 | John Bell - 1789 - 416 pages
...curlew call his mate, Or the soft quail his tender pain relate ; To see the swallow sweep the dark'ning plain Belated, to support her infant train ; To mark...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 arid the... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 202 pages
...call his mate, Or the soft quail his tender pain relate ; To see the swallow sweep the dark'ning plaia Belated, to support her infant train ; To mark the 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... | |
 | 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
...curlew call his mate, Or the soft quail his tender pain relate. To see the swallow sweep the dark'uing plain, Belated, to support her infant train : To mark...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... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...curlew call his mate, Or the soft quail his tender pain relate ; To see the swallow sweep the dark'ning plain Belated, to support her infant train; To mark...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... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...tender pain relate. To see the swallow sweep the dark'ning plain. Belated, to support her infant tiain: To mark the swift, in rapid giddy ring, Dash round the steeple, unsubdn'd of wing. Amusivt hirds!—Say, where your hid retreat, When the frost rages, and ihe tempests... | |
 | 1813 - 422 pages
...do 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... | |
 | 1816 - 338 pages
...embarrassed to find that some actually do not migrate at all." " Amusive birds ! say where your bid retreat, " When the frost rages, and the tempests...return, by such nice instinct led, " When Spring, sweet season, lifts her bloomy head ? " Such baffled searches mock man's prying pride, " The GOD of... | |
 | 1817 - 494 pages
...for further information on this curious subject. See also the ' Swallows,' an Elegy, at pp. 128-130. Amusive birds ! say where your hid retreat, When the...your return, by such nice instinct led, When Spring, sweet season, lifts her bloomy head ? Such baffled searches mock man's prying pride ; The GOD of NATURE... | |
 | 1820 - 190 pages
...curlew call his mate, Or the soft quail his tender pain relate ; To see the swallow sweep the dark'ning plain, Belated, to support her infant train ; To mark...her bloomy head ? Such baffled searches mock man's pry ing pride ', The God of nature is your secret guide. While deep'ning shades obscure the face of... | |
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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 men's prying pride, The God of Nature... 
