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,... Bird Life and Bird Lore - Strana 151autor/autoři: Reginald Bosworth Smith - 1905 - 434 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
| Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 str.
...Fed with a " shocking lameness." The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy moat the heron,...apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily. No sound was heard except, from far away, The ringing of the Whitwall's shrilly laughter, Or, now and... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 str.
...Fed with a " shocking tameness." The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy moat the heron,...apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily. No sound was heard except, from far away, The ringing of the Whitwall's- shrilly laughter, Or, now... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 str.
...Fed with a " shocking lameness." The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy moat the heron,...apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily. No sound was heard except, from far away, The ringing of the Whitwall's shrilly laughter, Or, now and... | |
| 1846 - 730 str.
...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,...apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily. ss * * The vine unpruned, and the neglected peach, Dropped from the wall with which they used to grapple... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1847 - 454 str.
...the pictures drawn by Hood:— " The coot was swimming in the reedy pool, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy moat, the heron,...apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily." The watery flats of the country have had also their influence on the popular superstitions. The delusive... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1849 - 430 str.
...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 moat the heron,...apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily. • No sound was heard except, from far away, The ringing of the Whitwall's shrilly laughter, Or, now... | |
| Eliza Cook - 1850 - 432 str.
...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...silently and stilly, Stood, an apparent sentinel, ae if To guard the water-lily." None of these productions, however, beautiful as they arc, brought... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1851 - 438 str.
...the pictures drawn by Hood: — " The coot was swimming in the reedy pool, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy moat, the heron,...apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily." The watery flats of the country have had also their influence on the popular superstitions. The delusive... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1851 - 468 str.
...the pictures drawn by Hood: — " The coot was swimming in the reedy pool, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy moat, the heron, fond Of solitude, alighted ; The moping heron, motiouless and stiff, That on a stone as silently and stilly Stood, an apparent sentinel, as if To... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 str.
...Fed with a " shocking tameness." The coot was swimming in the reedy pond, Beside the water-hen, so soon affrighted ; And in the weedy moat the heron,...apparent sentinel, as if To guard the water-lily. No sound was heard, except, from far away, The ringing of the whitwall's shrilly laughter, Or, now... | |
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