 In the hollow tree, in the old gray tower, The spectral owl doth dwell; Dull, hated, despised, in the sunshine hour, But at dusk he's abroad and well! Not a bird of the forest e'er mates with him; All mock him outright by day; But at night, when the woods...  The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp]. - Pągina 81editat per Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1902 - 874 pągines
...have made him an outcast from the society of birds of the day. He Is branded with perpetual infamy." Not a bird of the forest e'er mates with him, All...grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away.' « Quoted by HQ Bull In "Notes on the Birds of Herefordshire," p. 110. Should he be disturbed by any... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pągines
...spectral owl doth dwell ; Dull, hated, despis'd in the sunshine hour, But at dusk he's abroad and well. Not a bird of the forest e'er mates with him ; All...grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away. 0 when the night falls, and roosts the fowl, Then, then is the reign of the horned owl 1 And the owl... | |
 | Barry Cornwall - 1846 - 312 pągines
...doth dwell ; Dull, bated, despised, in the sunshine hour, But at dusk, — he 's abroad and well ! Not a bird of the forest e'er mates with him ; All...shrink away ! O, when the night falls, and roosts (he fowl, Then, then, is the reign of the Horned Owl I And the Owl hath a bride, who is fond and bold,... | |
 | Barry Cornwall - 1851 - 336 pągines
...doth dwell ; Dull, hated, despised, in the sunshine hour, But at dusk, — he 's abroad and well ! Not a bird of the forest e'er mates with him ; All...woods grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away ! 0, when the night falls, and roosts the fowl, Then, then, is the reign of the Horned Out ! And the... | |
 | Bryan Waller Procter - 1851 - 344 pągines
...doth dwell ; Dull, hated, despised, in the sunshine hour, But at dusk, — he 's abroad and well ! Not a bird of the forest e'er mates with him ; All...mock him outright, by day ; But at night, when the wouds grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away ! O, when the night falls, and roosts the fowl,... | |
 | Theodora Elizabeth Lynch - 1856 - 336 pągines
...spectral owl doth dwell ; Dull, hated, despised in the sunshine hour, But at dusk he's abroad and well ! Not a bird of the forest e'er mates with him ; All...woods grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away ! Mourn not for the owl, nor his gloomy plight, The owl hath its share of good ; If a prisoner he is... | |
 | Theodora Elizabeth Lynch - 1856 - 332 pągines
...spectral owl doth dwell ; Dull, hated, despised in the sunshine hour, But at dusk he's abroad and well ! Not a bird of the forest e'er mates with him ; All...woods grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away ! Mourn not for the owl, nor his gloomy plight, The owl hath its share of good ; If a prisoner he is... | |
 | 1856 - 194 pągines
...sunshine hour, But at dusk, he's abroad and well. " Not a bird of the forest e'er mates with him, j All mock him outright by day ; But at night, when...grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away." It lives principally on mice, but occasionally catches small birds. As it has not the power of the... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1860 - 368 pągines
...spectral owl doth dwell ; Dull, hated, despised in the sunshine hour, But at dusk he's abroad and well! Not a bird of the forest e'er mates with him — All...woods grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away ! " So, when the nightfalls, and the dogs do howl, Sing ho! for the reign of the horned owl! We know... | |
 | John George Wood - 1862 - 804 pągines
...spectral Owl doth dwell; Dull, hated, despised in the sunshine hour, Kut at dusk he's abroad and well ! Not a bird of the forest e'er mates with him, All...grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away. О ! when the night falls, and roost» the fowl, Then, then is the reign of the Horned OwL j And the... | |
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