 Tis a bird I love, with its brooding note, And the trembling throb in its mottled throat; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest; And I often stop with the fear I feel— He runs so close to the rapid wheel....  The poetical works of N.P. Willis - Seite 69von Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1867 - 260 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...mottled throat; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest; And I often stop with the fear I feel— He runs so...swings out to the midnight moon — When the sexton cheerily rings for noon — When the clock strikes clear at morning light, When the child is waked... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1835 - 878 Seiten
...mottled throat ; There's a human Took in its swelling breast. And the gentle curve of its lowly crest ; And I often stop with the fear I feel — He runs...Whatever Is rung on that noisy bell— Chime of the hour, nr funeral knell — The dove in the belfry must hear it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1837 - 266 Seiten
...mottled throat ; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest ; And I often stop with the fear I feel — He runs...it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight moonWhen the sexton cheerly rings for noon — When the clock strikes clear at morning light — When... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 Seiten
...mottled throat ; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest ; And I often stop with the fear I feel — He runs...to the rapid wheel. Whatever is rung on that noisy bellChime of the hour or funeral knell — The dove in the belfry must hear it well. When the tongue... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 Seiten
...mottled throat; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest; And I often stop with the fear I feel, He runs so...tongue swings out to the midnight moon, When the sexton checrly rings for noon, When the clock strikes clear at morning light, When the child is waked with... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 614 Seiten
...mottled throat ; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest; And I often stop with the fear I feel, He runs so...tongue swings out to the midnight moon, When the sexton cheerily rings for noon, When the clock strikes clear at morning light, When the child is waked with... | |
 | The Dublin University Magazine.VOL.XXII July to December,1843 - 1843 - 770 Seiten
...throat ; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowlv crest ; And 1 often stop with the fear I feel, He runs so close...swings out to the midnight moon, ' When the sexton cheerily rings for noon, When the clock strikes clear at morning light, When the child is waked with... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 614 Seiten
...mottled throat; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest; And I often stop with the fear I feel, He runs so...it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight raool, When the sexton cheerily rings for noon, When the clock strikes clear at morning light. When... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 Seiten
...mottled throat ; There '» a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest; And I often stop with the fear I feel, He runs so close to the rapid wheel. Whatever is runf on that noisy bell — Chime of the hour, or funeral knell — The dove in the belfry must hear... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1848 - 504 Seiten
...mottled throat ; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest ; And I often stop with the fear I feel — He runs...midnight moon — When the sexton cheerly rings for noon — 119 When the clock strikes clear at morning light — When the child is waked with " nine at night"... | |
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