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
| Edward Clarke Lowe - 1868 - 186 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 sings...velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. F Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies. The glow-worms,... | |
| John Timbs - 1869 - 374 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... | |
| James Cornwell - 1870 - 156 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 clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies ; The frog has changed... | |
| James Cornwell - 1870 - 152 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 clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies ; The frog has changed... | |
| Thomas Belden Butler - 1870 - 446 páginas
...of thunder showers, and ceases when it is past. Howe added another couplet which deserves notice. " The smoke from chimneys right ascends, Then spreading back to earth it bends." The descent of the smoke is attributed to the lightness of the atmosphere, but that is a mistake. I have... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1871 - 200 páginas
...seeming nigh. How restless are the snorting swine I The busy flies disturb the kine ; Low o'ef the grass the swallow wings ; The cricket, too, how sharp he...with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws ; Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies ; The frog has changed... | |
| 1872 - 216 páginas
...The busy flies disturb the kine; Low on the grass, the swallow wings ; The cricket too how sharp she sings ! Puss, on the hearth, with velvet paws Sits...right ascends, Then spreading back to earth it bends; Through the clear stream the fishes rise And nimbly catch the incautious flies. The glow-worms, num'rous,... | |
| Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 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...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... | |
| A. H. W., Facts - 1873 - 478 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...Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. The smoke from chimney right ascends ; Then spreading back to earth it bends. The wind unsteady veers around, Or settling... | |
| Philip George and son, ltd - 1874 - 216 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...velvet paws, Sits, wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies ; The frog has changed... | |
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