 | James Thomson - 1793 - 300 Seiten
...Half-afraid, he first 250 Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family...askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is : Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs 255 Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Pour... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 340 Seiten
...visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family...askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is: Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet. — The foodless wilds Pour forth... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 344 Seiten
...visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family...askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is: Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.—The foodless wilds Pour forth... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 320 Seiten
...visit. Half-afraid, he first Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family...askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is: Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Pour forth... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 186 Seiten
...visit. Half-afraid, he first Against the window heats; then, hrisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor. Eyes all the smiling family...askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is: TiU more familiar grown, the tahle-crumb* Attract his slender feet. The fbodless wilds Pour forth their... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 Seiten
...visit pays : now to the dome, Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth, and, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family,...askance', And pecks and starts and wonders where he is: Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.] The foodless wilds Pour forth... | |
 | James Thomson - 1806 - 242 Seiten
...Half-afraid, he first 250 Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family...askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is: Till more familiar grown, the table crumbs 255 Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Pour forth... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1806 - 416 Seiten
...Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth, and, hopping o'er the floor,Eyes all the smiling family, askance, And pecks and starts and wonders where he is: Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.] The foodless wilds Pour forth... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 Seiten
...visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats, then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family...askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is : Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Pour forth... | |
 | James Thomson, Thomas Park - 1808 - 444 Seiten
...JfiMfraid, he fint Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth; then,hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is; Till more familiar grown, the table-crmnbs Attract his slender feet. The fbodless wilds Pour forth... | |
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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... 
