Now at heaven's gates she claps her wings, The morn not waking till she sings. Hark, hark, with what a pretty throat, Poor robin redbreast tunes his note; Hark how the jolly cuckoos sing, Cuckoo to welcome in the spring! Birds and Poets: With Other Papers - Seite 32von John Burroughs - 1877 - 263 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| English poets - 1801 - 382 Seiten
...waking till she sings. Hark, hark, with what a pretty throat, Poor Robin red-breast tunes his note ; Hark how the jolly cuckoos sing Cuckoo, to welcome in the spring, S o » o. [In the same.] O FOR a bowl of fat Canary, Rich Palermo, sparkling sherry, Some nectar else... | |
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 618 Seiten
...ALEXANDER AND CAMPASPE. Hark, hark, mith what a pretty throat, Poor Robin Ret/breast tunes /iis note ; Hark how the jolly cuckoos sing, Cuckoo to welcome in the spring, Cuckoo to rcelcome in the spring. Syl. Lo, Diogenes, I am sure thou canst not do so much. Dio. But... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 432 Seiten
...waking till she sings. Hark ! hark ! but what a pretty throat, Poor Robin red-breast tunes his throat ; Hark ! how the jolly cuckoos sing Cuckoo — to welcome in the spring. FROM MOTHER BOMU1E. O CUPID, monarch over kings, Wherefore hast thou feet and wings ? Is it to shew... | |
| Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 846 Seiten
...waking 'till she sings. Hark, hark ! with what a pretty note Poor Robin red-breast tunes his throat ' Hark how the jolly cuckoos sing "Cuckoo," — to welcome in the spring? From Sappho and Phaon. O cruel love ! on thee I lay My curse, which shall strike blind thy day. Never... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 Seiten
...woes at midnight rise. Hark, hark, with what a pretty throat, Poor Robin Red-breast tunes his note ; Hark how the jolly cuckoos sing " Cuckoo," to welcome in the spring. SPENSER. BORN ABOUT 1553— DIED 1&99. ArtoNG the numerous poets," says Mr Campbell, " belonging exclusively... | |
| 1847 - 518 Seiten
...waking till she sings. Harh, hark! but what a pretty note, Poor Robin red-breast tunes his throat; Hark, how the jolly cuckoos sing „Cuckoo!" to welcome in the spring. 9îeben îipfy »erbient »or Sitten» ©eorge $eete genannt 511 werben, й>е1фег até ©tabtpoet... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1847 - 872 Seiten
...waking till she sings. Hark, hark, with what a pretty throat IJO'T rohin-red-breast tunes his note; that Cuckoo to welcome in the spring. Passages in Chaucer, Spenser, Skelton, etc., have been pointed out... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 Seiten
...waking till she sings. Hark, hark ! but what a pretty note, Poor Robin rcJ-brcast tunes his throat; n hard for him that spake it, to bare put more truth and untruth toget GEORGE PEELE. GEOKOE PEELE held the situation of city poet and conductor of pageants for the court.... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 Seiten
...waking till she sings. Hark, hark ! but what a pretty note, Poor Robin red-breast tunes his throat; Hark, how the jolly cuckoos sing ' Cuckoo !' to welcome in the spring. The time of Lyly's death is uncertain ; but he is generally supposed to have died about 1600. GEORGE... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1852 - 708 Seiten
...waking till she sings. Hark, hark, with what a pretty throat Poor robin red-breast tunes his note ; Hark, how the jolly cuckoos sing, Cuckoo to welcome in the spring ; Cuckoo to welcome in the spring." 7 SCENE IV. " The roof o' the chamber With goldtn cherubins is... | |
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