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" Till blended objects fail the swimming sight, And all the fading landscape sinks in night ; To hear the drowsy dor come brushing by With buzzing wing, or the shrill ' cricket cry ; To see the feeding bat glance through the wood ; To catch the distant... "
The Natural History of Selborne - Page 103
by Gilbert White - 1902 - 552 pages
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 3-4

John Bell - 1789 - 416 pages
...guide ! While'deep'ning shades obscure the face of day To yonder bench leaf-shelter'd let us stray, Till blended objects fail the swimming sight, And...distant falling of the flood ; While o'er the cliff th' awaken'd churn-owl hung Through the still gloom protracts his chattering song ; While high in air...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...hear the drowsy dor come rushing hy With huzzing wing, or hear the cricket cry. To see the feeding hat glance through the wood. To catch the distant falling of the flood , While o'er the cliff the awaken'd churn-owl hung, Through the still gloom protracts his chattering son; : While high in...
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Poetry for children, selected by L. Aikin

Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...guide. While deep' ning shades obscure the face of day, To yonder bench, leaf-shelter' d, let us, stray, Till blended objects fail the swimming sight, And...With buzzing wing, or the shrill cricket cry ; ... To Recovery from Sickness. 71 To see the feeding bat glance thro' the wood ; To catch the distant falling...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...hear the drowsy dor come rushing by With huzzing wing, or hear the cricket cry. To see the feeding hat glance through the wood. To catch the distant falling of the flood; While o'er the cliff the awaken'd churn-owl hung. Through the still gloom protracts his chattering song: While high in air,...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...guide. While deepening shades obscure the face of day, To yonder bench, leaf-shelter'd, let us stray ; Till blended objects fail the swimming sight, And...landscape sinks in night , To hear the drowsy dor come rusliing by With bussing wing, or hear the cricket cry : To see the feeding bat glance through the...
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Poetry for Children: Consisting of Short Pieces to be Committed to Memory

1820 - 190 pages
...guide. While deep'ning shades obscure the face of day, To yonder bench, leaf-shelter'd, let us stray. Till blended objects fail the swimming sight, And...fading landscape sinks in night ; To hear the drowsy dorr come brushing by, With buzzing wing, or the shrill cricket cry ; Recovery from Sickness. 71 To...
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The English Reading Book in Verse: Adapted to Domestic and to School Education

William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 pages
...shades obscure the face of day, To yonder bench, leaf-shelter' d, let us stray, Till blended objects dim the swimming sight, And all the fading landscape sinks in night. To hear the drowsy beetle brushing by, With humming wing, or the shrill cricket cry. To see the flitting bat glance through...
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The Minstrelsy of the Woods, Or, Sketches and Songs Connected with the ...

S. Waring - 1832 - 284 pages
...title. " While deepening shades obscure the face of day, To yonder bench, leaf-sheltered, let us stray, To hear the drowsy dor come brushing by With buzzing...distant falling of the flood ; While o'er the cliff th' awakened churn-owl hung, Through the still gloom portracts his chattering song." This bird passes...
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The Minstrelsy of the Woods, Or, Sketches and Songs Connected with the ...

S. Waring - 1832 - 280 pages
...title. " While deepening shades obscure the face of day, To yonder bench, leaf-sheltered, let us stray, To hear the drowsy dor come brushing by With buzzing...distant falling of the flood ; While o'er the cliff th' awakened churn-owl hung, Through the still gloom portracts his chattering song." This bird passes...
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The Natural History of Selborne

Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 pages
...ocdicnemus. While deep'ning shades obscure the face of day, To yonder bench, leaf-sheltered, let us stray, Till blended objects fail the swimming sight, And...fading landscape sinks in night ; To hear the drowsy dorr come brushing by With buzzing wing, or the shrill cricket* cry ; To see the feeding bat glance...
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