 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 o'er...  A History of British Birds - Sivu 239tekijä(t) Thomas Bewick - 1826Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Frances Osborne - 1848 - 212 sivua
...they are such innocent pets; and I remember some lines iu Thomson's 'Seasons' about the robin :— 'Half afraid, he first ' Against the window beats...wonders where he is; 'Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.' I am sure poets love birds, and flowers, and sunshiny weather,... | |
 | 1848 - 486 sivua
...afraid, he first Against the window heats ; then brisk alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping on the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance. And...grown, the table crumbs Attract his slender feet." THOMSON. THE BLACKCAP Is, by many persons, considered to rank next to the Nightingale in variety and... | |
 | William Ewart - 1849 - 94 sivua
...little boon Which Providence assigns them. One alone — The Robin — leaves his nest, and pays to man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against...wonders where he is : Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet. 150. — THE POET'S WISH. [WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. From the " Excursion,"... | |
 | William Dowling - 1849 - 356 sivua
...afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then brisk alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping on the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And...wonders where he is, Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet." Here is another verse-picture, by Grahame, in which this brave... | |
 | James Thomson - 1849 - 524 sivua
...window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'or the floor, Eyes all tlie smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and...wonders where he is; Till, more familiar grown, the table,crumbs 255 Attract his slender feet. The foodicss wilds Pour forth their bron-n inhabitants.... | |
 | James Thomson - 1849 - 772 sivua
...On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askanee, And peeks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till, more familiar grown, the table-erumbs 255 Attraet his slender feet. The foodless wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The... | |
 | Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 sivua
...then, brisk, aligbts On thé warm hearth; then hopping o'er thé floor, Eyes ail thé smiling fainily askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is : Till more familial- grown, thé table crumbs Àttract his slender feet. Tlie foodless wilds Pour forth theirbrown... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - 1850 - 630 sivua
...afraid, he first Against the window beats : then, brisk alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping on the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And...grown, the table crumbs Attract his slender feet." An old Latin proverb tells us, that two Robin Redbreasts will not feed on the same tree ; it is certain... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - 452 sivua
...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...wonders where he is — Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The hare,... | |
 | John Dennis - 1906 - 286 sivua
...crowd around The winnowing store, and claim the little boon Which Providence assigns them. One alone, The redbreast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely...wonders where he is— Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet. The footlless wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The... | |
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