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
| 1921 - 498 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!...the hearth, with velvet paws Sits wiping o'er her whisker'd jaws. Through the clear stream the fishes rise. And nimbly catch th' incautious flies; The... | |
| 1904 - 688 páginas
...distant hills are looking nigh. How restless are the snorting swine ; The busy flies disturb the kine ; The cricket, too — how sharp he sings ! Puss on...velvet paws, Sits, wiping o'er her whiskered jaws.' Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies. The glowworms, numerous... | |
| William Jackson Humphreys - 1923 - 160 páginas
...descending, stream. Hence, often before a rain, when the conditions are right, and as a sign of its coming, "The smoke from chimneys right ascends, Then spreading back to earth it bends." PLANTS "Pimpernel, pimpernel, tell me true Whether the weather be fine or no." A similar appeal might,... | |
| Daniel Webster Hering - 1924 - 324 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... | |
| W. S. Jackson - 1927 - 208 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...whiskered jaws. The smoke from chimneys right ascends, But, spreading back, to earth it bends . . . "Twill surely rain — I sec with sorrow Our jaunt must... | |
| 1862 - 692 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. Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies. The glowworms, numerous... | |
| Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - 1888 - 322 páginas
...looking nigh. How restless are tbe snorting swine I The busy flies disturb the kinp. 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 th' incautious Hies. The glowworms, numerous... | |
| Charles Swainson - 1873 - 322 páginas
...Swallow. Low o'er the grass the swallow wings ; Cricket. The cricket, too, how sharp he sings : Cat. Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws : Fish. Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies : Glowworm.... | |
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