 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...  Translations Into English and Latin - Page 238by Charles Stuart Calverley - 1866 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Thomson, Barthold Heinrich Brockes - English poetry - 1745 - 586 pages
...the warmHearth, and hopping o'ertheFloor Eyes all the fmiling FAMILY afkance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is Till more familiar grown, the Table Crumbs Attrad his f lender 'Feet. — — (£rjí fc&íaget et mit feinen 3ín bit im £>аф erhabne Senfîer,... | |
 | James Thomson - English literature - 1763 - 458 pages
...warm hearth ; then hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the failing family afkance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is: • Till more familiar grown, the table crumbs Attract his flender feet. The foodlefs wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The hare, Tho' timorous of heart,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1769 - 218 pages
...hearth ; then , hopping o'er the floor , Eyes all the fmiling family askance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is: 'Till more familiar grown, the table- crumbs 255 Attract his slender feet. The foodlers wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The hare , Tho'... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 628 pages
...where he is : Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs 155 Attraft his flender feet. The foodlefs wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The hare, Though timorous of heart, and hard befet By death in various forms, dark fnares, and dogs, • And more unpitying men, the garden feeks,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 304 pages
...he is : Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs i5 Attraft his flender feet. The foodlejswilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The hare, Though timorous of heart, and hard befet By death in various forms, dark fnares, and dogs, And more unpitying men, the garden feeks, sit... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 292 pages
...where he is : Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs 255 Attraft his flender feet. The foodlefs wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The hare, Though timorous of heart, and hard befet Fy death in various forms, dark fnares, and dogs, And more unpitying men, the garden fecks, 260... | |
 | James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...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...wonders where he is : Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs 255 Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 972 pages
...he is : Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attrad his (lender feet. The foodleb wilds Poor forth their brown inhabitants. The hare, Though timorous of heart, and hard bcfet By death in various forms, dark fnares, and dogs. And more unpitying men, the garden fecks, Urg'd... | |
 | James Thomson - 1800 - 302 pages
...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...-crumbs Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Tour forth their brown inhabitants. The hare , Tho' timorous of heart , and hard beset By death in... | |
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