 | Children's literature - 1842 - 414 pages
...it all. 2tj6 THE SQUIRREL. Ar there's the squirrel perch'd aloft, That active little rover; See hnw he whisks his bushy tail, Which shadows him all over. Now rapid as a ray of light He darts up yon tall beach ; He skips along from branch to branch, And now the top can reach. Now view him seated on the... | |
 | William Russell - English language - 1843 - 180 pages
...receive the punishment which his base conduct deserved. LESSON XXXVIII. THE SQUIRREL. Av, there 's the squirrel perched aloft, That active little rover...tall beech ; He skips along from branch to branch, Now view him seated on the bough, To crack his nuts at ease, While blackbirds sing, and stockdoves... | |
 | Mary O. Ward - Children - 1852 - 236 pages
...Like that dear child, with earnest heart, " I will be good to-day." 103 THE SQUIRREL. Oh, there 's the squirrel perched aloft, That active little rover...whisks his bushy tail, Which shadows him all over. Now view him seated on the bough, To crack his nuts at ease, While blackbirds sing, and stockdoves coo,... | |
 | Book - 1799 - 88 pages
...dry skin ; and now the sweet kernel affords it a dainty treat ! Ah ! there 's the squirrel perch 'd aloft, That active little rover ; See, how he whisks his bushy tail, Which covers him all over. Now view him seated on a bough, To crack his nuts at ease ; While blackbirds sing,... | |
 | Salem Town - 1858 - 204 pages
...Shad-en for ihai-ova; 1. lift for lift*; 6. round for a-round; 9. long for a-long. THE SQUIRREL. 1. AT, there's the squirrel perched aloft, That active...whisks his bushy tail, Which shadows him all over! 2. Now, rapid as a ray of light, j He skips along from branch to branch, And now the top can reach.... | |
 | Child - 1868 - 224 pages
...tree to bear nice fruit : Oh, how I should love Him ! THE SQUIRREL. On, there's the squirrel perch'd aloft, That active little rover ; See how he whisks his bushy tail, Which shadows him all over. Now see him seated on the bough, To crack his nuts at ease, "While blackbirds sing, and stock-doves coo,... | |
 | Frederick Howard (assistant master of Stationers' school, London.) - 1872 - 212 pages
...does not grow much timber, she is forced to purchase largely from. other countries. THE SQUIEEEL. Ay, there's the squirrel perched aloft, That active little...rapid as a ray of light He darts up yon tall beech ! Now view him seated on the bough, To crack his nuts at ease, While blackbirds sing, and stock-doves... | |
 | Caroline Wells Healey Dall - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 504 pages
...squirrel — she said of her own accord, that pretty little piece from the book Miss Dix gave her — Oh there's the squirrel perched aloft That active little...whisks his bushy tail Which shadows him all over! She said it prompdy &: so as to be heard all over the room. After the tree was stripped the children... | |
 | Helen Deese - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 498 pages
...squirrel—she said of her own accord, that pretty little piece from the book Miss Dix gave her— Oh there's the squirrel perched aloft That active little...whisks his bushy tail Which shadows him all over! She said it promptly & so as to be heard all over the room. After the tree was stripped the children... | |
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Now view him seated on the bough, To crack his nuts at ease, While blackbirds sing, and stockdoves coo, Amid the neighbouring trees. 