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 Everett Hale - 1875 - 842 páginas
...looking nigh; How restless are the snorting swinel The busy Hies disturb the kiue; 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 tishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies; The glow-worms, numerous... | |
| Hymns - 1875 - 336 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 ; Thro' the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch th' incautious flies ; The glow-worms, numerous... | |
| 1875 - 780 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 whiskered jaws; The wind, unsteady, veers around, Or, settling, in the south is found ; The whirling wind the dust obeys,... | |
| Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1875 - 868 páginas
...busy flies disturb the kine ; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings j The cricket too, how loud she sings ! Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws : — 'Twill surely rain, I see, with sorrow : Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. The following is... | |
| 1870 - 684 páginas
...too, how sharp In sing*. Puts, on the hearth, with relvtt pawtt Sits "wiping o'er her tvhiskcr'djm.us. The smoke from chimneys right ascends, Then, spreading, back to earth it /r;;,/.t, The wind, unsteady, veers around, Or settling in the south is found. Through the clear stream... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 202 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... | |
| Lays, Tuneful lays - 1877 - 96 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 ; Thro' the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch th' incautious flies ; The glow-worms, numerous... | |
| William Tegg - 1877 - 358 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...the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whisker1 d jaws ; The smoke from chimneys right ascends, Then spreading, back to earth it bends. The... | |
| John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1878 - 200 páginas
...restless are the snorting swine; The busy flies disturb the kine; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings; 6 The cricket, too, how sharp he sings; Puss on the...velvet paws, Sits, wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. s. Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies; The frog has changed... | |
| New reader - 1879 - 330 páginas
...Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry The distant hills are looking nigh.* '229 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 thoughtless flies. The frog has changed... | |
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