 | 1833 - 438 pàgines
...block and bright. It 3:ake« its bed of soil, dry moss, In a hole that 'B deep and strong ; Ai i \ there it sleeps, secure and warm, The dreary winter long. And though it keepB no calendar, It knows when flowers are springing; /\nd it waketh to its summer life, When the... | |
 | 1835 - 218 pàgines
...long and wiry tail, And eyes hoth black and bright. It makes its nest of soft dry moss, In a hole so deep and strong, And there it sleeps secure and warm,...calendar, It knows when flowers are springing ; And waketh to its summer life, When nightingales are singing. Upon the boughs the squirrel sits, The wood-mouse... | |
 | John Frost - 1835 - 368 pàgines
...long and wiry tail, And eyes both black and bright. It makes its nest of soft, dry moss, In a hole so deep and strong ; And there it sleeps secure and warm,...calendar, It knows when flowers are springing; And waketh to its summer life When Nightingales are singing. Upon the boughs the Squirrel sits, The Wood-Mouse... | |
 | 1838 - 302 pàgines
...timid, gentle creature, And seldom comes in sight; It makes its nest of soft, dry moss, In a hole so deep and strong; And there it sleeps secure and warm,...dreary winter long. And though it keeps no calendar, And waketh to its summer life When nightingales are singing. It knows when flowers are springing; Upon... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 552 pàgines
...long and wiry tail. And eyes both black and bright It makes its nest of soft, dry moss, In a hole so deep and strong ; And there it sleeps secure and warm,...calendar, It knows when flowers are springing ; And waketh to its summer life When Nightingales are singing. Upon the boughs the Squirrel sits, f The Wood-Mouse... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1847 - 152 pàgines
...long and wiry tail, And eyes both black and bright. It makes its nest ot soft dry moss, In a hole so deep and strong ; And there it sleeps | secure and...calendar, It knows ' when flowers are springing ; And waketh to its summer life, When nightingales ' are singing. Upon the-boughs ' the squirrel sits, The... | |
 | Mary Howitt - 1851 - 218 pàgines
...long and wiry tail, And eyes both black and bright. It makes its nest of soft, dry moss, In a hole so deep and strong ; And there it sleeps secure and warm,...keeps no calendar, It knows when flowers are springing ; Upon the boughs the Squirrel sits, The Wood-Mouse plays below ; And plenty of food it finds itself... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pàgines
...spinney means a natural wood, a hedge-row thicket. THE WOOD MOUSE. D' YE know the little wood mouse, That pretty little thing, That sits among the forest...plays, The wood-mouse plays below ; And plenty of food she finds for herself, Where the beech and the chesnut grow. She sits in the hedge-sparrow's nest,... | |
 | Poetry book - 1854 - 152 pàgines
...long and wiry tail, And eyes both black and bright. It makes its nest of soft, dry moss, In a hole so deep and strong ; And there it sleeps secure and warm,...calendar, It knows when flowers are springing ; And waketh to its summer life, When Nightingales are singing. Upon the boughs the Squirrel sits, The Wood-Mouse... | |
 | Poetry book - 1854 - 152 pàgines
...long and wiry tail, And eyes both black and bright. It makes its nest of soft, dry moss, In a hole so deep and strong ; And there it sleeps secure and warm,...calendar, It knows when flowers are springing ; And waketh to its summer life, When Nightingales are singing. Upon the boughs the Squirrel sits, The Wood-Mouse... | |
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Tis a timid, gentle creature, And seldom comes in sight ; It has a long and wiry tail, And eyes both black and bright. It makes its... 
