 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1908 pàgines
...And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. Black-eyed Susan .!/ -. So the sweet lark, high poised in air. Shuts close his pinions to his breast. If chance his mate's shrill call he IKMJ. . And drops at once into her nest: — The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy William's... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 1100 pàgines
...he heard He sighed, and cast his eyes below: The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, Ami quick as lightning on the deck he stands. 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... | |
 | Genevieve Lehr - 1985 - 210 pàgines
...as lightning, And quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. 3 So the sweet lark high-poised in the air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast; If chance his mate's shrill call he hears, And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy William,... | |
 | Jon Stallworthy - 1986 - 393 pàgines
...voice he heard, He sighed, and cast his eyes below: The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high-poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If, chance, his mate's shrill call he hear... | |
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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. 
