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
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1884 - 458 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;... | |
| 1885 - 692 páginas
...looking nigh. How restless are the snorting swine ! The busy flies disturb the kine. I-ow o'er the grass the swallow wings, The cricket, too, how sharp he...ascends, Then spreading, back to earth it bends. The dog, so altered in his taste, Quits mutton bones on grass to feast. In fiery red the sun dotn rise,... | |
| 1885 - 568 páginas
...looking nigh. How restless are the snorting swine ! The busy flies disturb the kme, 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 streams the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies; The glowworms, numerous... | |
| 1885 - 396 páginas
...disturb the kine. Low o'er'the grass the swallow wings, The cricket, too, how sharp he sings! Den lyder Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. Through the clear stream the fishes rise And nimbly catch th'incautious flies. The glowworms, numerous... | |
| 1886 - 552 páginas
...seeming 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...hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaw's ; Through the clear streams the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies. The glow-worms,... | |
| Samuel Lockwood - 1888 - 350 páginas
...and the great kangaroo. But this point needs illustration. In a very old poem occur these lines: " Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws.'-' These bristles on Pussy's face are often called whiskers, and perhaps as frequently, smellers. Functionally,... | |
| Samuel Lockwood - 1888 - 348 páginas
...and the great kangaroo. But this point needs illustration. In a very old poem occur these lines: " Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws." These bristles on Pussy's face are often called whiskers, and perhaps as frequently, smellers. Functionally,... | |
| K. L. Armstrong - 1889 - 460 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...velvet paws. Sits, wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch th' incautious flies; The glow-worms, numerous... | |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States - 1894 - 400 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 wiping o'er her whiskered jaws ; The smoke from chimney's right ascends, Then spreading back to earth it bends ; Through the clear stream the fishes... | |
| M. Alice Bryant - 1894 - 234 páginas
...disturb the kine. 9. Low o'er the grass the swallow wings, The cricket, too, how sharp he sings. 10. Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. 11. Through the clear streams the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies. \~2. The glow-worms,... | |
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