To view the structure of that little work A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without ; No tool had he that wrought ; no knife to cut ; No nail to fix ; no bodkin to insert ; No glue to join ; his little beak was all ; And yet, how neatly finished !... THE UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCHES - Page 405by R. ABERCROMBIE M.A - 1885Full view - About this book
| American essays - 1884 - 918 pages
...(he bough." Hurdis calls attention to the apparent disadvantages under which a bird labors : — " No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to lix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join ; his little beak was all." But Courthope makes the birds... | |
| United States National Museum - Ancient murrelet - 1887 - 838 pages
...render in words. The nest of this bird is truly a beautiful structure, recalling the lines•'Mark it well within, without! No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cnt, No nail to fix, no bodkin to iuwert. No glue to join ; his little beak was all ; And yet how neatly... | |
| United States National Museum - Ancient murrelet - 1887 - 838 pages
...without! No tool liad \w that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to lix, no bodkin to insert, No sine to join : his little beak was all ; And yet how neatly finished ! " ' It is generally placed in the fork of a small branch, and sometimes " saddled" on a large limb;... | |
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