American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 46Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, John Holmes Agnew, Kinahan Cornwallis 1855 - Periodicals |
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... morning concert , to which we have a season - ticket for 6 INNUMEROUS songsters in the freshening shade Of new - sprung leaves their modulations mix Mellifluous . ' Such music ! It seems the pure out - pourings of the greatest gratitude ...
... morning concert , to which we have a season - ticket for 6 INNUMEROUS songsters in the freshening shade Of new - sprung leaves their modulations mix Mellifluous . ' Such music ! It seems the pure out - pourings of the greatest gratitude ...
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... morning with sweet songs . The wren and other small birds are in the garden , breakfasting on worms , or , as we sometimes express it , ' getting their grub . ' The marten , meanwhile , listens to the concert , as a critic , or as one ...
... morning with sweet songs . The wren and other small birds are in the garden , breakfasting on worms , or , as we sometimes express it , ' getting their grub . ' The marten , meanwhile , listens to the concert , as a critic , or as one ...
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... morning lying on the ground , with a murderous weapon through his heart , as dead as Julius Cæsar . The horror - stricken birds assembled . A coroner's inquest was holden . The first inquiry was , of course , ' Who killed cock - robin ...
... morning lying on the ground , with a murderous weapon through his heart , as dead as Julius Cæsar . The horror - stricken birds assembled . A coroner's inquest was holden . The first inquiry was , of course , ' Who killed cock - robin ...
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... morning , any how . Altogether , what with the incoherent cawing over - head , the inebriated crowing on the ground , occasionally a tumble - down from off the tree , the crows trying to roost above , and the roosters trying to crow ...
... morning , any how . Altogether , what with the incoherent cawing over - head , the inebriated crowing on the ground , occasionally a tumble - down from off the tree , the crows trying to roost above , and the roosters trying to crow ...
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... morning be obliged to call in the corn - doctor , or die of in- digestion . The swallows come in countless crowds , a complete cloud , and after describing sundry circles , dive down in the chimney , a resi dence that seems to them most ...
... morning be obliged to call in the corn - doctor , or die of in- digestion . The swallows come in countless crowds , a complete cloud , and after describing sundry circles , dive down in the chimney , a resi dence that seems to them most ...
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Page 25 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Page 626 - Ye who love a nation's legends, Love the ballads of a people, That like voices from afar off Call to us to pause and listen, Speak in tones so plain and childlike, Scarcely can the ear distinguish Whether they are sung or spoken...
Page 627 - Hiawatha!" And the rabbit from his pathway Leaped aside, and at a distance Sat erect upon his haunches, Half in fear and half in frolic, Saying to the little hunter, "Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!" But he heeded not, nor heard them, For his thoughts were with the red deer^ On their tracks his eyes were fastened, Leading downward to the river, To the ford across the river, And as one in slumber walked he.
Page 627 - There he waited till the deer came, Till he saw two antlers lifted, Saw two eyes look from the thicket, Saw two nostrils point to windward, And a deer came down the pathway, Flecked with leafy light and shadow.
Page 625 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?
Page 530 - Some might lament that I were cold, As I when this sweet day is gone, Which my lost heart, too soon grown old, Insults with this untimely moan ; They might lament — for I am one Whom men love not — and yet regret, Unlike this day, which, when the sun Shall on its stainless glory set, Will linger, though enjoyed, like joy, in memory yet ODE TO THE WEST WIND.
Page 398 - Ye are furrowed all o'er; Strength of my youth, All your vigor is gone; Thoughts of my youth, Your gay visions are flown.
Page 112 - There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Page 263 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
Page 20 - We resolve to have nothing more to do with it ; for "there is a point beyond which forbearance ceases to be a virtue," and we conceive that point to be thirty-two degrees above zero 4 at the very least.