| James Grahame - English poetry - 1807 - 264 pages
...on the grassy ridge, Low nestle with the LAKK : Thou, simple bird, Of all the vocal quire, dwell'st in a home The humblest ; yet thy morning song ascends Nearest to heaven,— sweet emblem of his song,* Who sung thee wakening by the daisy's side ! With earliest spring, while... | |
| Robert Burns - English literature - 1809 - 328 pages
...affectionate tribute paid to the memory of Burns. " Thou, simple bird, " Of all the vocal fmirc, dwell'st in a home "The humblest; yet thy morning song ascends " Nearest to Heaven ; — sweet emblem of his song,f " Who sung thee wakening; by the daisy's side! GrahaiKe's liirde of... | |
| Robert Burns - English literature - 1809 - 326 pages
...affectionate tribute paid to the memory of Burns. " Thou, simple birdi " Of all the vocal quire, dwell'st in a home "The humblest; yet thy morning song ascends "Nearest to Heaven ; — sweet emblem of his songy)' " Who sung thee wakening by the daisy's side! Gruhame.s ltirds of... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1816 - 420 pages
...not omit to name the stockdove and the lark— ' Thou, simple bird, Of all the vocal quire, dwell'st in a home The humblest, yet thy morning song ascends Nearest to heaven,—sweet emblem of his song, Who sang thee wakening by the daisy's side. 8RAIIAME 1 . Mr. GRAHAME,... | |
| 1830 - 492 pages
...contrasted the lowly situation of the nest with the lofty flight of the builder : " Thou, simple bird, dwellest in a home The humblest ; yet thy morning song ascends Nearest to heaven." The materials of which the nest is formed, as well as the locality frequently selected for it, are... | |
| Robert Burns - 1841 - 354 pages
...affectionate tribute paid to the memory of Burns : " Thou, simple bird, Of all the vocal quire, dwell'st in a home The humblest ; yet thy morning song ascends Nearest to heaven ; — sweet emblem of his song,| Who sung thee wakening by the daisy's side !" Grahame's Birds of Scotland,... | |
| C. T - 1847 - 350 pages
...lowly situation of the nest with the lofty flight of the little architect : — Thou, simple bird, dwellest in a home The humblest, yet thy morning song ascends Nearest to heaven. The same poet also describes the materials and locality of the nest : — The daisied lea be loves,... | |
| Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1847 - 862 pages
...nest of dry grass and herbs. Grahame says justly in his Birds of Scotland — ' Thou, simple bird, dwellest in a home The humblest; yet thy morning song ascends Nearest to heaven.' Generally, it has four eggs at a time, but it will breed twice or even thrice in one season. The length... | |
| 1847 - 854 pages
...dry grass and herbs. Grahamc says justly in his Birds of Scotland — • Thon, simple bird, dwelleat in a home The humblest ; yet thy morning song ascends Nearest to heaven.' i'"ii wish to know what the lark says, you must lie lown on your back in the field and listen, when... | |
| Henry Kirke White, James Grahame - 1856 - 362 pages
...on the grassy ridge, Low nestle with the lark. Thou, simple bird, Of all the vocal choir, dwell'st in a home The humblest; yet thy morning song ascends Nearest to heaven, sweet emblem of his song 1 Who sung thee wakening by the daisy's side! With earliest spring, while... | |
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