Birds and bird-life, by F.T. Buckland and other naturalists |
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... notes , to the poor artisan in towns . So , if the captive is happy , and makes itself pleasant to others in captivity , we may be content with the arrangement , especially seeing that , however great the number of cage - birds in our ...
... notes , to the poor artisan in towns . So , if the captive is happy , and makes itself pleasant to others in captivity , we may be content with the arrangement , especially seeing that , however great the number of cage - birds in our ...
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... note of the bird . " Wherefore is thy song so gay ? 66 06 Wherefore is thy flight so free ? Singing - soaring - day by day ; Thou'rt a bird of low degree ! Tirral - la ! Scarcely sheltered from the mould , We thy humble nest can see ...
... note of the bird . " Wherefore is thy song so gay ? 66 06 Wherefore is thy flight so free ? Singing - soaring - day by day ; Thou'rt a bird of low degree ! Tirral - la ! Scarcely sheltered from the mould , We thy humble nest can see ...
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... note . “ The eagle seeks the snow Alp top , Proud in his royal birth , But the humble lark , safe and content , Couches upon the earth . " Though to be had cheap , as a very common bird , yet a first - rate singer commands rather a high ...
... note . “ The eagle seeks the snow Alp top , Proud in his royal birth , But the humble lark , safe and content , Couches upon the earth . " Though to be had cheap , as a very common bird , yet a first - rate singer commands rather a high ...
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... notes reach the ear so clear and distinct , that we wonder how they can be produced by a thing so small . Shelley has celebrated the wildly varied strain in harmonious numbers : — " Hail to thee , blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert ...
... notes reach the ear so clear and distinct , that we wonder how they can be produced by a thing so small . Shelley has celebrated the wildly varied strain in harmonious numbers : — " Hail to thee , blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert ...
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... notes are not so varied as those of the skylark , but they are more melodious and flute - like . In the house , the bird sings from a retired corner , tranquil and motionless ; but some have been known never to utter a note in the ...
... notes are not so varied as those of the skylark , but they are more melodious and flute - like . In the house , the bird sings from a retired corner , tranquil and motionless ; but some have been known never to utter a note in the ...
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Сторінка 72 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Сторінка 146 - Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Сторінка 204 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Сторінка 144 - But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth.
Сторінка 26 - Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth. O'er fell and fountain sheen, O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds...
Сторінка 22 - Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still!
Сторінка 234 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Сторінка 19 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Сторінка 25 - Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
Сторінка 29 - I will bless the Lord at all times : His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 0 magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.