 With slaughtering guns the unwearied fowler roves, when frosts have whitened all the naked groves; where doves in flocks the leafless trees o'ershade, and lonely woodcocks haunt the watery glade. He lifts the tube, and levels with his eye...  My Study Windows - Page 245by James Russell Lowell - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Hunting - 1835 - 550 pages
...A DAY IN THE FOREST. 1 With slaught'ring guns th' unwearied fowler roves, When frosts have whiten'd all the naked groves ; Where doves in flocks the leafless trees o'ershade, And lonely woodcocks haunt the watery glade." POPE'S WISDSOH FOBEST. A MAN whom destiny has placed amid woods... | |
 | North American review - 1871 - 494 pages
...! " In the same poem he indulges the absurd conceit that, " Beasts urged by us, their fellow-beasts pursue, And learn of man each other to undo " ; and...in flocks the leafless trees o'ershade, And lonely woodcocks haunt the watery glade ; He lifts the tube and levels with his eye, Straight a short thunder... | |
 | The North American Review.VOL.CXII. - 1871 - 506 pages
...!" In the same poem he indulges the absurd conceit that, " Beasts urged by us, their fellow-beasts pursue, And learn of man each other to undo " ; and...in flocks the leafless trees o'ershade, And lonely woodcocks haunt the watery glade ; He lifts the tube and levels with his eye, Straight a short thunder... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1872 - 396 pages
...pursue, And learn of man each other to undo) : With slaughtering guns th' unweary fowler roves, When frosts have whitened all the naked groves ; Where...in flocks the leafless trees o'ershade, And lonely woodcocks haunt the watery glade. "WHOEYER THINKS A FAULTLESS PIECE TO SEE, He lifts the tube, and... | |
 | Alfred Edmund Brehm - Birds - 1874 - 970 pages
...poor birds." CHAPTER IV. SPORTSMEN AND BIRDS. " With slaughtering gun the unwearied fowler roves, When frosts have whitened all the naked groves; Where Doves in flocks the leafless tree o'ershade And lonely Woodcocks haunt the watery glade, He lifts the tube, and levels with his... | |
 | Alfred Edmund Brehm - 1874 - 970 pages
...poor birds." CHAPTER IV. SPORTSMEN AND BIRDS. " With slaughtering gun the unwearied fowler roves, When frosts have whitened all the naked groves ; Where Doves in flocks the leafless tree o'ershade And lonely Woodcocks haunt the watery glade, He lifts the tuhe, and levels with his... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 552 pages
...pursue, And learn of man each other to undo). With slaughtering guns the unwearied fowler roves, When frosts have whitened all the naked groves; Where doves...in flocks the leafless trees o'ershade, And lonely woodcocks haunt the watery glade. He lifts the tube, and levels with his eye; Strait a short thunder... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - Birds - 1879 - 454 pages
...lyre! " In the same poem he indulges the absurd conceit that, " Beasts urged by us, their fellow-beasts pursue, And learn of man each other to undo"; and...unwearied fowler roves Where frosts have whitened nil the naked groves; Where doves in flocks the leafless trees o'ershade, And lonely wookcocks haunt... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - Birds - 1885 - 454 pages
...'yre! " In the same poem he indulges the absurd conceit that, " Beasts urged by us, their fellow-beasts pursue, And learn of man each other to undo " ; and...slaughtering guns, the unwearied fowler roves Where fronts have whitened all the naked groves; Where doves in flocks the leafless trees o'crshade, And... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - Authors - 1887 - 408 pages
..." lu the same poem he indulges the absurd conceit that, ' ' Beasts urged by us, their fellow-beasts pursue, And learn of man each other to undo ; " and...whitened all the naked groves; Where doves in flocks the leafress trees o'ershade, And lonely woodcocks haunt the watery glade ; He lifts the tube and levels... | |
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