And nimbly catch the incautious flies. The glowworms, numerous and bright, Illumed the dewy dell last night. At dusk 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... Merry's Museum - Seite 1871843Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| K. L. Armstrong - 1889 - 460 Seiten
...and bright. lllum'd the dewy dell last night. At dusk the squalid toad was seen, Hopping and crawling o'er the green; The whirling wind the dust obeys....has changed his yellow vest. And in a russet coat is dressed. Though June, the air is cold and still; The blackbird's mellow voice is shrill. My dog, so... | |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States - 1894 - 400 Seiten
...Puss, on the hearth, with velvet paws Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws ; The smoke from chimney's right ascends, Then spreading back to earth it bends...And in the rapid eddy plays ; The frog has changed its yellow vest, And in a russet coat is dressed. Behold the rooks, how odd their flight! They imitate... | |
| George Frederick Chambers - 1897 - 240 Seiten
...dusk the squalid toad was seen ' Hopping and crawling o'er the green ; ' The whirling dust the wind obeys, ' And in the rapid eddy plays ; ' The frog...changed his yellow vest, ' And in a russet coat is dressed ; ' The sky is green, the air is still, ' The merry blackbird's voice is shrill, ' The dog,... | |
| George Frederick Chambers - 1897 - 248 Seiten
...dusk the squalid toad was seen ' Hopping and crawling o'er the green ; ' The whirling dust the wind obeys, ' And in the rapid eddy plays ; ' The frog has changed his yellow vest, ' And iu a russet coat is dressed ; ' The sky is green, the air is still, ' The merry blackbird's voice is... | |
| 1861 - 864 Seiten
...in a dingy suit is dressed. The leech, disturbed, is newly risen Quito to the summit of his prison. The whirling wind the dust obeys, And in the rapid eddy plays. My dog, so altered is his taste, Quits mutton bones on grass to feast ; And sec yon rooks, how odd... | |
| 1898 - 266 Seiten
...At dusk the squalid toad was seen Hopping and crawling o'er the green ; The whirling dust the wind 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 merry blackbird's voice is shrill ; WuUe. Ctm6,... | |
| Mark Walrod Harrington - 1899 - 296 Seiten
...At dusk the squalid toad was seen Hopping and crawling o'er the green ; The whirling dust the wind 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,... | |
| 1899 - 368 Seiten
...and bright, Illumed the dewy dell last night. At dusk 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 ln more aloud, XOT SIGXS OF RAIX ^piag o'er her ahrAool jzn. The frog has changed his yellow vest,... | |
| Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson - 1899 - 310 Seiten
...And in a dingy suit is dressed. The disturbed toad is newly risen Quite to the summit of his prison. The whirling wind 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... | |
| Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson - 1899 - 306 Seiten
...And in a dingy suit is dressed. The disturbed toad is newly risen Quite to the summit of his prison. The whirling wind 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... | |
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