Sometimes in closest thickets 'tis concealed ; Sometimes in hedge luxuriant, where the brier, The bramble, and the plumtree branch, Warp through the thorn, surmounted by the flowers Of climbing vetch, and honeysuckle wild, All undefaced by art's deforming... Poems - Page 37by James Grahame - 1807Full view - About this book
| Almanacs, English - 1816 - 420 pages
...extremely fond. Of planetree spray, among the broad-leaved shoots, Sometimes, suspended at the limber end The tiny hammock swings to every gale; Sometimes in...the brier, The bramble, and the plumtree, branch, Of climbing vetch, and honeysuckle wild, Warp through the thorn, surmounted by the flowers All undefaced... | |
| Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...Sometimes, suspended at the limber end . Of planetree spray, among the broadlcaved shoots, The tiny liammock swings to every gale; Sometimes in closest thickets...flowers Of climbing vetch, and honeysuckle wild, All undetaced by Art's deforming hand. But mark the pretty bird himself! how light And quick his every... | |
| George Montagu - Birds - 1831 - 670 pages
...Sometimes suspended at the limber end, Of plane tree spray among the broad leaved shoots. The tiny hammoek swings to every gale ; Sometimes in closest thickets...concealed, Sometimes in hedge luxuriant where the briar, The bramble, and the plum-tree branch ; Warp through the thorn, surmounted by the flowers Of... | |
| British birds - 1840 - 326 pages
...wonderful abode : Sometimes suspended on the limber. ends Of plane.tree spray, among the broad.leaved shoots, The tiny hammock swings to every gale : Sometimes in closest thickets 'tis conceal'd ; Sometimes in hedge luxuriant, where the brier, The bramble, and the plum.tree branch, "Warp... | |
| Children's literature - 1856 - 1026 pages
...his wonderful abode. Sometimes suspended at the limber end Of planetree spray, among the broad-leaved shoots, The tiny hammock swings to every gale ; Sometimes...plum-tree branch, Warp through the thorn, surmounted ly the flowers Of climbing vetch or honeysuckle wild." The notes of the goldfinch are not loud, but... | |
| Birds - 1842 - 294 pages
...thickets 'tis conceal'd ; Sometimes in hedge luxuriant, where the brier, The bramble, and the crooked plum-tree branch, Warp through the thorn, surmounted...the flowers Of climbing vetch, and honeysuckle wild, AE undefaced by Art's deforming hand. But mark the pretty bird himself ! how light And quick his every... | |
| Wood-notes - 1842 - 160 pages
...NEST. Srsftatn. SOMETIMES, suspended at the limber end Of plane-tree spray, among the broad-leaved shoots, The tiny hammock swings to every gale ; Sometimes in closest thickets 'tis conceal'd ; Sometimes in hedge luxuriant, where the brier, The bramble, and the crooked plum-tree branch,... | |
| Periodicals - 1844 - 276 pages
...among the broad-leaved shoots, The tiny hammock swings to every gale ; Sometimes in closest thicket 'tis concealed, Sometimes in hedge luxuriant, where...and the plum-tree branch, Warp through the thorn, surrjounted by the flowers Of climbing vetch and honeysuckle wild. An instance of sagacity is given... | |
| Philip Henry Gosse - 1849 - 344 pages
...wonderful abode. Sometimes, suspended at the limber end Of plane-tree spray, among thg broad-leafed shoots, The tiny hammock swings to every gale ; Sometimes...concealed ; Sometimes in hedge luxuriant, where the briar, The bramble, and the plum-tree branch, Warp through the thorn, surmounted by the flowers Of... | |
| Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - Natural history - 1850 - 630 pages
...his wonderful abode ; And oft suspended at the limber end Of plane-tree spray, among the broad-leaved shoots, The tiny hammock swings to every gale. Sometimes...flowers Of climbing vetch, and honeysuckle wild." GRAHAME. The following lines were written by Cowper on a Goldfinch starved to death in its cage. The... | |
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