 | English periodicals - 1879 - 586 pages
...partiality for towers and steeples is alluded to by Cowper in the well-known lines beginning — " There is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness...supposed a Crow, A great frequenter of the church, Where, Bishop-like, he finds a perch, MAGPIE, Pica caudata.— Yarrell, in his ' British Birds,' says, " In... | |
 | 1870 - 750 pages
...fitly finish this littl paper. " There 'ua bird, who, hy his coat, And by the hoarseness of his notf, Might be supposed a crow ; A great frequenter of the church, Where, bishop-like, he finds a pert!: And dormitory too. " Above the steeple slimes a plate, That turns and... | |
 | American poetry - 1918 - 2030 pages
...and rivers fair: Nature is always wise in every part. Edward Hovdl-Thurlaw [1781-1829] THE JACKDAW THERE is a bird, who by his coat. And by the hoarseness...supposed a crow; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishop-like he finds a perch. And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - American poetry - 1921 - 450 pages
...resist the billows and the sky. (1770) THE JACKDAW WILLIAM COWPER (From a Latin poem by Vincent Bourne) There is a bird, who, by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow; A great _frequenter of the church, Where bishop-like he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - English poetry - 1923 - 524 pages
...partner once of Tiny's box, Must soon partake his grave. The Jackdaw (From the Latin of Vincent Bourne) There is a bird who, by his coat And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be suppos'da crow ; A great frequenter of the church, Where, bishop-like, he finds a perch, And dormitory... | |
 | Edmondstoune Duncan - Ballads, English - 1927 - 658 pages
...over in Portsmouth harbour while being careened, and almost a thousand men were lost. 478. The Jackdaw THERE is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness...supposed a crow ; A great frequenter of the church. Where bishop-like he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns,... | |
 | 1904 - 1074 pages
...He builds in our hollow trees, in our chimneys, in our castles, in our churches, in our cathedrals. There is a bird who, by his coat And by the hoarseness...crow — A great frequenter of the Church, Where, bishop-like, he finds a perch And dormitory too. No ruined castle, no cathedral in England, would know... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...Bourne, whose piece beginning " Nigras inter aves avis est," is thus modified by the English poet : — " There is a bird, who, by his coat, And by the hoarseness...a crow ; A great frequenter of the church, Where, bishop-like be finds a perch, And dormitory too. " Above the steeple shines a plate, Tlmt turns and... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - English literature - 1895 - 546 pages
...crocitat. Ille tibi invideat, felix cornicula, pennas, Qui sic humanis rebus abesse velit. THE JACKDAW. * There is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness...supposed a crow ; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishop-like he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns,... | |
 | Poetry - 1870 - 264 pages
...Principal Works.— Ihe Task, Table Talk, John Gilpiu, Hymns, Translation of Homer. THE JACKDAW. THERE is n bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his...a crow ; A great frequenter of the church, Where, bishop-like, he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns, and... | |
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THERE is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishoplike he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate... 
