 | English poetry - 1881 - 222 pages
...speed ; " Away they scour, impetuous, ardent, strong, The green turf trembling as they bound along ; Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where...again ; Or, if a gale with strength unusual blow, Scattering the wild-brier roses into snow, Their little limbs increasing efforts try, Like the torn... | |
 | Edmund Arthur Helps - 1882 - 262 pages
...our speed;" Away they scour, impetuous, ardent, strong, The green turf trembling as they bound along; Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where...into snow, Their little limbs increasing efforts try; 10 Like the torn flower, the fair assemblage fly. R. BLOOMFIELD. THE MIGRATION OF THE GREY SQUIRRELS.... | |
 | Edwin O. Chapman - American poetry - 1884 - 430 pages
...AT PLAY. AWAY they scour, impetuous, ardent, strong, The green turf trembling as they bound along, Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where...off again ; Or if a gale with strength unusual blow, Scattering the wild briar roses into snow, Their little limbs, increasing efforts try ; Like the torn... | |
 | American poetry - 1886 - 552 pages
...our speedl' Away they scour, impetuous, ardent, strong, The green turf trembling as they bound along; Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where every molehill is a bank of thyme ; There panting stop : yet scarcely can refrain, "Did your eye brighten when young lambs... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...our speed ;" Away they scour, impetuous, ardent, strong, The green turf trembling as they bound along Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where every mole-hill is a bed of thyme, Then, panting, stop ; yet scarcely can refrain — A bird, a leaf, will set them off again : Or. if... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1890 - 640 pages
...our speed;" Away they scour, impetuous, ardent, strong, The green turf trembling as they bound along, Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where every mole-hill is a bed of thyme, Then, panting, stop; yet scarcely can refrain, — A bird, a leaf, will set them off again; Or, if... | |
 | Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1891 - 570 pages
...our speed;" Away they scour, impetuous, ardent, strong, The green turf trembling as they bound along, Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where every mole-hill is a bed of thyme, Then, panting, stop; yet scarcely can refrain, — A bird, a leaf, will set them off again; Or, if... | |
 | 1859 - 754 pages
...speed ; ' Away they scour, impetuous, ardent, strong, The green turf trembling as they bound along; Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where...again. Or, if a gale, with strength unusual blow, Scattering the wild-briar roses into snow, Their little limbs increasing efforts try, Like the torn... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - Animal behavior - 1914 - 258 pages
...PLAY Away they scour, impetuous, ardent, strong, The green turf trembling as they bound along, As down the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where every...off again ; Or if a gale with strength unusual blow, Scattering the wild briar-roses into snow, Their little limbs, increasing efforts try ; Like the torn... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - England - 1923 - 338 pages
...in such pictures as these does or should count for something in considering his work. He concludes: Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where...off again ; Or if a gale with strength unusual blow. Scattering the wild-briar roses into snow, Their little limbs increasing efforts try. Like a torn rose... | |
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Away they scour, impetuous, ardent, strong, The green turf trembling as they bound along ; Adown the slope, then up the hillock climb, Where every molehill is a bed of thyme ; There panting stop ; yet scarcely can refrain ; A bird, a leaf, will set them... 
