 Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife, Pretty and quiet with plain brown wings, Passing at home a patient life, Broods in the grass while her husband sings : " Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature, you need not fear Thieves and...  Putnam's Monthly - Seite 5761855Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1883 - 42 Seiten
...Bobolink! Spink, spank, spink. Chee-ee! Chee-ee! Ceeeee! Modest and shy as a nun is she, One weak "chee" is her only note ; Braggart and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat — PRINT AND DIPLOMAS, Bobolink. Bobolink ! Bobolink ! Spink, spank, spink; Never was I afraid of... | |
 | 1883 - 456 Seiten
...in the grass while her husband sings : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature ; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee. 4. Modest and shy as a nun is she ; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1884 - 346 Seiten
...in the grass while her husband sings : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink : Brood, kind creature ; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee." But it has been reserved for a practical ornithologist, Mr. Wilson Flagg, to write by far the best... | |
 | 1885 - 456 Seiten
...Broods in the grass while her husband sings: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature ; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee. 4. Modest and shy as a nun is she ; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts... | |
 | S. S. Hamill - 1886 - 390 Seiten
...chee. 3. Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife, Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spiuk, spank, Bpink; Brood, kind creature; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee. 4. Modest and shy as a nun is she, One weak chirp is her only note, Braggart and prince of braggarts... | |
 | 1886 - 552 Seiten
...Broods in the grass while her husband sings : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link Spink, spank, -pink : Brood, kind creature ; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee. " Robert of Lincoln is telling his name." Robert of Lincoln is gayly dressed. Wearing a bright black... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 396 Seiten
...in the grass while her husband sings : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. 4. Modest and shy as a nun is she; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 Seiten
...in the grass while her husband sings : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature ; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while...braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat : Bob o'-link, bob o'-link, Spink, spank, spink, Never was I afraid of man ; Catch me, cowardly knaves,... | |
 | Edward Conant - 1887 - 164 Seiten
...Broods in the grass while her husband sings : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Brood, kind creature; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee. (4) CModest and shy as a nun is she j?, «•*-'" ' "*~ One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and... | |
 | M. F. Hyde - 1888 - 246 Seiten
...Broods in the grass while her husband sings : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Brood, kind creature; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee. IV. Modest and shy as a nun is she; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts... | |
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