Birds and bird-life, by F.T. Buckland and other naturalists |
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... ! " Through the azure halls of day , Where the path of freedom lies , Tirral - la ! is still my lay- Onward , upward to the skies ! Tirral - la ! Tirral - la ! " However high the skylark rises , the bird never loses LARKS AND LAYS . 21.
... ! " Through the azure halls of day , Where the path of freedom lies , Tirral - la ! is still my lay- Onward , upward to the skies ! Tirral - la ! Tirral - la ! " However high the skylark rises , the bird never loses LARKS AND LAYS . 21.
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Francis Trevelyan Buckland. However high the skylark rises , the bird never loses sight of home , and is never a truant long , but descends rather more rapidly than it rose , singing too as if rejoicing to rejoin its mate , till ...
Francis Trevelyan Buckland. However high the skylark rises , the bird never loses sight of home , and is never a truant long , but descends rather more rapidly than it rose , singing too as if rejoicing to rejoin its mate , till ...
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... never wert , That from heaven , or near it , Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art . 66 Higher still and higher , From the earth thou springest , Like a cloud of fire , The blue deep thou wingest , And singing ...
... never wert , That from heaven , or near it , Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art . 66 Higher still and higher , From the earth thou springest , Like a cloud of fire , The blue deep thou wingest , And singing ...
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... never to utter a note in the presence of an auditor , or unless the cage was placed outside the window . Bech- stein remarks upon these obstinate birds being the best singers . The female , as is the case with the other larks , is ...
... never to utter a note in the presence of an auditor , or unless the cage was placed outside the window . Bech- stein remarks upon these obstinate birds being the best singers . The female , as is the case with the other larks , is ...
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... never seen to throw up the plumes of the wings , nor assume any striking attitude , but carries the neck erect , at a right angle with the body , instead of in a sweeping and elegant curve . In size it is inferior to the preceding ...
... never seen to throw up the plumes of the wings , nor assume any striking attitude , but carries the neck erect , at a right angle with the body , instead of in a sweeping and elegant curve . In size it is inferior to the preceding ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 70 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Seite 144 - Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Seite 202 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Seite 142 - But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth.
Seite 26 - Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth. O'er fell and fountain sheen, O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds...
Seite 22 - Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still!
Seite 232 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Seite 19 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Seite 25 - Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
Seite 29 - I will bless the Lord at all times : His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 0 magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.