A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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Page 8
... charm save that of association , and do not equal the melody of a simple reed or flag- eolet . It is sufficient to reply that the most delight- ful influences of nature proceed from sights and sounds . that appeal to a poetic sentiment ...
... charm save that of association , and do not equal the melody of a simple reed or flag- eolet . It is sufficient to reply that the most delight- ful influences of nature proceed from sights and sounds . that appeal to a poetic sentiment ...
Page 9
... charm , derived from religion or romance . Without this reflection of light from poetry , what is the passion of love , and what our love of beauty , but a mere gravitation ? SPARROWS . BIRDS OF THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD . I. MUSIC OF ...
... charm , derived from religion or romance . Without this reflection of light from poetry , what is the passion of love , and what our love of beauty , but a mere gravitation ? SPARROWS . BIRDS OF THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD . I. MUSIC OF ...
Page 12
... charm to our ears , because they are harmonized by silence and hallowed by the hour that is sacred to repose , in like manner does the Song - Sparrow delight us in tenfold measure , because he sings the sweet prelude to the universal ...
... charm to our ears , because they are harmonized by silence and hallowed by the hour that is sacred to repose , in like manner does the Song - Sparrow delight us in tenfold measure , because he sings the sweet prelude to the universal ...
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... charms of spring and summer , when the task becomes a pleasant occupation , by reviving the scenes of past delights blended with a foretaste of joys that are to come . But when the rising flowers , the perfumed breezes , and the music ...
... charms of spring and summer , when the task becomes a pleasant occupation , by reviving the scenes of past delights blended with a foretaste of joys that are to come . But when the rising flowers , the perfumed breezes , and the music ...
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... charms of their voice . Beauty and song are the means Nature has furnished them , whereby they may render themselves , I will not say agreeable , but attractive . I do not suppose a beau- tiful male bird is preferred to a plain one of ...
... charms of their voice . Beauty and song are the means Nature has furnished them , whereby they may render themselves , I will not say agreeable , but attractive . I do not suppose a beau- tiful male bird is preferred to a plain one of ...
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