 | England - 1835 - 866 pages
...overhung a molehill large and round, I heard from morn to morn a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, and I drank the sound With joy ; and, often an intruding guest, I watched her secret tolls from day to dayHow true she warped the moss, to form a nest, And modelled It within with wood... | |
 | Great Britain - 1831 - 496 pages
...hawthorn bush, That overhung a molehill large and round, I heard, from morn to morn, a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, while I drank the sound With joy : — and often, an intruding guest, I watch'd her secret toils from day to day, How true she warp'd the moss to form her nest, And modell'd... | |
 | John Clare - English poetry - 1835 - 238 pages
...overhung a molehill large and round, I heard from morn to morn a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, and I drank the sound With joy ; and, often an intruding...day to day — How true she warped the moss, to form a nest, And modelled it within with wood and clay ; And by and by, like heath-bells gilt with dew,... | |
 | British birds - 1840 - 326 pages
...overhung a mole-hill large and round, I heard, from morn to morn• a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunshine, while I drank the sound With joy : and often, an intruding...watched her secret toils, from day to day, How true she warp'd the moss to form her nest, And modell'd it within with wood and clay. And by and by, like heath.bells... | |
 | Robert Tyas - Flower language - 1842 - 462 pages
...overhangs a molehill large nnd round, I heard, from morn to morn, a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, and I drank the sound With joy ; and, often an intruding...day to day — How true she warped the moss, to form a nest, And modelled it within with wood and clay ; And by and by, like heath-bells gilt with dew,... | |
 | Birds - 1842 - 172 pages
...bush, That overhung a mole-hill large and round, I heard from morn to morn a merry thrush Sing hymas to sunrise, while I drank the sound With joy : and, often an intruding guest, I watch'd her secret toils from day to day,— How true she warp'd the moss to form her nest, And modellM... | |
 | Frances Sargent Osgood - Flower language - 1848 - 308 pages
...overhangs a molehill large and round, I heard, from morn to morn, a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, and I drank the sound With joy ; and, often an intruding...day to day — How true she warped the moss, to form a nest, And modelled it within with wood and clay ; And by-and-by, like heath-bells gilt with dew,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 434 pages
...morn a merry thrush Sing hymns of rapture, while I drank the sound With joy ; and oft, an unintruding guest, I watched her secret toils from day to day, How true she warp'd the moss to form her nest, And modell'd it within with wool and elay. And by-and-by, like heath-bells... | |
 | Gift books - 1852 - 440 pages
...hawthorn bush, That overhung a molehill large and round, I heard, from morn to morn, a merry thrush Sing hymns to sunrise, while I drank the sound With joy...How true she warped the moss to form her nest, And modeled it within with wood and clay. And by-and-bye, like heath bells gilt with dew, There lay her... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...morn, a merry thrush, Sing hymns of rapture, while I drank the sound With joy ; and oft, an unintruding guest, I watched her secret toils from day to day...How true she warped the moss to form her nest, And modeled it within with wood and clay. 2. And by and by, like heath-bells gilt with dew, There lay her... | |
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WITHIN a thick and spreading hawthorn bush That overhung a mole-hill large and round, I heard from morn to morn a merry thrush Sing hymns... 
