 With joy — and oft an unintruding guest, I watched her secret toils from day to day How true she warped the moss to form her nest, And modelled it within with wood and clay. And by and by, like heath-bells gilt with dew, There lay her shining eggs as...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 3301864Full view - About this book
 | 1835 - 866 pages
...true she warped the moss, to form a nest, And modelled It within with wood and clay ; And by and by, like heath-bells gilt with dew, There lay her shining eggs, as bright •• flowers, Ink-spotted over shells of greeny blue; And rtlfff T wi»nMs*d, In thn nanny nn;iv«.... | |
 | 1831 - 502 pages
...true she warp'd the muss to form her nest, And modell'd it within with wood and clay. And by-and-by, like heath-bells gilt with dew, There lay her shining eggs as bright as flowers, Ink-spotted-over shells of green and blue. And there I witness'd, in the summer hours, A brood of nature's... | |
 | 1832 - 492 pages
...within, with wood and clay; And by-and-bye, like heath bells gilt with dew, There lay her shining eggs of green and blue. And there I witnessed, in the summer hours, *l A brood of nature's minstrels chirp and fly, Glad as the sunshine and the laughing sky. AFRICAN... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 348 pages
...true she warp'd the moss to form her nest, And modell'd it within with wood and clay.' And by-and-by, like heath-bells gilt with dew, There lay her shining...Ink-spotted over, shells of green and blue : And there I witness'a, in the summer-hours, A brood of nature's minstrels chirp and fly, . Glad as the sunshine... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 528 pages
...shining eggs as bright as flowers, Ink-spotted over, shells of green and blue : And there I witness'd, in the summer hours, A brood of nature's minstrels...and fly, Glad as the sunshine and the laughing sky." JOHN CLARE. Here we have in miniature the history and geography of a " Thrush's Nest," so simply and... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 368 pages
...within with wood and clay. And by-and-by, like heath-bells gilt with dew, There lay her shining <*ggs as bright as flowers, Ink-spotted over, shells of green and blue : And there I witness'a, in the summer-hours, A brood of nature's minstrels chirp and fly, Glad as the sunshine and... | |
 | John Clare - 1835 - 238 pages
...true she warped the moss, to form a nest, And modelled it within with wood and clay ; And by and by, like heath-bells gilt with dew, There lay her shining...eggs, as bright as flowers, Ink-spotted over shells of greeny blue ; And there I witnessed, in the sunny hours, A brood of Nature's minstrels chirp and fly,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1838 - 332 pages
...true she warp'd the moss to form her nest, And modell'd it within with wood and clay. And by-and-by, like heath-bells gilt with dew, There lay her shining eggs as bright as flowen, Ink-spotted over, shells of green and blue : And there I witness'a, in the summer-hours, A... | |
 | British birds - 1840 - 326 pages
...true she warp'd the moss to form her nest, And modell'd it within with wood and clay. And by and by, like heath.bells gilt with dew, There lay her shining...bright as flowers Ink.spotted over, shells of green and Ыue ; And there I witness'd, in the summer hours, A brood of Nature's minstrels chirp and fly, Glad... | |
 | 1842 - 172 pages
...shining eggs as bright as flowers ; Ink-spotted-over shells of green and blue ; And there I witness'd, in the summer hours, A brood of nature's minstrels...and fly, Glad as the sunshine and the laughing sky. The woodpecker chooses an apple, pear, or cherry tree. This is minutely examined for several days before;... | |
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