 | 1854 - 608 pages
...wood To pull the primrose gay, Starts the new voice of spring to hear. And imitates thy lay. Another guest in other lands, Another spring to hail. Sweet...green, Thy sky is ever clear; Thou hast no sorrow in thv song, No winter in thy year! 0 could I fly, I'd fly with thee ! We'd make, with joyful wing, Our... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1855 - 268 pages
...wood, To pull the flowers so gay, Starts, thy curious voice to hear, And imitates thy lay. Soon as the pea puts on the bloom, Thou fly'st the vocal vale,...thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear; Thou h;ist no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year ! O could I fly, I'd fly with thee; We'd make, with... | |
 | Richard Wright Procter - 1855 - 490 pages
...voice of spring to hear, And imitatea thy lay. What time the pea puts on its bloom, Thou fliest thy vocal vale, An annual guest in other lands, Another...to hail. Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy aky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No Winter in thy year ! O could I fly, I'd fly... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 pages
...curious voice to hear, And Imitates ' thy lay. Soon ' as the pea ' puts on the b!6om, Thou flyest ' thy vocal vale, An annual guest, in other ' lands, Another...green, Thy ' sky ' is ever ' clear ; Thou hast no ' s6rrow ' in thy s6ng, No winter ' in thy year. Oh I could I fly, I'd fly ' with thee : We'd mdke,... | |
 | 1856 - 790 pages
...wood, To pull the flowers so gay, Starts up— thy curious roice to hear, And imitates thy lay. Soon as the pea puts on the bloom, Thou fly'st the vocal vale ; An annual gaest in other lauds, Another spring to hail. Sweet bird! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...— thy curious voice to hear, And imitates thy lay. Soon as the pea puts on the bloom, Thou fliest the vocal vale, An annual guest in other lands, Another spring to hail. 14 Sweet bird, thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear, Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 362 pages
...curious voice to hear, And imitates the lay. 5 What time the pea puts on the bloom, Thou fli'st thy vocal vale, An annual guest in other lands, Another spring to hail. 6 Sweet bird! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1861 - 450 pages
...I been then more versed in poetry, I might have addressed him in the words of Logan to the cuckoo : Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear Thou hast no sorrow m thy note, No winter in thy year. Oh! could I fly, I'd fly with thee; We'd make, on joyful wing, Our... | |
 | 1861 - 182 pages
...voice of Spring to hear, And imitates thy lay. What time the pea puts on the bloom, Thou fliest thy vocal vale, An annual guest in other lands, Another Spring to hail. THE CUCKOO. Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1865 - 120 pages
...through the wood To pull the primrose gay, Starts, thy most curious voice to hear, And imitates thy lay. An annual guest in other lands, Another Spring to hail. Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever groen, Thy sky is ever clear; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No Winter in thy year! Oh could I fly,... | |
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Sweet bird ! thy bow'r is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear : Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year ! O could I fly, I'd fly with thee : We'd make, with social wing, Our annual visit o'er the globe, Companions of the Spring. 
