The Canary Bird: A Moral Fiction : Interspersed with PoetryE. Newbery, 1799 - 148 pages |
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... sung by his cheerful companions - that of a linnet was among the prettiest― though wild and unconnected enough , as you may suppose . I. Sweet , sweet , o'er flowery heaths to roam , And find in every bower a home ; " Sweet through ...
... sung by his cheerful companions - that of a linnet was among the prettiest― though wild and unconnected enough , as you may suppose . I. Sweet , sweet , o'er flowery heaths to roam , And find in every bower a home ; " Sweet through ...
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... sung this song : Fays , that love the moony mead , Immortal foes of evil deed , Ne'er may your power , nor your pleasures cease ! If dear to you the pathless glade ; If you revere the solemn shade ; If the soft silver brook , that ...
... sung this song : Fays , that love the moony mead , Immortal foes of evil deed , Ne'er may your power , nor your pleasures cease ! If dear to you the pathless glade ; If you revere the solemn shade ; If the soft silver brook , that ...
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... sung the following song : I. Cheer up , cheer up , behold the day , Glads all the fields with golden ray ! Cheer up , cheer up , my pretty sweetings ! Happy like this be all our meetings ! II . O , never may my anxious breast ...
... sung the following song : I. Cheer up , cheer up , behold the day , Glads all the fields with golden ray ! Cheer up , cheer up , my pretty sweetings ! Happy like this be all our meetings ! II . O , never may my anxious breast ...
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... sung to her harp a little Saxon song . - Alfred wrote many of these ; and his example ren- dered the love of them preva- lent . They contained little sto- ries , fables , and pithy senti- ments of virtue , well calculated K to to arrest ...
... sung to her harp a little Saxon song . - Alfred wrote many of these ; and his example ren- dered the love of them preva- lent . They contained little sto- ries , fables , and pithy senti- ments of virtue , well calculated K to to arrest ...
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... sung ; and where Egbert gathered the flowers that are now drooping in her hat . What sensations possess them when they find the bridge of planks torn up ; and behold , headlong among the rushes , the body of a youth , covered with ...
... sung ; and where Egbert gathered the flowers that are now drooping in her hat . What sensations possess them when they find the bridge of planks torn up ; and behold , headlong among the rushes , the body of a youth , covered with ...
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admirable apprehension attempt beauty behold beware of gardens birds of passage blessings bower Canary Canary-Bird cave cerons chaffinch CHAP CHAP charms cheer colour companion COTTAGE OF BERTHA creature cried cruel Danes dear deed delight dreadful eat pucerons echo Egbert gathered Egbert's dog Euphrates evil fabulist fear feast flow'ry fields flowers fortunate fruit groundsel groves hammer happy harp hawk hear heard inclination insect lanthe left his cage linnet lived master Melanthe ment Mira Mira's mistress morning mother nary-Bird nature yields neighbouring ness nest never NEWBERY night panion perceive plants pleased pleasure Portia pose quire rapture resound rest retreat returned scarcely scene shade shady groves shelter shew shouts silent night sing sleep soft song spot story stranger stroy subsistence summer sung swal swallow sweet tain ther tion tree truth voice walk weary wings woods yellow yellow-hammer
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Page 139 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 139 - ... with charm of earliest birds, pleasant the sun, when first on this delightful land he spreads his orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower glistering with dew, fragrant the fertile earth after soft showers, and sweet the coming on of grateful evening mild, then silent night with this her solemn bird, and this fair moon and these the gems of heaven, her starry train.
Page 23 - Yet, your kind Heavenly Father bends his eye On the least wing that flits along the sky. To him they sing when spring renews the plain, To him they cry, in winter's pinching reign ; Nor is their music nor their plaint in vain: He hears the gay, and the distressful call; And with unsparing bounty fills them all.
Page 61 - From branch to branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods, and spread their painted wings Till even : nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased warbling, but all night tuned her soft lays. Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast : the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet : yet oft they quit The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid aerial sky.
Page 139 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night With this her solemn bird; nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.
Page 36 - Those dip their crooked beak in kindred blood : Some haunt the rushy moor, the lonely woods ; Some bathe their silver plumage in the floods ; Some fly to man, his household gods implore, And gather round his hospitable door, Wait the known call, and find protection there From all the lesser tyrants of the air. The tawny Eagle seats his callow brood High on the cliff, and feasts his young with blood.
Page 139 - With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train: But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit...
Page 96 - And yet poor Edwin was no vulgar boy ; Deep thought oft seemed to fix his infant eye. Dainties he heeded not, nor gaud nor toy, Save one short pipe of rudest minstrelsy. Silent, when glad ; affectionate, though shy ; And now his look was most demurely sad ; And now he laughed aloud, yet none knew why. The neighbours stared and sighed, yet blessed the lad : Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.
Page 74 - ... loves his home. My trees for you, ye artless tribe, Shall store of fruit preserve ; Oh, let me thus your friendship bribe ! Come, feed without reserve. For you these cherries I protect, To you these plums belong ; Sweet is the fruit that you have picked, But sweeter far your song.
Page 73 - In this sequester'd place. Hither the vocal thrush repairs ; Secure the linnet sings ; The goldfinch dreads no slimy snares, To clog her painted wings.