 | James Thomson - 1847 - 504 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 his smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is — Till, more familiar... | |
 | Frances Osborne - 1848 - 212 pages
...Thomson's 'Seasons' about the robin :— '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 - 1849 - 772 pages
...pays 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 askanee, And peeks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till, more familiar grown,... | |
 | William Ewart - Dictation (Educational method) - 1849 - 94 pages
...nest, and pays to 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,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1906 - 682 pages
...and natural view of such an incident :— Half afraid, he first Against the window beata ; then brisk alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance. The statement of GW that a superstition of ill-luck on the subject prevails... | |
 | Edward Pett Thompson - Animal behavior - 1851 - 434 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,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...pays to trusted man His annual visit, Half-afraid, he first Against the window beats; then, brisk, this earth. smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is : Till, more familiar grown,... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 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 family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till more familiar grown, the table... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 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 lie 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... 
