 | Roundelay - 1815 - Страниц: 260
...who high upon the yard, Rock'd with the billows to ami fro, Soon us her well-known voice he heard, So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close...pinions to his breast. If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - Страниц: 320
...voice he heard, He sigh'd and cast his eyes below: The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hand;, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the...pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest: The noblest captain in the British fleet, Might envy... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - Страниц: 490
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below ; The cord glides swiftly through his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high-pois'd in air, Shots close his pinions to his breast, If chance his male's shrill call he hear,... | |
 | 1817 - Страниц: 494
...alarmed or attracted by its mate, when it drops to the earth like a stone. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast. If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest. When it begins to rise, its notes are feeble and interrupted... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - Страниц: 418
...slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And (quick as -lightning) on the deck he stands. T . •' . I So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close...pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's shrill call he hear), And drops at once into her nest. . ,' The noblest captain in the British fleet Might... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - Страниц: 832
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below : The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, ng Of human hope by cross event destroy'd, Of useless...with their fantastic train, Tiii'ir wishes, smiles call he hear) And drops at once into her nest. Tin1 noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - Страниц: 364
...eyes below : The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands., And (quick as lightning) on the duck he stands. So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air,...pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's shrill call he hear) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy... | |
 | 1821 - Страниц: 154
...voice he heard, He sigVd, and cast his eyes below. Tile cord glides swiftly through his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Siiuts close in his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1824 - Страниц: 586
...Tutto serrate nelle sacre penne, Come a suo nido fa lieto Colombo.' ' So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest.' These ' Stanze' were the first example of a happy cultiva->... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Страниц: 272
...lark, high-poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's shrill call he hear) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet, ' O Susan ! Susan ! lovely dear, My vows shall ever true remain ; Let me kiss off that falling tear... | |
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So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If, chance, his mate's shrill call he hear) And drops at once into her nest . The noblest Captain in the British fleet, Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet. 
