The Rhyme and Reason of Country Life, Or, Selections from Fields Old and NewG.P. Putnam, 1855 - 428 pages |
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... Bird .. Page 92 The Nightingale .. 103 93 The Lark 103 94 To the Skylark .. 104 95 A Lark Singing in a Rainbow . 107 97 The Skylark 107 98 The Moors of Jutland 108 99 The Rising of the Lark 108 99 The Lark 109 109 110 . The Mother ...
... Bird .. Page 92 The Nightingale .. 103 93 The Lark 103 94 To the Skylark .. 104 95 A Lark Singing in a Rainbow . 107 97 The Skylark 107 98 The Moors of Jutland 108 99 The Rising of the Lark 108 99 The Lark 109 109 110 . The Mother ...
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... Birds of Passage . 220 Swallows .. 214 The Dove . 222 Lines 214 The Dying Swan .. 228 The Black Cock .. 215 The Twa Corbies .. 224 To the Mocking - Bird .. The Bob - o - Linkum .. 215 The Redbreast in September .. 216 224 Muiopotmos ...
... Birds of Passage . 220 Swallows .. 214 The Dove . 222 Lines 214 The Dying Swan .. 228 The Black Cock .. 215 The Twa Corbies .. 224 To the Mocking - Bird .. The Bob - o - Linkum .. 215 The Redbreast in September .. 216 224 Muiopotmos ...
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... birds of heaven sang , and the flowers of the field bloomed in those ages ; but we have scanty record of their ex- istence ; the eye of man was fixed on darker objects ; his ear was filled with fiercer sounds . Slowly , however ...
... birds of heaven sang , and the flowers of the field bloomed in those ages ; but we have scanty record of their ex- istence ; the eye of man was fixed on darker objects ; his ear was filled with fiercer sounds . Slowly , however ...
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... birds , to cheer without excitement ; we need the view of the green turf , to teach us the humility of the grave ; and we need the view of the open heavens , to tell us where all human hopes should center . Happily , in spite of the ...
... birds , to cheer without excitement ; we need the view of the green turf , to teach us the humility of the grave ; and we need the view of the open heavens , to tell us where all human hopes should center . Happily , in spite of the ...
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... herber side was joyning This faire tree , of which I have you told , And at the last the bird began to sing , Whan he had eaten what he eat wold ; So passing sweetly , that by manifold It was more 38 THE LEAF . THE AND FLOWER.
... herber side was joyning This faire tree , of which I have you told , And at the last the bird began to sing , Whan he had eaten what he eat wold ; So passing sweetly , that by manifold It was more 38 THE LEAF . THE AND FLOWER.
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ALFRED TENNYSON amid autumn beauty BEN JONSON beneath birds bloom blossoms boughs bowers breast breath bright buds charms cheerful cloud cuckoo dance dark delight dost doth earth fair field flocks flowers forest fresh gale garden gentle GILES FLETCHER golden grass green Grongar Hill grove happy hast hath heart heaven hill hour hues JOHN CLARE lady lark leaf leaves light living look Lord meadows mede merry MINNESINGERS morning mountain murmuring nature never night nightingale nymph o'er plain pleasant pleasure poet purple rich rill ROBERT HERRICK rose round SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE shade showers sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul storm stream summer sweet thee thine things thou art thought thrushes Translation trees unto vale valleys vernal violet voice wandering wave wild WILLIAM GILPIN WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings winter wood youth