| Henry Duncan - Natural theology - 1847 - 430 pages
...Stands covered o'er with snow, and then demands The fruit of all his toils. The fowls of heaven, Tamed by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store,...sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted... | |
| James Thomson - 1847 - 504 pages
...Stands covered o'er with snow, and then demands The fruit of all his toiL The fowls of heaven, Tam'd by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store,...little boon Which Providence assigns them. One alone, 245 The redbreast, sacred to the household-gods, Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless... | |
| Henry Duncan - 1848 - 438 pages
...Stands covered o'er with snow, and then demands The fruits of all his toils. The fowls of heaven, Tamed by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store,...boon Which providence assigns them. One alone, The red breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields... | |
| George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 416 pages
...Stands covered o'er with snow, and then demands The fruit of all his toil. The fowls of heaven, Tamed by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store,...The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardfal of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates,... | |
| William Ewart - Dictation (Educational method) - 1849 - 94 pages
...Is one wide dazzling waste, that buries deep The works of man. The birds, from the chill air, Tamed by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store,...boon Which Providence assigns them. One alone — The Robin — leaves his nest, and pays to man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1849 - 290 pages
...Providence assigns them. One alone, The red-breast, sacred to the household Gods, Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets...shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half-afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then hopping... | |
| James Thomson - 1849 - 772 pages
...the household-gods, Wisely regardful of the' embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thiekets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first 250 Against the window beats ; then brisk alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor,... | |
| George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...The fruit of all his toil. The fowls of heaven, Tamed by the cruel season, crowd around The wianowing store, and claim the little boon Which Providence...sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to... | |
| James Thomson - 1850 - 800 pages
...the household-gods, Wisely regardful of the' embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thiekets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first 250 Against the window beats ; then brisk alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor,... | |
| Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...Stands covered o'er with snow, and then demands The fruit of all his toil. The fowls of heaven, Tamed by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store,...sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to... | |
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