 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 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 the sweet lark, high-pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If, chance, his mate's shrill call he hear)... | |
 | Kathleen Winifred Campbell - 1926 - 220 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 the sweet lark, high-pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If, chance, his mate's shrill call he hear)... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 pàgines
...he heard, He sighed_, and cast his eyes below. 10 The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, rison pine g.; poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, 15... | |
 | Edmondstoune Duncan - 1927 - 634 pàgines
...voice he heard, He sighed, and cast his eyes below ; The cords fly swiftly thro' 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 voice he hear, And... | |
 | Genevieve Lehr - 1985 - 236 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 - 422 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. 
