 | 1826 - 722 pages
...on grass to feast ; 31. And see yon rooks how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite, And seem precipitate to fall — As if they felt the piercing...with sorrow ; Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. STANZAS WRITTEN AFTER RAIN. fPHE Sun was now burning The beautiful earth, And the green grass was turning... | |
 | 1824 - 452 pages
...mutton-bones, on grass to feast ; And see, yon rooks, how odd their flight. They imitate the gliding kite. And seem precipitate to fall — As if they felt the piercing...with sorrow ; Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. Jf.it. Go*. 130 Southampton 33ar*©ate. 137 THE grand and venerable Bar-gate of Southampton is universally... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1825 - 414 pages
...their misdeeds. F 2 ASSIGNATION. PIMPERNEL.—Anagallis. " Clos'd is the pink-ey'd pimpernel. ***** Twill surely rain, I see, with sorrow ; Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow." Dr. Jenner. This sensitive little flower is made the symbol of assignation, because the closing of... | |
 | 1863 - 376 pages
...Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; And see yon rooks how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite, Or seem precipitate to fall As if they felt the piercing ball ; How restless are the snorting swine, The busy flies disturb the kine ; Low o'er the grass the swallow... | |
 | 1827 - 932 pages
...on grass to feast ; 31. And see yon rooks how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite, And seem precipitate to fall — As if they felt the piercing...with sorrow ; Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. INDEX. umwiiuu, M> ; oursung 01 me raodington canal, 68 ; R. Gower and bis wife drowned, 69 j scaffold... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1829 - 442 pages
...winds begin to blow, The clouds look black, the glass is low ; Closed is the pink-ey'd Pimpernel!, 'Twill surely rain ; I see, with sorrow, Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. Da. JENVER. THIS beautiful little plant, whose sensitive flowers form the peasant's barometer, is frequently... | |
 | 1830 - 632 pages
...sensitive property escaped tb« observation of the Mate Rutlicfi : " Clos'd is the pink-eyed Pimpernel : 'Twill surely rain. I see, with sorrow, Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow." • " And Pimpernel, whose brilliant flow'r Closes against the approaching show'r, Warning the swain... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...mutton-bones, on grass to feast ; And see yon rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite, And seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. — 'Twill surely rain, 1 see, with sorrow, Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. Da JENNER. PERSEVERANCE WILLIAM DAVY. WILLIAM... | |
 | Mary Roberts - 1831 - 388 pages
...rain—a sensitive property thus noticed by the rustic muse— " Clos'd is the pink-eyed pimpernel, 'Twill surely rain, I see, with sorrow— Our jaunt must be put off till to-morrow." Every part of this plant, reader, is, in a microscope, singularly beautiful, and will... | |
 | 1831 - 584 pages
...mutton bones on grass to feast ; And see yon rooks, how odd their flight ! They imitate the gliding kite, Or seem precipitate to fall As if they felt the piercing ball. .-i. j 'Twill surely rain — I see with sorrow . . . Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. DK. ON THE... | |
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Quits mutton bones on grass to feast. And, see yon rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite, And seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball — 'Twill surely rain — I see with sorrow Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. 
