 | Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 pagine
...Graceful, and crows defiance. In the pond The finely chequer'd duck, before her train, Rows garrulous. The stately sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage...And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet Bears forward fierce, and guards his osicr.isle, L Protective of his young. The turkey nigh, horn! threatening,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1836 - 164 pagine
...Graceful, and crows defiance. In the pond, The finely. chequer'd duck hefore her train Rows garrulous. The stately sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage...And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier isle, Protective of his young. The turkey nigh, Loud threat'ning,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1836 - 200 pagine
...defiance. In the pond, The finely checkerM duck, before her train, Rows garrulous. The stately-sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale : And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier isle, Protective of his young. The turkey nigh, Loud threatening,... | |
 | Samuel Astley Dunham - 1837 - 418 pagine
...Seasons, are indeed copied from nature, but Thomson sometimes recollected the hand of his master : — - The stately sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale ; And arching proud his neck with oaryfeet, Bears forward tierce, and gu.irds his osier isle, Protective of his young. " But to return,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pagine
...Seasons, are indeed copied from nature, but Thomson sometimes recollected the. hand of his master : Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale ; And arching proud his nlck, nith wiry feet, Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier isle, Protective of his young. The... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pagine
...Graceful, and crows defiance. In the pond. The finely-chequer'd duck, before her train. Rows garrulous. be found the worst in Heaven." " So spako the Son...with his powers. Far was advanc'd on winged speed; forward fierce, and guards his osier-isle, Protective of his young. The turkey nigh, Loud threatening... | |
 | James Thomson - 1842 - 440 pagine
...Graceful, and crows defiance. In the pond, The fin el y- chequer 'd dnck hefore her train Rows garrulous. The stately sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage...And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier isle, Protective of hw young. The turkey nigh, Loud threat'ning,... | |
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1842 - 378 pagine
...defiance. In the pond, The finely chequer'd duck before her train Rows garrulous. The stately-sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale ; And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet 780 Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier-isle, Protective of his young. The turkey nigh, Loud-threatening,... | |
 | 1850 - 740 pagine
...God's plan with all of us in his gospel of love. THE SWAN. -The stately sailing Swan Gives out its snowy plumage to the gale, And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet, Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier isle, Protective of his young." THE swan is a large water-fowl... | |
 | 1866 - 302 pagine
...graceful arch, we cannot but admire them. As one of our poets says:— . " The stately Swan Gives out its plumage to the gale, And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet, Bears forward." But, though so much may be said of the beauty of the swan when swimming in stately and silent... | |
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The stately sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale : And arching proud his neck , with oary feet Bears forward fierce , and guards his osier-isle , Protective of his young. 
