The Penguin Book of Bird PoetryPeggy Munsterberg Allen Lane, 1980 - 361 pages |
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Page 177
... thou miss , yet meat thou shalt not lack : I'll hang a bag and bottle at thy back . Wilt thou set springës in a frosty night To catch the long - billed woodcock and the snipe , By the bright glimmering of the starry light , The ...
... thou miss , yet meat thou shalt not lack : I'll hang a bag and bottle at thy back . Wilt thou set springës in a frosty night To catch the long - billed woodcock and the snipe , By the bright glimmering of the starry light , The ...
Page 216
... thou art dead . Is there not room enough in all the field For thee to play in , but thou needs must yield To the deceitful glitt'ring of a glass , Between nets placed , to bring thy death to pass ? Bird , if thou art so much for ...
... thou art dead . Is there not room enough in all the field For thee to play in , but thou needs must yield To the deceitful glitt'ring of a glass , Between nets placed , to bring thy death to pass ? Bird , if thou art so much for ...
Page 217
... thou its first tokens to us bring . Birds less than thee by far , like prophets , do Tell us ' tis coming , though not by cuckoo . Nor dost thou summer have away with thee , Though thou a yawling , bawling cuckoo be . When thou dost ...
... thou its first tokens to us bring . Birds less than thee by far , like prophets , do Tell us ' tis coming , though not by cuckoo . Nor dost thou summer have away with thee , Though thou a yawling , bawling cuckoo be . When thou dost ...
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Anglo-Saxon beak bill blackbird bough breast British Birds bush carrion crow century choir cock Columbo crow cuckoo death delight dost doth dyry eagle eggs falcon fall feathers flies fluttering fowl geese goldfinch goosander goose green green woodpecker ground grove hath hawk hear heard heart heaven lanneret lark leaves light linnet look melody merry morning mourn nest never night nightingale o'er Parliament of Fowls pelican Philip Philomel phoenix plumes poem poets poor pretty raven red grouse rhymes ring Robin Redbreast says shrill sing soft song song thrush soul sound sparrow spring stock dove strain swallow swan sweet tell Tereus thee thou thought throat thrush Timor mortis conturbat titmouse tongue tree tune turtle unto voice warbling weep wild wind wings winter wood wood lark wren yellowhammer