 | 1827 - 640 páginas
...fail to be received with interest. vot. v. G 'ADDRESS TO A ROBIN. ' Come, sweetest of the feathered throng! And soothe me with thy plaintive song: Come...whiskered face, Approaches this sequestered place : No school boy with his willow bow Shall aim at thee a murderous blow : No wily limed twig ere molest Thy... | |
 | British birds - 1840 - 326 páginas
...expected. Many a reader will sympathize with Dr. Jenner as he said:— "Come, sweetest of the featherM throng ! And soothe me with thy plaintive song: Come...danger shall await thee here; No prowling cat, with whiskerM face, Approaches this sequester'd place ; No schoolboy, with his willow how, Shall aim at... | |
 | Wood-notes - 1842 - 160 páginas
...nestlings may break on the ear, And the song of young robin be heard to delight ye. TO A ROBIN. fflr. COME, sweetest of the feather'd throng ! And soothe...danger shall await thee here : No prowling cat, with whisker'd face, Approaches this sequester'd place : No schoolboy with his willow-bow Shall aim at thee... | |
 | 1842 - 294 páginas
...break on the ear, And the song of young robin be heard to delight ye. TO A ROBIN. fflr. 3Jcnner. COMB, sweetest of the feather'd throng ! And soothe me with...danger shall await thee here : No prowling cat, with whisker'd face, Approaches this sequester'd place : No schoolboy with his willow-bow Shall aim at thee... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 426 páginas
...welcome visitant, and to whom these sweetly simple lines, by Dr. Jenner, seern other than appropriate ? " Come, sweetest of the feather'd throng, And soothe...thy plaintive song : Come to my cot, devoid of fear, ïfo danger shall await thee here : No prowling cat with whiskcr'd face Approaches this sequester'd... | |
 | William Dowling - 1849 - 356 páginas
...verse, we do not think the following address to this favourite bird will be rejected by the reader. " Come, sweetest of the feather'd throng, And soothe...danger shall await thee here; No prowling cat with whisker'd face Approaches this sequester'd place; No schoolboy with his willow bow Shall aim at thee... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1851 - 242 páginas
...these sweetly simple lines, by IWEE, seem other than appropriate ? " Come sweetest of the feathered throng, And soothe me with thy plaintive song : Come...danger shall await thee here : No prowling cat with whisker'd face Approaches this sequestered place : No school boy with his willow bow, Shall aim at... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 páginas
...the inner work With finer and still finer fibres lays, Rounding it curious with his speckled breast. TO A ROBIN. COME, sweetest of the feather'd throng...danger shall await thee here : No prowling cat, with whisker'd face, Approaches this sequester'd place : No schoolboy with his willow-bow Shall aim at thee... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 600 páginas
...because his lines are less familiar than many others :— " Come, sweetest of the fcather'd throng I And soothe me with thy plaintive song: Come to my cot devoid of fuar, Ko danger shall await thee here : No prowling cat, with whisker'd face, Approaches this sequester'd... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 584 páginas
...favorite. Thus Dr. Jenner,—and we quote him because his lines are less familiar than many others :— " Come, sweetest of the feather'd throng ! And soothe...fear, No danger shall await thee here : No prowling cut, with whisker'd face, Approaches this sequester'd place : No school-boy with his willow-bow Shall... | |
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ADDRESS TO A ROBIN. COME, sweetest of the feather'd throng ! And soothe me with thy plaintive song: Come to my cot, devoid of fear, No danger shall await thee here: No prowling cat, with whiskered face, Approaches this sequestered place : No schoolboy... 
