 | 1810 - 430 pàgines
...from his aerial region plump into the Canongate Tolbooth ! " So the siy lark, hfgh poiitd in o\r, , Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill voice he hear, , And drops at once into her nest." • After a lively and spirited sketch of the "... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pàgines
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below ; The cord glides swiftly through his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high-pois'd in air, Shots close his pinions to his breast, If chance his male's shrill call he hear,... | |
 | 1817 - 494 pàgines
...alarmed or attracted by its mate, when it drops to the earth like a stone. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast. If...shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest. When it begins to rise, its notes are feeble and interrupted ; but they gradually swell., as it ascends,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pàgines
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below : The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, ng Of human hope by cross event destroy'd, Of useless...smiles, and looks, deceitful all, and j vain. BOOK II Tin1 noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet. " O Susan, Susan,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1824 - 586 pàgines
...Tutto serrate nelle sacre penne, Come a suo nido fa lieto Colombo.' ' So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If...shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest.' These ' Stanze' were the first example of a happy cultiva-> lion of Italian verse in the fifteenth... | |
 | 1821 - 154 pàgines
...voice he heard, He sigVd, and cast his eyes below. Tile cord glides swiftly through his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Siiuts close in his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once... | |
 | Vincent Bourne - 1826 - 332 pàgines
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below. The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So...pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill note he hear, And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet, GULIELMUS... | |
 | Vincent Bourne - 1826 - 334 pàgines
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below. The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So...pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill note he hear, And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet, Might envy... | |
 | James Bolton - 1830 - 382 pàgines
...Susan deserves also to be noticed for the justness of its description: " So the sweet lark, high poised in air. Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill voice he hear, And sinks at once into her nest." Instead of retiring to woods and deep recesses, or... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pàgines
...the sweet lark, high point d in air, Shuts close bis pinions to his breast — If chance his miite*a shrill call he hear— And drops at once into her nest. The iioblffrt captain in the lîritish fleet Might envy William's lip* HIOEC kissee evreeC *O Suean, Susan,... | |
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So the sweet lark, high poised in air. Shuts close his pinions to his breast (If, chance, his mate's shrill call he hear), And drops at once into her nest. 
