 | 1762 - 466 pàgines
...wintci, but not the male. III. MONTH. Winter ftill ling'ring on the verge of fpring, Retires relu&ant, and from time to time Looks back, while at his keen and chilling breath Fair Flora fickens. March 2. ROOKS, 39.3. Corvus frugilegus, begin to build. Thermometer, 10. 4. THRUSH, 64.2.... | |
 | 1788 - 404 pàgines
...Three-Pence. ON THE MONTH or MARC H. Waiter JKtt lingering on the verge of Spring, Retires reluflant, and from time to time' Looks back, 'while at his keen and chilling breath Fair Flora fickens. HE great operations of nature during this month, fecm to be, to dry up the fuperabundant moifture... | |
 | Benjamin Stillingfleet - 1811 - 522 pàgines
...with snow. Wind during the latter half of the month between E. and N. •' •" >v . . • III. MONTH. Winter still ling'ring on the verge of Spring, Retires...at his keen and chilling breath Fair Flora sickens. . . March 2. ROOKS, 39. 3. Corvusfrugilegus begin to build. Thermometer, 10. *. THRUSH, 64. 2. Turdus... | |
 | 1817 - 590 pàgines
...but exposed landscape; and in the Spring, when " Reviving nature seems again to breathe. As loosened from the cold embrace of death," on the south border...the months of March and April, when " Winter, still lingering on the verge of Spring, Retires reluctant, and from time to time Looks back, while at his... | |
 | Thomas Gosden - 1822 - 80 pàgines
...repairs hedges, lops trees, and plants those kinds which love a wet soil, as poplars and willows. MARCH. Winter still ling'ring on the verge of Spring, Retires...his keen and chilling breath, Fair Flora sickens. THE great operations of Nature during this month, seem to be, to dry up the superabundant moisture... | |
 | 1830 - 492 pàgines
...NATURE, FOR MARCH, 1839. BY MR. WILLIAM ROOERSON, Royal Observatory, Greenwich. " WINTER, still lingering on the verge of Spring, Retires reluctant; and from...his keen and chilling breath Fair Flora sickens." "SPRING has been celebrated in glowing terms by the poets of all ages ; but in the climate of Britain... | |
 | J. R - 1824 - 350 pàgines
...us that he is triumphing over Winter; who, however, still contends for sovereign sway ; and, • ' Ling'ring on the verge of Spring, Retires reluctant,...his keen and chilling breath Fair Flora sickens.' But he is assuredly retreating ; and though his departure be slow, a few more weeks, and no trace of... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pàgines
...warbling of mnsic.' " . No. 11. Now, Winter, dispossessed of storms, and weak from boisterous rage, ; ny scent which he had before experienced. What could it proceed from ?— not from the burnt cottage St. David, Archbishop, A. D¿ 544. Si. Swidbert, or Swibert, AD 713. St. ¿Ibitiiu, Bishop, AD 049.... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pàgines
...which he com, , • , i . » • Now, Winter, dispossessed of storm», and weak from boisterous rage, els where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last...still. Early or late, They stoop to fate, And must g I. cares their scent with the passing sweetness of music is well-known, and probably suggested the... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 892 pàgines
...warbling of ZUJJC.' " " No. II. Now, Winter, dispossessed of storms. and weak from boisterous rage, - ; - Ling'ring on the verge of Spring, Retires reluctant,...at his keen and chilling breath Fair Flora sickens. Sí. David, Archbishop, AD 544. St. Swidbert, or Swibert, А. о. 713. St. AUi'mut, Bishop, AD 549.... | |
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Winter, still lingering on the verge of Spring, Retires reluctant, and from time to time Looks back, while at his keen and chilling breath, Fair Flora sickens. 
