 | James Thomson - 1803 - 186 pages
...pays to trusted Man His annual visit. Half-afraid, he first Against the window heats; then, hrisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor. Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is: TiU more familiar grown, the... | |
 | James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 pages
...trusted Man His annual visit. H:iU'-.-.j'ruid. lie ih'it 250 Against the window beats, then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smilmg family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ! Till more familiar grown, the... | |
 | James Thomson - 1806 - 242 pages
...to trusted Man , His anuual visit. Half-afraid, he first 250 Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is: Till more familiar grown, the... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats, then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is : Till, more familiar grown,... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1810 - 238 pages
...grim-grinning king*, Who caitiffs scorns, and doth the blest surprise, Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till more familiar grown,... | |
 | George Low - Natural history - 1813 - 272 pages
...NATURAL HISTORY [Birds. His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is : Till more familiar grown,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1813 - 346 pages
...to trusted Man His annual visit. Half-afraid, he first 250 Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is : Till more familiar grown,... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Birds - 1815 - 170 pages
...pays tp trusted Man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is: Till more familiar grown, the... | |
 | Birds - 1816 - 338 pages
...pays to trusted man " His annual visit. Half afraid, he first " Against the window beats ; then brisk alights " On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, " Eyes all the smiling family askance, " And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he Is ; " Till, more familiar grown,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1816 - 256 pages
...to trusted mail His annual visit. Il..ilf-afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, 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... 
