 Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray's edge — That's the wise thrush ; he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture...  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Pagina 498geredigeerd door - 1846Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Theodore Tilton - 1870 - 340 pagina’s
...hardly ever goes back to the same strain twice. Her husband's sweetsinging English thrush, that sang each song twice over, " Lest you should think he never...could recapture The first fine careless rapture," is like many poets who are born, with the birds, to a few strains, and sing them all their lives. Of... | |
 | 1871 - 378 pagina’s
...blossomed pear-tree in the hedgeLeans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops—at the bent spray's edge— That's the wise thrush; he...first fine careless rapture! And though the fields look rough with hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's... | |
 | 1871 - 314 pagina’s
...the white-throat builds, and all the swallows, — Hark ! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops, — at the bent spray's edge, — That 's the wise thrush ; he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture... | |
 | Alfred Smee - 1872 - 732 pagina’s
...continuing till late at night. The poet Browning, speaking of this bird, says — "The wise thrush . . . sings each song twice over, Lest you should think...could recapture The first fine careless rapture.'' FiG. 1191. — Redwing, \ih nat. size. FiG. 1192.— Song Thrusli, Jth nat. size. The thrush builds... | |
 | Alfred Smee - 1872 - 750 pagina’s
...continuing till late at night. The poet Browning, speaking of this bird, says — " The wise thrush . sings each song twice over, Lest you should think...could recapture The first fine careless rapture." FIG. 1191. — Redwing, Jih rial. size. 1192.— Song Thrush, Jth nat. size. The thrush builds constantly... | |
 | English song - 1873 - 566 pagina’s
...BRUTES: — (BROWNING) HOME THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD. 65 Hark ! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dew-drops — at the bent spray's hedge — That's the wise thrush ; he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873 - 552 pagina’s
...BRUTES: — (BROWNING) HOME THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD. 65 Hark ! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dew-drops — at the bent spray's hedge — That's the wise thrush ; he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1874 - 390 pagina’s
...And the white-throat builds, and all the swallows Hark ! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field, and scatters on the clover Blossoms...first fine careless rapture ! And though the fields look rough with hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1874 - 550 pagina’s
...the white-throat builds, and all the swallows,— Hark ! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field, and scatters on the clover Blossoms...first fine careless rapture ! " And though the fields look rough with hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1874 - 296 pagina’s
...the field, and scatters to the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray's edge — That 's the wise thrush ; he sings each song twice over, Lest...first fine careless rapture ! And though the fields look rough with hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's... | |
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