 The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted; And in the weedy moat the heron, fond Of solitude, alighted. The moping heron, motionless and stiff, That on a stone, as silently and stilly, Stood, an apparent sentinel,...  Saturday Afternoon Rambles Round London: Rural and Geological - Page 80by Henry Walker (F.G.S.) - 1871 - 148 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pages
...like domestic broods, Fed with a " shocking tameness." The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy...motionless and stiff, That on a stone, as silently and stilly, Stood, an apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily. No sound was heard except, from... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English literature - 1845 - 434 pages
...like domestic broods, Fed with a " shocking lameness." The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy...motionless and stiff, That on a stone, as silently and stilly, Stood, an apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily. No sound was heard except, from... | |
 | English literature - 1846 - 588 pages
...bold, as if he knew His enemy was banish d.' * # # 1 The coot was swimming in the reedy pond Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy...apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily' How true, how distinct, this last picture of the moping heron at his watch, and with what simplicity... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 pages
...like domestic broods, Fed with a " shocking lameness." The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy...motionless and stiff, That on a stone, as silently and stilly, Stood, an apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily. No sound was heard except, from... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pages
...domestic broods, Fed with a " shocking tameness." ' The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the waterhen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy...motionless and stiff, That on a stone, as silently and stilly Stood, an apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water lily. ' No sound was heard, except from... | |
 | Periodicals - 1846 - 730 pages
...if he knew His enemy was banished. •The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the water hen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy moat the heron,...motionless and stiff, That on a stone, as silently and stilly, Stood, an apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily. ss * * The vine unpruned, and the... | |
 | Hugh Miller - England - 1847 - 454 pages
...strikingis at least one of the pictures drawn by Hood:— " The coot was swimming in the reedy pool, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy...motionless and stiff, That on a stone as silently and stilly Stood, an apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily." The watery flats of the country... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 430 pages
...leisurely and bold, as if he knew His enemy was banish'd. The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy...motionless and stiff, That on a stone, as silently and stilly, Stood, an apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily. • No sound was heard except,... | |
 | Eliza Cook - 1850 - 432 pages
...beautiful and yet Crabbe-like in its quaint power,) so simple and eloquent, that we must extract it. " The moping heron, motionless and stiff, That on a stone, as silently and stilly, Stood, an apparent sentinel, ae if To guard the water-lily." None of these productions, however,... | |
 | Hugh Miller - England - 1851 - 438 pages
...is at least one of the pictures drawn by Hood: — " The coot was swimming in the reedy pool, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy...motionless and stiff, That on a stone as silently and stilly Stood, an apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily." The watery flats of the country... | |
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