 One alone, the red-breast, sacred to the household gods, 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;...  The Saturday Magazine - Sivu 451840Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Anna Maria Hall - 426 sivua
...BY HG ADAMS. • " The Redbreast, saered to the houschold Gods, Wisely regardful of the threatening sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves...shivering mates ; and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights Ou the warm hearth ; then... | |
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 342 sivua
...him ; 'till, in form Of money, Pallas sets the captive free. J. Phtlips, Ch. Ch. Oxford, 1703. XXXII. THE Redbreast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely...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,... | |
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 372 sivua
...form Of money, Pallas sets the captive free. J. Philips, Ch. Cli. Oxford, 1703. XXXII. Ueöbreast. THE Redbreast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely...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,... | |
 | William Linwood - 1846 - 340 sivua
...Pallas sets the captive free. J. Phuips, Ch. Ch. Oxford, 1703. XXXII. îtUïbwaat. THE Kedbreast,. sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of...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,... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1847 - 430 sivua
...toils. The fowls of heaven, Tamed by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store, and claim the little boon Which Providence assigns them. One...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,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1847 - 504 sivua
...little boon Which Providence assigns them. One alone, 245 The redbreast, sacred to the household-gods, Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless...shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half-afraid, he first 250 Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1848 - 438 sivua
...winnowing store, and claim the little boon Which providence assigns them. One alone, The red breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of...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,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1849 - 290 sivua
...his toil. The fowls of heaven, Tam'd by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store, and claim the little boon Which Providence assigns them. One...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... | |
 | William Dowling - 1849 - 356 sivua
...Thomson thus paints, in the name of all his fellowrds, the domesticating tendency of the redbreast. " The redbreast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely...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,... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 sivua
...his toil. The fowls of heaven, Tamed by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store, and claim the little boon Which Providence assigns them. One...The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardfal of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates,... | |
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