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; then brisk alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er... Annales de Bretagne - Page x1898Full view - About this book
| James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...alone, 245 The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, Jn joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted Man His annual visit. Half-afraid, he first 250 Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights... | |
| James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pages
...Providence assigns them. One alone, The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' 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; then, brisk, alights... | |
| James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 368 pages
...Providence assigns them. One alone, The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' 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; then, brisk, alights... | |
| James Thomson - 1803 - 186 pages
...assigns them. One aioue, The red-hreast, sacred to the houshold gods, Wisely regardful of th' emhroiling 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 heats; then, hrisk, alights... | |
| James Thomson - 1806 - 242 pages
...assigns them. One alone, 845 The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted Man , His anuual visit. Half-afraid, he first 250 Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights... | |
| Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...Providence assigns them. One alone, The red-breast, sacred to the household gods, Wisely regardful of th' 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, then, brisk, alights... | |
| 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 - 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 leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted Man His annual visit. Half-afraid, he first 250 Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights... | |
| Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...annual visits of this guest ; 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 ; then, brisk, alights... | |
| 1816 - 338 pages
...the following lines : — " The Redbreast, sacred to the household gods, " Wisely regardful of th' 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 ; then brisk alights... | |
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