 | John Bell - 1789 - 416 стор.
...hour to steal adown the vale, And listen to the vagrant cuckoo's tale ; To hear the clamorous curlew call his mate, Or the soft quail his tender pain relate...swift in rapid giddy ring Dash round the steeple, unsubdu'd of wing : Amusive birds ! — say where 's your hid retreat When the frost rages arid the... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 396 стор.
...•j- And listen to the vagrant cuckoo's tale ; 7 «• To hear the clamorous curlew call his mate, a~ Or the soft quail his tender pain relate ; To see...Belated, to support her infant train ; /* To mark the swjft in rapid giddy ring Dash round the steeple, unsubdu'd of wing : Amusive birds ! — say where... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 202 стор.
...hour to steal adown the vale, And listen to the vagrant cuckoo's tale ; To hear the clamorous curlew call his mate, Or the soft quail his tender pain relate ; To see the swallow sweep the dark'ning plaia Belated, to support her infant train ; To mark the swift in rapid giddy ring Dash round the steeple,... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 стор.
...time to steal adown the vale. And listen to the vagrant cuckoo's tale : To hear the clamorous curlew call his mate, Or the soft quail his tender pain relate. To see the swallow sweep the dark'uing plain, Belated, to support her infant train : To mark the swift, in rapid giddy ring. Dash... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 стор.
...time to steal adown the vale, And listen to the vagrant cuckoo's tale; To hear theclam'rous curlew call his mate, Or the soft quail his tender pain relate...where your hid retreat When the frost rages and the tempest beat? Whence your return, by such nice instinct led, When spring, soft season, lifts her bloomy... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 стор.
...time to steal adown the vale, And listen to the vagrant cuckoo's t;ile: To hear the clamorous curlew call his mate, Or the soft quail his tender pain relate....the dark'ning plain. Belated, to support her infant tiain: To mark the swift, in rapid giddy ring, Dash round the steeple, unsubdn'd of wing. Amusivt hirds!—Say,... | |
 | 1813 - 422 стор.
...do migrate, and are still further embarrassed to find that some actually do not migrate at all." " Amusive birds ! say where your hid retreat, " When the frost rages, and the tempest beat; " Whence your return, by such nice ÍBstinct led, " When Spring, sweet season, lifts... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 стор.
...time to steal adown the vale, And listen to the vagrant cuckoo's tale : To hear the clamorous curlew call his mate, Or the soft quail his tender pain relate : To see the swallow sweep the darkening plain, Belated to support her infant train : To mark the swift, in rapid giddy ring, Dash... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1822 - 380 стор.
...or attendance about the nutrition of its young, it wanders without control. $ Charadrius Oedicnemus. To see the swallow sweep the dark'ning plain Belated,...swift in rapid giddy ring Dash round the steeple, unsubdu'd of wing : Amusive birds ! say where your hid retreat When the frost rages and the tempests... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 стор.
...And listen to the vagrant cuckoo's tale ; To see the swallow sweep the darkening plain, Industrious to support her infant train ; To mark the swift, in rapid giddy ring, Dash round the steeple, unsubdu'd of wing. Amusive birds ! say where your close retreat When the frost rages and the tempests... | |
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When the still owl skims round the grassy mead, What time the timorous hare limps forth to feed ; Then be the time to steal adown the vale, And listen to the vagrant cuckoo's tale; To hear the clamorous... 
