Birds and Poets, with Other PapersDouglas, 1898 - 313 Seiten |
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... sweet and plaintive Sappho of the dell . " I mention the nightingale only to point my remarks upon its American rival , the famous mocking - bird of the Southern States , which is also a nightingale - a night - singer 16 BIRDS AND POETS .
... sweet and plaintive Sappho of the dell . " I mention the nightingale only to point my remarks upon its American rival , the famous mocking - bird of the Southern States , which is also a nightingale - a night - singer 16 BIRDS AND POETS .
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... bird this song . This he has done in the following admirable sonnet : - " TO THE MOCKING - BIRD . Winged mimic of the woods ! thou motley fool , Who shall thy gay buffoonery describe ? Thine ever - ready notes of ridicule Pursue thy ...
... bird this song . This he has done in the following admirable sonnet : - " TO THE MOCKING - BIRD . Winged mimic of the woods ! thou motley fool , Who shall thy gay buffoonery describe ? Thine ever - ready notes of ridicule Pursue thy ...
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... bird - song - the nocturn of the mocking - bird , singing and calling through the night for its lost mate - that I consider quite unmatched in our literature . " Once , Paumanok , When the snows had melted , and the Fifth- month grass ...
... bird - song - the nocturn of the mocking - bird , singing and calling through the night for its lost mate - that I consider quite unmatched in our literature . " Once , Paumanok , When the snows had melted , and the Fifth- month grass ...
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... mocking - bird can- not parody or imitate . He affords the most marked example of exuberant pride , and a glad , rollicking , holiday spirit , that can be seen among our birds . Every note expresses complacency and glee . He is a beau ...
... mocking - bird can- not parody or imitate . He affords the most marked example of exuberant pride , and a glad , rollicking , holiday spirit , that can be seen among our birds . Every note expresses complacency and glee . He is a beau ...
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... bird ; then he belongs to the night and its weird effects . Bird of the silent wing and expansive eye , grimalkin in feathers , feline , mousing , haunting ruins and towers , and mocking the midnight stillness with thy uncanny cry ! The ...
... bird ; then he belongs to the night and its weird effects . Bird of the silent wing and expansive eye , grimalkin in feathers , feline , mousing , haunting ruins and towers , and mocking the midnight stillness with thy uncanny cry ! The ...
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