 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 Seiten
...nimbly catch the incautious flies; The frog has changed his yellow nest, And in a russet coat is drest; My dog, so altered in his taste, Quits mutton-bones,...to feast; And see yon rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite, And seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball.—... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 Seiten
...squalid toad was seen, Hopping and crawling o'er the green ; The whirling wind the dust obeys, And in the rapid eddy plays ; The frog has changed his yellow vest, And in a russet coat is dressed. Though June, the air is cold and still; The mellow blackbird's voice is shrill. My dog, so... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 Seiten
...and crawling o'er the green ; The frog has chang'd" his yellow vest, And in the rapid eddv plays ; And in a russet coat is drest. Though June, the air...The mellow blackbird's voice is shrill. My dog, so alter'd in his taste, Quits mutton-bones, on grass to feast ; And see yon rooks, how odd their flight,... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1833 - 456 Seiten
...summit of his prison. The whirling winds the dust obeys, And in the rapid eddy plays. My dog, so alter'd in his taste, Quits mutton-bones, on grass to feast; And see yon rooks, how odd their flight! They imitate the gliding kite: Or seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. "Twill... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1833 - 416 Seiten
...of his prison. The whirling winds the dust obeys, And in the rapid eddy plays. "My dog, so alter'd in his taste, Quits mutton-bones, on grass to feast; And see yon rooks, how odd their flight! They imitate the gliding kite: Or seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. 'Twill... | |
 | William Blackwood - 1834 - 1014 Seiten
...the squalid toad was seen, Hopping and crawling o'er the green; The whirling wind the dust obeys, And in the rapid eddy plays; The frog has changed his yellow vest, And in a russet coat is dressed¿ Though June, the air is cold and still, The mellow blackbird's voice is shrill, My dog, so... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1836 - 188 Seiten
...Sits, wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the The frog has changed his yellow vest, And in a russet coat is drest; My dog, so altered in his taste, Quits mutton bones on grass to feast; And see yon rooks, how odd their... | |
 | John Baron - 1838 - 664 Seiten
...winds the dust obeys, And in the rapid eddy plays. My dog, so altered is his taste, Quits mutton bones on grass to feast; And see yon rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite, Or seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. 'Twill... | |
 | Elizabeth Parker (editor.) - 1841 - 354 Seiten
...the squalid toad was seen, Hopping and crawling o'er the green; The whirling wind the dust obeys, And in the rapid eddy plays; The frog has changed his yellow vest, And in a russet coat is dressed. Though June, the air is cold and still, The mellow blackbird's voice is shrill. My dog, so... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 Seiten
...incautious flies ; The frog has chang'd his yellow vest, And in a russet coat is drest; My dog, so alter'd in his taste, Quits mutton-bones, on grass to feast: And see yon rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite, And seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball.—... | |
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in the rapid eddy plays. The frog has changed his yellow vest, And in a russet coat is drest. Though June, the air is cold and still, The mellow blackbird's voice is shrill. My dog, so altered in his taste, Quits mutton-bones, on grass to feast. And see... 
