 | James Thomson - 1836 - 200 pages
...finely checkerM duck, before her train, Rows garrulous. The stately-sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale : And, arching proud his neck,...with oary feet Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier isle, Protective of his young. The turkey nigh, Loud threatening, reddens ; while the peacock... | |
 | James Thomson - 1836 - 164 pages
...finely. chequer'd duck hefore her train Rows garrulous. The stately sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale; And, arching proud his neck,...with oary feet Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier isle, Protective of his young. The turkey nigh, Loud threat'ning, reddens; while the peacock... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...finely-chequer'd duck, before her train. Rows garrulous. The stately sailing swan Gives out his snowy e Son ; but Satan, with his powers. Far was advanc'd on winged speed; osier-isle, Protective of his young. The turkey nigh, Loud threatening reddens; while the peacock spreads... | |
 | James Thomson - Seasons - 1841 - 352 pages
...gale ; And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier-isle, Protective of his young. The turkey nigh, Loud-threatening, reddens ; while the peacock spreads His every-colour'd glory to the sun, And swims in radiant majesty along. O'er the whole homely... | |
 | Children's literature - 1850 - 740 pages
...plan with all of us in his gospel of love. THE SWAN. -The stately sailing Swan Gives out its snowy plumage to the gale, And, arching proud his neck,...with oary feet, Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier isle, Protective of his young." THE swan is a large water-fowl that has a long neck, and is very... | |
 | James Thomson - 1842 - 440 pages
...el y- chequer 'd dnck hefore her train Rows garrulous. The stately sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale; And, arching proud his neck,...with oary feet Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier isle, Protective of hw young. The turkey nigh, Loud threat'ning, reddens; while the peacock spreads... | |
 | Children's literature - 1866 - 302 pages
...graceful arch, we cannot but admire them. As one of our poets says:— . " The stately Swan Gives out its plumage to the gale, And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet, Bears forward." But, though so much may be said of the beauty of the swan when swimming in stately and silent pride... | |
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - Seasons - 1842 - 378 pages
...finely chequer'd duck before her train Rows garrulous. The stately-sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale ; And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet 780 Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier-isle, Protective of his young. The turkey nigh, Loud-threatening,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...finely-chequer'd duck, before her train, Rows garrulous. The stately sailing swan Gives out his snowy k or search, I blame thee not ; for Heaven Is 0s the book of God before osier-isle, Protective of his young. The turkey nigh, Loud threatening reddens; while the peacock spreads... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...finely-chequer'd duck, before her train, Rows garrulous. The stately sailing swan Gives out his snowy osier-isle. Protective of his young. The turkey nigh, Loud threatening reddens; while the peacock spreads... | |
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The stately-sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale, And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier-isle, Protective of his young. 
