 A fav'rite morsel with the rook and crow; From field to field the flock increasing goes ; To level crops most formidable foes : Their danger well the wary plunderers know, And place a watch on some conspicuous bough ; Yet oft the skulking gunner by surprise...  The poetical works of Robert Bloomfield - Page 5by Robert Bloomfield - 1855 - 284 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1877 - 104 pages
...danger well the wary plunderers know, And place a watch on some conspicuous bough ; Yet oft the skulking gunner by surprise Will scatter death amongst them...they rise. These, hung in triumph round the spacious At best will but a short-lived terror yield : Nor guards of property (not penal law, But harmless riflemen... | |
 | C. C. Barfoot - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 296 pages
...hay. scarecrows - "harmless riflemen of rags and straw" - are futile. For rooks are cunning hirds: Their danger well the wary plunderers know. And place a watch on some conspicuous hough; original in other and less justifiahle ways. Yet oft a skulking gunner hy surprise Will scatter... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1866 - 786 pages
...danger well the wary plunderers know, And place a watch on some conspicuous bough ; Yet oft the skulking gunner by surprise Will scatter death amongst them...triumph round the spacious field, At best will but a shortlived.terror yield: Nor guards of property ; (not penal law, But harmless riflemen of rags and... | |
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