 WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off stream is dumb, And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring sail goes round ; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits.  How to Teach Handwriting: A Teacher's Manual - Page 301by Frank Nugent Freeman, Mary Lorette Dougherty - 1923 - 305 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1843 - 260 pages
...And o'er black brows drops down A sudden-curved frown SONG.— THE OWL. WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the...warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock hath sung beneath... | |
 | 1844 - 836 pages
...sufficiently characterized by its first and last line — "When cats run home, and light is come, — Alone and warming his five wits The white owl in the belfry sits." To the second, we should render injustice, did we copy less than the last stanza. " I would mock thy... | |
 | Literature - 1902 - 874 pages
...ancient, solitary reign. Or as Tennyson, always true to Nature In his mention of birds, puts it — Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. I have found the white owl "at home" in many such belfries, where he has often allowed me to handle... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1845 - 854 pages
...found that thus, in silent love, Hie gentle one was dead ! SOXG : THE OWL. WREN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the...warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock has sung beneath... | |
 | 1845 - 608 pages
...We quote them down below in a note.* They are unavailing, even as * s When caU run home, and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the...warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits < When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock hath sung... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...And o'er black brows drops down A sudden-curved frown. SONG.— THE OWL. WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the...round, And the whirring sail goes round ; Alone and wanning his five wits, The white owl in the helfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1845 - 646 pages
...the cock hath sung beneath the thatch Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay ; Alone, and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. 1 Thy tuwhits are lull'd, I wot, Thy tuwhoos of yesternight, Which upon the dark afloat, So took echo... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 402 pages
...And o'er black brows drops down A sudden-curved frown. SONG.—THE OWL. WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off stream is dumh, And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring sail goes round ; Alone and warming his five... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1851 - 276 pages
...And o'er black brows drops down A sudden-curved frown. SONG. —THE OWL. WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the...warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock hath sung beneath... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - Birds - 1854 - 110 pages
...song, written by Alfred Tennyson, the Poet Laureate of » England: — "When cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the...his five wits, The "White Owl in the belfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock has sung beneath... | |
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