 | Rollo La Verne Lyman, Howard Copeland Hill - Readers - 1925 - 718 pages
...some of the marvels of nest-building. Which poem do you like the better? 3. A BIRD'S NEST JAMES HURDIS It wins my admiration To view the structure of that...without: No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No rail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join; his little beak was all: And yet how neatly finished... | |
 | American essays - 1884 - 918 pages
...the bough." Hurdis calls attention to the apparent disadvantages under which a bird labors : — " No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail...insert, No glue to join ; his little beak was all-" But Courthope makes the birds claim that the advantages of knowing how to use both tools and materials... | |
 | American essays - 1884 - 918 pages
...(he bough." Hurdis calls attention to the apparent disadvantages under which a bird labors : — " No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to lix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join ; his little beak was all." But Courthope makes the birds... | |
 | United States National Museum - Ancient murrelet - 1887 - 838 pages
...render in words. The nest of this bird is truly a beautiful structure, recalling the lines•'Mark it well within, without! No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cnt, No nail to fix, no bodkin to iuwert. No glue to join ; his little beak was all ; And yet how neatly... | |
 | United States National Museum - Ancient murrelet - 1887 - 838 pages
...without! No tool liad \w that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to lix, no bodkin to insert, No sine to join : his little beak was all ; And yet how neatly finished ! " ' It is generally placed in the fork of a small branch, and sometimes " saddled" on a large limb;... | |
 | 1868 - 180 pages
...exclaim " But most of all it wins my admiration, To view the structure of this little work, A birds' nest. Mark it well, within, without. No tool had he...And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand, With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years' apprenticeship to boot, Could make me such another... | |
 | American poetry - 1893 - 688 pages
...song twittered to dawning day. But most of all, it wins my admiration To view the structure of this little work — A bird's nest. Mark it well, within,...to join ; his little beak was all — And yet how nicely finished ! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty years' apprenticeship... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrup - English poetry - 1888 - 790 pages
...song twittered to dawning day. But most of all, it wins my admiration To view the structure of this little work — A bird's nest. Mark it well, within,...to join ; his little beak was all — And yet how nicely finished ! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty years' apprenticeship... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1874 - 718 pages
...43. It runs as follows : — " But most of all it wins my admiration, To view the structure of this little work, A bird's nest. Mark it well, within,...nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join : hit little beat wot all, And yet how neatly finish'd ! What nice hand, With every implement and means... | |
 | New Zealand Institute - Science - 1869 - 554 pages
...here : — " But most of all it wins my admiration, To view the structure of this little work. — Mark it well, within, without, No tool had he that...to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join ; [his hand alone] was all And yet how neatly finished ! Fondly then We boast of excellence, whose noblest... | |
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To view the structure of this little work, A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without. No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finish'd ! What nice... 
