 | James Thomson - 1800 - 302 pages
...them. One alone , The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky , In joyless fields, and thorny thickets , leaves...Against the window beats ; then , brisk , alights On the warm hearth ; then , hopping o'er the floor , Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 340 pages
...assigns them. One alone, The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves...first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pages
...assigns them. One alone, The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves...first Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...assigns them. One alone, The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves...first Against the window beats, then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks,... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1810 - 238 pages
...household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thirkets, leave His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first ' MADRIGAL. thoughts hold mortal strife, I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries Peace to my... | |
 | George Low - Natural history - 1813 - 272 pages
...that I hope I shall be forgiven in transcribing the passage. One alone, -- 70 NATURAL HISTORY [Birds. His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and... | |
 | James Thomson, Samuel Johnson - 1813 - 180 pages
...sky, In joyless fieldb and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man Hfc annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights Do the warm hearth ; then hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...visits of this guest ; The red. breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves...first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm earth ; then hopping o'er the floor Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks and... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Birds - 1815 - 170 pages
...the embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickers, leaves His shivering mates, and pays tp trusted Man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks,... | |
 | Birds - 1816 - 338 pages
...following lines : — " The Redbreast, sacred to the household gods, " Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, " In joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves...first " Against the window beats ; then brisk alights " On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, " Eyes all the smiling family askance, " And pecks,... | |
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Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His 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 o'er... 
