... of happy little bird ne'er broken was by me. I saw them in their curious nests, close couching, slyly peer With their wild eyes, like glittering beads, to note if harm were near; I passed them by, and blessed them all; I felt that it was good To leave... The Poetical Works of William Motherwell: With Memoir - Pagina 220door William Motherwell, James M'conechy - 1881 - 324 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pagina’s
...beads, to note if good To leave unmoved the creatures small, whose home is in the wood. And here, e'en now, above my head, a lusty rogue doth sing, He pecks...will not fly; he knows full well, while chirping on I would not harm him for a world, or interrupt his lay. Sing on, sing on, blithe bird!—and fill my... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1872 - 296 pagina’s
...felt that it was good To leave unmoved the creatures small whose home was in the wood. And here, eveii now, above my head, a lusty rogue doth sing, He pecks...for a world, or interrupt his lay. Sing on, sing on, blithe bird ! and fill my heart with summer gladness, It has been aching many a day with measures full... | |
| Child life - 1874 - 300 pagina’s
...and blessed them all ; I felt that it was good To leave unmoved the creatures small whose home was in the wood. And here, even now, above my head, a...for a world, or interrupt his lay. Sing on, sing on, blithe bird ! and fill my heart with summer gladness, It has been aching many a day with measures full... | |
| 1878 - 432 pagina’s
...were near : I passed them by, and blessed them all ; I felt that it was good To leave unharmed God's creatures small, whose home is in the wood. And here,...for a world, or interrupt his lay. Sing on, sing on, blithe bird ! and fill my heai-t with summer gladness : It has been aching many a day with measures... | |
| 1878 - 432 pagina’s
...were near : I passed them by, and blessed them all ; I felt that it was good To leave unharmed God's creatures small, whose home is in the wood. And here,...swelling breast and neck, and trims his little wing: Me will not fly ; he knows full well, while chirping on Sing on, sing on, blithe bird ! and fill my... | |
| William Motherwell - 1885 - 324 pagina’s
...inconstant wind — Heave not one sigh, where'er you steer, For me behind ! I PLUCKED THE BERRY. ['VE plucked the berry from the bush, the brown nut from...for a world, or interrupt his lay: Sing on, sing on, blithe bird I and fill my heart with summer gladness, It has been aching many a day with measures full... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 548 pagina’s
...broken was by me ; I saw them in their curious nests, close couching, slyly \ WILLIAM MOTHERWELL 261 With their wild eyes like glittering beads, to note...a world, or interrupt his lay : Sing on, sing on, blithe bird ! and fill my heart with summer gladness, It has been aching many a day with measures full... | |
| Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith - 1902 - 782 pagina’s
...by, and blessed them all; I felt that it was good To leave unmoved the creatures small whose home was in the wood. And here, even now, above my head, a...would not harm him for a world, or interrupt his lay. On the Sing on, sing on, blithe bird! and fill my heart "8 with summer gladness; f' It has been aching... | |
| Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith - 1902 - 772 pagina’s
...by, and blessed them all; I felt that it was good To leave unmoved the creatures small whose home was in the wood. • And here, even now, above my head,...would not harm him for a world, or interrupt his lay. On the Sing on, sing on, blithe bird ! and fill my heart tn& with summer gladness ; f It has been aching... | |
| Mrs. Kate Douglas (Smith) Wiggins, Nora Archibald Smith - 1916 - 784 pagina’s
...and blessed them all ; I felt that it was good To leave unmoved the creatures small whose home was in the wood. And here, even now, above my head, a...would not harm him for a world, or interrupt his lay. On the Sing on, sing on, blithe bird ! and fill my heart "tnS with summer gladness ; f- It has been... | |
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