 Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife, Pretty and quiet with plain brown wings, Passing at home a patient life, Broods in the grass while her husband sings : " Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature, you need not fear Thieves and...  Putnam's Monthly - Page 5761855Full view - About this book
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 838 pages
...Broods in the gross while her husband sings: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature , you need not fear Thieves and robbers while...Pouring boasts from his little throat: Bob-o'-link, bob-p'-link. Spink, spank, spink ; Never was I afraid of man ; Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can.... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 808 pages
...Broods in the grass while her husband sings: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature , you need not fear Thieves and robbers while...note. Braggart and prince of braggarts is he. Pouring boosts from his little throat: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-liiik. Spink, spank, spink ; Never was I afraid... | |
 | Mrs. Henry S. Mackarness - Birds - 1856 - 104 pages
...while her husband sings : " Bob-o-link, bob-o-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature; do not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here, Chee,...shy as a nun, is she ; One weak chirp is her only noie. Braggart, and king of braggarts is he, Boasting from his little throat : " Bob-o-link, bob-o-link,... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1856 - 600 pages
...Boh-o'-link, hoh-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature ; you need not fear Thieves and rohhers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee. " Modest and shy...weak chirp is her only note ; Braggart and prince of hraggarts is he. Pouring hoas' from his little throat, Boh-o'-link, hoh-o-'link, Spink, spank, spink... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 816 pages
...Broods in the grass while her husband sing?: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature, you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee. Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings, Passing at home a patient life, One weak chirp is her only... | |
 | William Sherwood - Conversation - 1856 - 466 pages
...Broods in the grass ' while her husband sings Bob-o'-link, Bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink. Brood, land creature ; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I ' am here. Chee, chee, chee ! 4. Modest and shy as a nun is she ; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1857 - 300 pages
...a patient life, Broods in the grass while her husband sings, Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link ; Brood, kind creature, you need not fear Thieves and robbers while...braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat — Never was I afraid of man, Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can. Six white eggs on a bed of hay,... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...Broods in the grass while her husband sings, Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee. 4. Modest and shy as a nun is she ; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Readers - 1859 - 356 pages
...the grass while her husband sings, — Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature ; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. Ghee, chee, chee. Modest and shy as a nun is she ; One weak chirp is her only note ; Braggart and prince... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1861 - 316 pages
...a patient life, Broods in the grass while her husband sings, Bob-o'-link, Bob-o'-link ; Brood, kind creature, you need not fear Thieves and robbers while...braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat — Never was I afraid of man, Catch me cowardly knaves, if you can. Six white eggs on a bed of hay,... | |
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