 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
 | Robert Comfort Metcalf, Orville T. Bright - 1896 - 268 Seiten
...patient life, Broods in the grass while her husband sings : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, . Brood, kind creature ; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while...from his little throat: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spiuk, spank, spink ; Never was I afraid of man ; Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can I Chee, chee,... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...song first told us of the Spring? Whither a way? /. BC STEDMAN— The Flight of the Birds. Bobolink. ON— Morte D' Arthur. L. 247. " 'Twas then belike," Honorious c ; Braggarts and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat. g. BRYANT — Robert... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1889 - 248 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. rv. Modest and shy as a nun is she ; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts... | |
 | Lucy Tappan - 1896 - 350 Seiten
...in the grass while her husband sings: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; ]!rood, kind creature; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee, chee, chee. RoilERT OF LINCOLN. MAIDEN'S hearts are always soft: Would that men's were truer ! SONG. TRUTH crushed... | |
 | Annie Chase - 1896 - 166 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. THE YELLOW BREASTED CHAT. What an odd sound! It is like the whirr of a great bird's wing. Now it sounds... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 220 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... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1898 - 406 Seiten
...in the grass while her husband sings : Bob.o'-link, bob.o'-llnk, Bpink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature ; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while...braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat : Bob-o'-llnk, bob-o'.Hnk, Splnk, spank, splnk ; Never was I afraid of man ; Catch me, cowardly knaves,... | |
 | Sherman Williams - 1898 - 344 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...of 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,... | |
 | 1898 - 168 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. Modest and shy as a nun is she; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts is... | |
 | 1899 - 250 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...spank, spink; Never was I afraid of man, Catch me, you cowards, if you can! Chee, chee, chee!" Six white eggs on a bed of hay, Flecked with purple, a... | |
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