 Amusive birds ! say where your hid retreat, When the frost rages and the tempests beat ? Whence your return, by such nice instinct led, When Spring, soft season, lifts her bloomy head? Such baffled searches mock man's prying pride, The God of Nature is...  A History of British Birds - Page xxivby Thomas Bewick - 1826Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1789 - 202 pages
...swift in rapid giddy ring Dash round the steeple, unsubdu'd of wing : Amusive birds! — say where "s your hid retreat When the frost rages and the tempests...your return, by such nice instinct led When Spring, soft season, lifts her bloomy head f Such baffled searches mock man's prying pride, The GOD OF NATURE... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 396 pages
...ring Dash round the steeple, unsubdu'd of wing : Amusive birds ! — say where 's your hid retreat >v When the frost rages and the tempests beat ? Whence your return, by such nice insunft led °~ WhenfSpring, soft season, lifts her bloomy head ?j "'• V^,i Such baffled searches... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...mark the swift, in rapid giddy ring. Dash round the steeple, unsuhdn'd of wing. Amusive hirds! — Say, where your hid retreat. When the frost rages, and the tempests heat? Whence your return hy such nice instinct led, When spring, soft season, lifts her hloomy head... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...infant train; To mark the swift in rapid giddy ring Dash round the steeple, unsubdued of wing Amusive birds', say where your hid retreat When the frost rages and the tempest beat? Whence your return, by such nice instinct led, When spring, soft season, lifts her bloomy... | |
 | 1813 - 422 pages
...migrate, and are still further embarrassed to find that some actually do not migrate at all." " Amusive birds ! say where your hid retreat, " When the frost rages, and the tempest beat; " Whence your return, by such nice ÍBstinct led, " When Spring, sweet season, lifts... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...train : To mark the swift, in rapid giddy ring, Dash round the steeple, unsubdued of wing. Amusive birds!— say where your hid retreat, When the frost...your return by such nice instinct led, When Spring, soft season, lifts her bloomy head? Such baffled searches mock man's prying pride, The God of Nature... | |
 | Present - 1820 - 62 pages
..." The Naturalist's Summer Evening's Walk," addresses them as follows : Amusive birds ! say where's your hid retreat, When the frost rages, and the tempests...Such baffled searches mock man's prying pride, The great Almighty is your secret guide. The house-martin may be distinguished from the other kinds, by... | |
 | 1820 - 190 pages
...train ; To mark the swift, in rapid giddy ring, Dash round the steeple, unsubdued of wing :— Amusive birds ! say where your hid retreat When the frost...your return, by such nice instinct led, When spring, soft season, lifts her bloomy head ? Such baffled searches mock man's pry ing pride ', The God of nature... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1822 - 380 pages
...infant train ; To mark the swift in rapid giddy ring Dash round the steeple, unsubdu'd of wing : Amusive birds ! say where your hid retreat When the frost...your return, by such nice instinct led, When Spring, soft season, lifts her bloomy head ? Such baffled searches mock man's prying pride, The GOD of NATURE... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - 356 pages
...experiencing those indefinable emotions which call the starting tear, and thrill the creeping vein : Amusive birds ! say where your hid retreat. When the frost...your return, by such nice instinct led, When Spring, soft season, lifts her bloomy head ? Such baffled searches mock man's prying pride, The GOD of NATUBE... | |
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