The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless are the snorting swine ! The busy flies disturb the kine ; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings, The cricket, too, how sharp he sings ! Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered... Notes and Queries - Página 4421904Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Robert Chambers - 1862 - 880 páginas
...looking nigh, How restless are the snorting swine ! The butty fiies disturb the tine. Low o'er the grass the swallow wings, The cricket, too, how sharp he sings! Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits taping o'er her whiskered jaws. The smoke from chimneys right ascends, Then spreading, back to earth... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1864 - 326 páginas
...how sharp he sings I Pnss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whisker'd jaws. Ilie smoke from chimneys right ascends ; Then, spreading, back to earth it bends. The wind nnsteady veers aronnd, Or settling in the sonth is fonnd. Throngh the clear stream the fishes rise,... | |
| Joseph Stratford - 1865 - 448 páginas
...seeming nigh ; How restless are the snorting swine, The busy flies disturb the kine; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings, The cricket, too, how sharp he...with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws ; Through the stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies ; The glowworms, numerous... | |
| 46 páginas
...looking nigh. How restless are the snorting swine! The busy _/foes disturb the kine ; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings ; The cricket, too, how sharp he...the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whisker'd jaws ; Through the clear stream the jishes rise, And nimbly catch th' incautious flies ;... | |
| Samuel Tymms - 1866 - 404 páginas
...looking nigh. How restless are the snorting swine ! The busy flies disturb the kine. Low o'er the grass the swallow wings ; The cricket too, how sharp he...the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whisker' d jaws. The smoke from chimneys right ascends, Then spreading, back to earth it bends. The... | |
| Coventry Patmore - 1866 - 374 páginas
...snorting swine ; The busy flies disturb the kine ; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings, The cricks too, how sharp he sings ; Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies. The glow-worms, numerous... | |
| 1866 - 216 páginas
...looking nigh. How restless are the snorting swine I The busy flies disturb the kine. Low o'er the grass the swallow wings, The cricket, too, how sharp he sings ! Puss on the hearth, with vehet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. The smoke from chimneys right ascends, Then, spreading,... | |
| 1867 - 530 páginas
...looking nigh. How restless are the snorting swine, The busy flies disturb the kine ; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings ; The cricket, too, how sharp he...on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits, wiping o'er his whisker'd jaws. Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch th' incautious flies... | |
| Andrew Steinmetz - 1867 - 460 páginas
...are filled with wood dried in an Oven. The stone is then exposed to the air in moist weather, when " The cricket, too, how sharp he sings ! Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o-er her whisker -d jaws. The smoke from chimneys right ascends, Then, spreading, back to earth it bends. The... | |
| John Charles Atkinson - 1867 - 160 páginas
...busy flies disturb the kine. Low o'er the grass the swallow wings, The cricket, too, how sharp she sings ! Puss, on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whisker'd jaws. The smoke from chimneys right ascends, Then, spreading, back to earth it bends. The... | |
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