 | English literature - 1842 - 592 pages
...and bringing to remembrance Cowper's playful lines on the subject — ' There is a bird who, by bis coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be...a crow— A great frequenter of the church, Where, bishoplike, he finds a perch, And dormitory, too.' In their passage up the Zurich-see, the sight of... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...Since such a reptile has its gem, And boasts its splendour too. II. THE JACKDAW. i. THERE is a bird, who, by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be suppos'da crow ; A great frequenter of the church, Where, bishop-like, he finds a perch, And dormitory... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 310 pages
...-.ic Iiuiuanis rebus abesse vclit. II. THE JACKEXAW. TRANSLATION OF THB ABOVE.' I. THERE is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note,...supposed a crow; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishop-like he finds a perch, And dormitory too. II. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...JACKDAW. TRANSLATION OF THE ABOVE. I. THERE is a hird who by Lis coat, And by the hoarseness of bis note, Might be supposed a crow ; A great frequenter...Where hishop-like he finds a perch, And dormitory too. II. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather.... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 pages
...Hunted; So the next parfon ftubb'd and burnt it. THE JACKDAW. Л fable. BY COWPKR. THERE if a bird, who, by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be suppos'da crow ; A great frequenter of the church, Where, bishop-like, he finds a perch And dormitory... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 354 pages
...FOREGOING. I. 1 ii r.Ri: is a hird, who by his cnat, And by the hoarseness of his uote, Might be supposM a crow ; A great frequenter of the church, Where hishoplike he finds a perch, And dormitory too. II. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...sic humanis rebus abesse velit. II. THEJACKDA W. TRANSLATION OF THE FOREGOING. I. THERE is a' bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be suppos'da crow ; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishoplike 'he finds a perch, And dormitory... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 396 pages
...sic humanis rebus abesse velit. II. THE JACKDAW. TRANSLATION OF THE FOREGOING. I. THERE is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be suppos'da crow; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishoplike he finds a perch, And dormitory... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1814 - 496 pages
...sic hnmanis rebns abesse velit. II. THE JACKDAW. TRANSLATION OF THE FOREGOING. I. THERE is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be snppos'da crow ; A great freqnenter of the chnrch, Where bishop-like he finds a perch, And dormitory... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...sauce they sweeten, Till quite from tail to snout 'tis eaten. The Jackdaw. COWPBR. THERE is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be suppos'da crow ; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishop-like he finds a perch And dormitory... | |
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THERE is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishoplike he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate... 
