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 yet the wheaten blade... Poems - Page 4by James Grahame - 1807Full view - About this book
| 1806 - 854 pages
...briary dale, flit with the wren, From twig to twig ; or on the Brassy ridge, Low nestle with the LARK : Thou, simple bird, Of all the vocal quire, dwell'st in a home The humblest; yet thy muming song ascemls Nearest to heaven, — sweet emblem of his song», Woo sun; thee wakening by the,... | |
| Robert Burns - English literature - 1809 - 328 pages
...sublime of poetry more happily united, nor a more affectionate tribute paid to the memory of Burns. "'Thou, simple bird, " Of all the vocal quire, dwell'st...ascends " Nearest to Heaven ; — sweet emblem of his song,f " Who sung thee wakening by the daisy's side! .>. Gruhame't Jiirile of Scotland, vol. ii, p.... | |
| Robert Burns - English literature - 1809 - 326 pages
...happily united, nor a more affectionate tribute paid to the memory of Burns. " Thou, simple birdi " Of all the vocal quire, dwell'st in a home "The humblest;...ascends "Nearest to Heaven ; — sweet emblem of his songy)' " Who sung thee wakening by the daisy's side! Gruhame.s ltirds of Scotland, vol. ii, p. iv... | |
| Robert Burns - English literature - 1809 - 328 pages
...more 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...ascends " Nearest to Heaven ; — sweet emblem of his song,f " Who sung thee wakening; by the daisy's side! GrahaiKe's liirde of Scotland, vol. ii, p. iv... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1816 - 420 pages
...Among the numerous songsters of this month, we must not omit to name the stockdove and the lark— ' Thou, simple bird, Of all the vocal quire, dwell'st...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,... | |
| Robert Burns - Poets, Scottish - 1817 - 502 pages
...united, nor a more affectionate tribute paid to the memory of Burns : • • • . 1 :.• :: -'i" Thou, simple bird, ' ' " Of all the vocal quire, dwell'st in a home i > A " The humblest ; yet thy morning song ascends [ ( " Nearest to Heaven ; — sweet emblem of his... | |
| 1830 - 492 pages
...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
...sublime of poetry more happily united, nor a more affectionate tribute paid to the memory of Burns : " Thou, simple bird, Of all the vocal quire, dwell'st...song,| Who sung thee wakening by the daisy's side !" Grahame's Birds of Scotland, vol. ii. p. iv. f Burns. Spare my luve, thou feathery snaw, Drifting... | |
| C. T - 1847 - 350 pages
...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,... | |
| 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... | |
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