| James Thomson - 1869 - 178 pagine
...the pond, The finely-checkered duck, before her train. Rows garrulous. The stately-sailing swan 775 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,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pagine
...pond The finely checkered duck before her train Rows garrulous. The stately-sailing swan Gives out her dual man, He showed forward fierce, and guards his o.sier-isle, Protective of his young. The turkey nigh, Loud-threatening,... | |
| Alfred Smee - 1872 - 732 pagine
..." Innocent," as I have no reason to suspect that my swans have ever touched the trout spawn-beds. " 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." — THOMSON'S Seasons. We keep... | |
| Alfred Smee - 1872 - 750 pagine
...to suspect that my swans have ever touched the trout spawn-beds. " The stately-sailing swan (lives out his snowy plumage to the gale ; And arching proud his neck, with oary feet Hears forward fierce, and guards his osier-isle, Protective of his young." — THOMSON'S Seasons. We... | |
| Goold Brown - 1873 - 366 pagine
...infinite." — Milton. IX. They substitute quality for manner ; (ie, adjectives for adverbs ;) as, 1. ". The stately- sailing swan, Gives out his snowy plumage...And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet Bears forward ,/ште, and guards his osier isle." — Thomson. 2. " Thither continual pilgrims crowded... | |
| James Thomson - 1873 - 758 pagine
...defiance. In the pond, , The finely-checker'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 7 so Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier-isle, Protective of his young. The turkey nigh,. Loud-threatening,... | |
| Elisha Jarrett Lewis - 1874 - 534 pagine
...H< AMERICAN SWAN—CYGNUS AMERICANA; A!«D TRUMPETER SATAN CYGNUS Bl'CINATOR. " The stately-Bailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale; And, arching proud his neck, with o»ry feet Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier-isle, Protective of his youug." AVHERE FOUND,... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pagine
...THOMSON. The swallow sweeps The slimy pool to build his hanging house. THOMSON. 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. THOMSON. 8o 81 Congregated thrushes,... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 pagine
...Graceful, and crows defiance. In the pond. The finely-chequer'd duck, before her train, Rows garrulous. d : The fatal blessing came : from prison free, I...abroad, and lose the sight of Emily." Thus Arcite : Beam forward fierce, and guards his osier-isle. Protective of his young. The turkey nigh, Loud threatening... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pagine
...pond The finely checkered duck before her train Rows garrulous. The stately-sailing swan Gives out her 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,... | |
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