |
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