 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
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1889 - 394 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. IV. Modest and shy as a nun is she ; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1889 - 382 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, cbee. rv. Modest and shy as a nun is she ; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of... | |
 | Sarah Neal Harris - 1891 - 206 Seiten
...or robbers while I am here. Chee — chee — chee. Modest and shy as a nun is she ; One weak whirr is her only note. Braggart .and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat, — Whirr — whirr — whirr, Bobolink — bobolink — spink — spank — spink, Chee — chee —... | |
 | A. L. Stronach - 1891 - 290 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,... | |
 | Nelly Lloyd Knox-Heath - 1891 - 424 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1892 - 108 Seiten
...sings : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature ; you need not fear as Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee....only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts is he, so Pouring boasts from his little throat : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Never was... | |
 | 1892 - 260 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...chee, chee. Modest and' shy as a nun is she ; One wea'< chirp is her only note. Braggart amd prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1895 - 316 Seiten
...His islands lift their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift beyond His love and care. MODEST and shy as a nun is she ; one weak chirp is...braggarts is he, pouring boasts from his little throat. BACK, ruffians ! back ! nor dare to tread Too near the body of my dead. — WAKE ! oh, wake ! and utter... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1895 - 268 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. But it has been reserved for a practical ornithologist, Mr. Wilson Flagg, to write by far the best... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1895 - 268 Seiten
...Broods in the grass while her husband sings. Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spiuk : 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... | |
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