 | 1835 - 866 pagine
...overhung a molehill large and round, I heard from morn to morn a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, and I drank the sound With joy ; and, often an intruding guest, I watched her secret tolls from day to dayHow true she warped the moss, to form a nest, And modelled It within with wood... | |
 | 1831 - 496 pagine
...hawthorn bush, That overhung a molehill large and round, I heard, from morn to morn, a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, while I drank the sound With joy : — and often, an intruding guest, I watch'd her secret toils from day to day, How true she warp'd the moss to form her nest, And modell'd... | |
 | John Clare - 1835 - 238 pagine
...overhung a molehill large and round, I heard from morn to morn a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, and I drank the sound With joy ; and, often an intruding...day to day — How true she warped the moss, to form a nest, And modelled it within with wood and clay ; And by and by, like heath-bells gilt with dew,... | |
 | British birds - 1840 - 326 pagine
...overhung a mole-hill large and round, I heard, from morn to morn• a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunshine, while I drank the sound With joy : and often, an intruding...watched her secret toils, from day to day, How true she warp'd the moss to form her nest, And modell'd it within with wood and clay. And by and by, like heath.bells... | |
 | Robert Tyas - 1842 - 462 pagine
...overhangs a molehill large nnd round, I heard, from morn to morn, a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, and I drank the sound With joy ; and, often an intruding...day to day — How true she warped the moss, to form a nest, And modelled it within with wood and clay ; And by and by, like heath-bells gilt with dew,... | |
 | 1842 - 172 pagine
...bush, That overhung a mole-hill large and round, I heard from morn to morn a merry thrush Sing hymas to sunrise, while I drank the sound With joy : and, often an intruding guest, I watch'd her secret toils from day to day,— How true she warp'd the moss to form her nest, And modellM... | |
 | Frances Sargent Osgood - 1848 - 308 pagine
...overhangs a molehill large and round, I heard, from morn to morn, a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, and I drank the sound With joy ; and, often an intruding...day to day — How true she warped the moss, to form a nest, And modelled it within with wood and clay ; And by-and-by, like heath-bells gilt with dew,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 434 pagine
...morn a merry thrush Sing hymns of rapture, while I drank the sound With joy ; and oft, an unintruding guest, I watched her secret toils from day to day, How true she warp'd the moss to form her nest, And modell'd it within with wool and elay. And by-and-by, like heath-bells... | |
 | 1852 - 440 pagine
...hawthorn bush, That overhung a molehill large and round, I heard, from morn to morn, a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, while I drank the sound With joy...How true she warped the moss to form her nest, And modeled it within with wood and clay. And by-and-bye, like heath bells gilt with dew, There lay her... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pagine
...morn, a merry thrush, Sing hymns of rapture, while I drank the sound With joy ; and oft, an unintruding guest, I watched her secret toils from day to day...How true she warped the moss to form her nest, And modeled it within with wood and clay. 2. And by and by, like heath-bells gilt with dew, There lay her... | |
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WITHIN a thick and spreading hawthorn bush That overhung a mole-hill large and round, I heard from morn to morn a merry thrush Sing hymns... 
