 Drawn from his refuge in some lonely elm, That age or injury has hollow'd deep, Where, on his bed of wool and matted leaves, He has outslept the winter, ventures forth To frisk awhile, and bask in the warm sun, The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of...  The Saturday Magazine - Page 1331841Full view - About this book
 | Sir James Edward Alexander - America - 1833 - 386 pages
...full of play, He sees us, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighboring beech, there whisk* his brush, And perks his ears, and stamps, and cries aloud With all the prettiness of unfeigned alarm, And anger insignificantly fierce." A wild whoop in the woods, and the report of a... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...He has outslept the winter, ventures forth To frisk a while, and bask in the warm sun, The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play ; He sees me, and...stamps, and cries aloud, With all the prettiness of feign'd alarm, And anger insignificantly fierce. The heart is hard in nature, and unfit For human fellowship,... | |
 | Flowers - 1835 - 174 pages
...awhile, and bask in the warm sun, The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play; He sees me, arid at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighbouring...stamps, and cries aloud With all the prettiness of feign'd alarm, And anger insignificantly fierce. The heart is hard in nature, and unfit For human fellowship,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...He has outslept the winter, ventures forth To frisk awhile, and bask in the warm sun, The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play : He sees me, and...stamps, and cries aloud, With all the prettiness of feign'd alarm, And anger insignificantly fierce. The heart is hard in nature, and unfit For human fellowship,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 pages
...forth To frisk a while, and bask in the warm sun, The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play. 315 He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends...whisks his brush And perks his ears, and stamps and scolds aloud, With all the prettiness of feign 'd alarm, And anger insignificantly fierce. 320 The... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1836 - 206 pages
...has outslept the winter, ventures forth, To frisk awhile, and bask in the warm srin, The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play ; He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighb'ring bsech ; there whisks his brush , And perks his ears, and stamps, and cries aloud, With... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...forth To frisk a while, and bask in the warm sun, The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play. 315 He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighbouringbeech ; there whisks his brush And perks his ears, and stamps and scolds aloud, With all... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...forth To frisk a while, and bask in the warm sun, The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play. 315 He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighbouringbeech ; there whisks his brush And perks his ears, and stamps and scolds aloud, With all... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...He has outslept the winter, ventures forth To frisk a while, and bask in the warm sun, The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play ; He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends the neighb'ring beech ; therewhiskshis brush, And perks his ears, and stamps, and scolds aloud, With all... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...matted leaves, He has outslept the winter, ventures forth To frisk awhile, and bask in the warm sun : He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird, Ascends...neighbouring beech : there whisks his brush, And perks [i] his ears, and stamps, and cries aloud, With all the prettiness of feigned alarm, And anger insignificantly... | |
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