 | James Thomson - English literature - 1763 - 458 pages
...pays to trufted Man His annual vifit. Half afraid, he firft Againft the window beats ; then, brifk, alights On the warm hearth ; then hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the failing family afkance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is: • Till more familiar grown,... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - Animals - 1776 - 530 pages
...pays to trufted Man His annual vifit. Half afraid, he firft Againft the window beats ; then, brifk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the 'floor, Eyes all the fmiling family afltance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is : 'Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 280 pages
...annual vifit. Half-afraid, he firft 150 VOL. I. M Againft _ l Agamft the window beats ; then, brifls., alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the...afkance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is : Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs z55 Attraft his flender feet. The foodlefs wilds Pour... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 628 pages
...pays to trufted man His annual vifit. Half -afraid, he mil 150 Agamft the window beats ; then, brifk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the failing family afkance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is : Till, more familiar grown,... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1787 - 212 pages
...pays to trufted man . His annual vifit. Half afraid, he firft Againft the window beats; then brifk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the...afkance, ' And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is ; Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attraa his flender feet. 246. Winter. See likewife a Stanza... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1787 - 510 pages
...pays to trafted Man His annual vifit. Half-afraid, he firft 250 Againft the window beats, then, brifk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the fmiling family afkance, And pceki, and ftarts, and wonders where he is! Till more familiar grown, the table-crumhs 255 Attraft... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1787 - 232 pages
...thickets, leaves His fhivering mates, and pays to trufted man His annual vifit. Half afraid, he firft Againft the window beats; then briflc, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, And pecks, and flarts, and wonders where he is ; Eyes all the tailing family arkance, Till more familiar... | |
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1788 - 326 pages
...pays to trufted Man His annual vifit. Half-afraid, he firft Againft the window beats ; then, brifk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the...afkance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is: Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attraft his flender feet. The foodlefs wilds Pour forth... | |
 | John Adams - English poetry - 1789 - 376 pages
...pays to trufted man His annual vifit. Half-afraid, he firft Againft the window beats ; then, brifk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the...afkance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is : Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attraft his flender feet. The foe*llefs' wilds Pour forth... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 292 pages
...to trufted man His annual.vifit. Half-afraid, he firft 250 Againft the. window beats ; then, brifk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor. Eyes all the ftniling family afkance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is : Till, more familiar grown,... | |
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Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping... 
