 One alone, the red-breast, sacred to the household gods, 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;...  The Saturday Magazine - Page 451840Full view - About this book
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...toil. The fowls of heaven, Tana'd by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store, and claim the little boon Which Providence assigns them. One...sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...toil. The fowls of Heaven, Tain'd by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store, and claim the little boon Which Providence assigns them. One...sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...red-bre.ist, sacred tu the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky. In joyless lielils, 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,'... | |
 | Henry Headley - 1810 - 236 pages
...where thou art laid. But above all others on this subject, Thomson is entitled to superlative praise : one alone, The redbreast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leave His shivering mates, and pays to... | |
 | James Thomson - 1811 - 182 pages
...Providence assigns them. One alone, The red breast, sacred to the honsehold gods, Wisely regardfnl of th' embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trnsted man His annaal visit. Half-afraid, he first Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights... | |
 | James Thomson, Samuel Johnson - 1813 - 180 pages
...his toil. The fowls of heaven, Tamed by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store, and claim the little boon Which Providence assigns them. One...Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fieldb and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man Hfc annual visit. Half... | |
 | James Thomson - 1813 - 346 pages
...assigns them. One alone, 245 The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets...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... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...our fire. sides. Thomson * has prettily described the annual visits of this guest ; The red. breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of...shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm earth ; then... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1815 - 170 pages
...forsake the Fields, endeavours to ingratiate himself with Man, THE Redbreast, sacred to the househould Gods, Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickers, leaves His shivering mates, and pays tp trusted Man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first... | |
 | James Thomson - 1816 - 256 pages
...toil. The fowls of heaven, Tatn'd by the cruel season, crowd around The winnowing store, and claim the little boon Which Providence assigns them. One...sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to... | |
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