 | 1879 - 884 Seiten
...like a cheerful watchman speeding the course of the night. Cattle awake on the meadows ; sheep break their fast on dewy hillsides, and change to a new...these sleepers thus recalled in the same hour to life 1 Do the stars rain tlown an influence, or do we share some thrill of mother earth below our resting... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1879 - 300 Seiten
...but, like a cheerful watchman, speeding the course of night. Cattle awake in the meadows ; sheep break their fast on dewy hill-sides and change to a new...their dim eyes and behold the beauty of the night Even shepherds and old country folk, who are the deepest read in these arcana, have not a guess as... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1879 - 1410 Seiten
...like a cheerful watchman sj>eeduig the course of the night. Cattle awake on the meadows ; sheep break their fast on dewy hillsides, and change to a new lair among the ferns, and hou.-*less men, who have lain down with the fowls, open their dim eves ami behold the beauty of the... | |
 | 1880 - 470 Seiten
...speeding the course of night. Cattle awake on the meadows ; sheep break their fast on dewy hill sides, and change to a new lair among the ferns ; and houseless men, who hare lain down with the fowls, open their dim eyes and behold the beauty of the night." And waking... | |
 | 1880 - 1178 Seiten
...out-door world are aroused. The cocks crow, cattle awake in the meadows, sheep break their fast on the hillsides, and change to a new lair among the ferns; and houseless men open their eyea and behold the beauty of the night. This curious phenomenon the shepherds and old country... | |
 | Arthur Patchett Martin - 1885 - 262 Seiten
...but like a cheerful watchman speeding the course of night. Cattle awake on the meadows ; sheep break their fast on dewy hill-sides, and change to a new...their dim eyes and behold the beauty of the night." And waking at this hour, " towards two in the morning," he made a cigarette, and gave himself to pleasant... | |
 | Charles Sears Baldwin - 1895 - 220 Seiten
...speeding the course of night. Cattle awake on the meadows ; sheep break their fast on dewy hillsides, 25 and change to a new lair among the ferns ; and houseless...Nature, are all these sleepers thus recalled in the same folk, who are the deepest read in these arcana, have not a guess as to the means or purpose of this... | |
 | 1895 - 612 Seiten
...but like a cheerful watchman speeding the course of night. Cattle awake in the meadows, sheep break their fast on dewy hillsides and change to a new lair among the ferns ; and homeless men, who have lain down with the fowls, open their dim eyes and behold the beauty of the night.... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 644 Seiten
...but like a cheerful watchman speeding the course of night. " Cattle awake on the meadows; sheep break their fast on dewy hillsides, and change to a new lair among the fernsT and houseless men, who have lain down with the fowls, open their dim eyes and behold the beauty... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Department of Agriculture - 1904 - 800 Seiten
...messenger speeding the courses of the night. Cattle wakes in the meadows, sheep break their fast on the dewy hillsides and change to a new lair among the ferns, and she, the farmer's daughter, opens her dreamy eyes and beholds the early dawn. She makes a hasty toilet... | |
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... dwell in houses, when a wakeful influence goes abroad over the sleeping hemisphere, and all the outdoor world are on their feet. It is then that the cock first crows; not this time to announce the dawn, but like a cheerful watchman speeding the course... 
