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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... "
The Gallery of Nature and Art: Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science - Page 537
by Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818
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The Seasons: By James Thomson; with His Life, an Index, and Glossary ...

James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...alone, 245 The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, Jn joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted Man His annual visit. Half-afraid, he first 250 Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then,...
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The Seasons: By James Thomson

James Thomson - 1800 - 302 pages
...Providence assigns them. One alone , The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky , In joyless fields, and thorny thickets...window beats ; then , brisk , alights On the warm hearth ; then , hopping o'er the floor , Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks , and starts...
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The Works of Mr. James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 368 pages
...Providence assigns them. One alone, The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets,...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 starts, and...
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The works of mr. James Thomson, to which is prefixed the life of ..., Volume 1

James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pages
...Providence assigns them. One alone, The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets,...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 starts, and...
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The Seasons ...

James Thomson - 1802 - 320 pages
...thorny thickets, leaves His shiv'ring 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 the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and...
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The seasons. To which is prefixed the life of the author

James Thomson - 1803 - 186 pages
...assigns them. One aioue, The red-hreast, sacred to the houshold gods, Wisely regardful of th' emhroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves...shivering mates, and pays to trusted Man His annual visit. Half-afraid, he first Against the window heats; then, hrisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping...
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The Metrical Miscellany: Consisting Chiefly of Poems Hitherto Unpublished

Maria Riddell - 1803 - 286 pages
...The red-lreast, sacred to the household godst " Wisely regardful of th' embroiling iky, " In joy less fields and thorny thickets leaves " His shivering...mates, and pays to trusted Man " His annual visit." THOMSON'S SEASOKS. WELCOME, sweet bird, that from the leafless grove Now seek'st a refuge in my lowly...
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The seasons; with his life, by mr. Murdoch

James Thomson - 1806 - 242 pages
...assigns them. One alone, 845 The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets...His shivering mates, and pays to trusted Man , His anuual visit. Half-afraid, he first 250 Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm...
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The cabinet of poetry, containing the best entire pieces in the works of the ...

Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...Providence assigns them. One alone, The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets,...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 starts,...
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The seasons, with the life of the author: to which are added Hesiod, or the ...

James Thomson, Thomas Parnell - 1808 - 338 pages
...thorny thickets, leaves Uis 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 the floor , Eyes all the smiling family askance , And pecks , and starts...
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