 | Geology - 1863 - 376 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Furly Forster - 1827 - 522 pages
...with shooting pains torment her, And to her bed untimely send her. Loud quack the ducks, the sea fowls cry. The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless...the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whisker'd jaws. The smoke from chimneys right ascends ; Then spreading, back to earth it bends. The... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...the chairs and tables crack ; Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry ; The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless...the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits, wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies ; The... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 pages
...the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack; Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry, The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless...on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits, wiping o'er ber whiskered jaws. Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies;... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...flies disturb the kine, Low o'er the grass the swallow wings, The cricket too, how loud she singi, Puss on the hearth with velvet paws Sits wiping o'er her whisker' d jaws: — Twill surely rain, I see, with sorrow, Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—... | |
 | Christianity - 1832 - 670 pages
...The busy flies disturb the kine; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings ; The cricket too, how sharp be sings. 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... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...The distant hills are lookin' .igh. How restless are the sn<~ ug swine ! The busy flies disturb .e kine ; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings ; The...the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits, wiping o'er her whisker'd jaws. Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies ; 2E... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1835 - 876 pages
...distant hills are looking nigh. How restless are the snarling swine ! The busy fiies disturb the kme. Low o'er the grass the swallow wings The cricket too,...the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whisker'd jaws. The smoke from chimneys right ascends Then spreading, back to earth it bends. The wind... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1836 - 188 pages
...chairs and tables crack ; Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; • Loud quack the ducks,the peacocks cry ) The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless...the hearth with velvet paws, Sits, wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. Through the clear stream the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the thoughtless flies ;... | |
 | 1836 - 98 pages
...with shooting pains torment her, And to her bed untimely send her. Loud quack the ducks, the sea fowls cry, The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless...the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws. The smoke from chimneys right ascends Then spreading, back to earth it bends. The wind... | |
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Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry; 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... 
