 THERE is a bird who, by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow ; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishop-like he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate...  Littell's Living Age - Seite 311853Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alfred Ainger - 1905 - 436 Seiten
...from Vincent Bourne. Some of us may have read and remembered, I hope, " The Jackdaw " :— THE JACKDAW There is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness...to indicate From what point blows the weather; Look up—your brains begin to swim, 'Tis in the clouds—that pleases him, He chooses it the rather! Fond... | |
 | Reginald Bosworth Smith - 1905 - 500 Seiten
...builds in our hollow trees, in our chimneys, in our castles, in our churches, in our cathedrals. " There is a bird who, by his coat And by the hoarseness...bishop-like, he finds a perch And dormitory too." No ruined castle, no cathedral in England, would know itself without its colony, sometimes its huge... | |
 | William Cowper - 1905 - 716 Seiten
...THE JACKDAW THERE is a bird who, by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be suppos'da crow ; A great frequenter of the church, Where, bishop-like, he finds a perch, And dormitory too. 6 Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather.... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1906 - 628 Seiten
...that watery glass, And heaven reflected in her face l THE JACKDAW. [From the Latin of Vincent Bourne.] There is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness...Where bishop-like he finds a perch, And dormitory too. 1 Miss Shutlleworth. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what... | |
 | William Cowper - 1908 - 632 Seiten
...humbler thoughts to you, Since such a reptile has its gem, And boasts its splendour too. ii. THE JACKDAW. THERE is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness...shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate Look up — your brains begin to swim, 'Tis in the clouds — that pleases him, He chooses it the rather.... | |
 | Ottó Herman, Jean Allan Owen, Mrs. Visger Jean Allan (Pinder) Owen - 1909 - 408 Seiten
...might have expected him to be. Cowper appreciated the character of the Jackdaw to the full. He says " There is a bird who, by his coat And by the hoarseness...bishop-like, he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Thrice happy bird, I too have seen Much of the vanities of men, . And, sick of having seen 'em, Would... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - 1910 - 778 Seiten
...British navy, like Campbell's Ye Mariners of Kni/tund and Tennyson's The Revenge. THE JACK DAW t THEKE R4 2 Above the steeple shines a plate. That turns and turns to indicate From what point blows the weather;... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1910 - 776 Seiten
...Ilrltlsh navy, like Campbell's Yc Mariners of HnfllniiA and Tennyson's The Rerenge. THE JACKDAW t 1 H be finds a perch, And dormitory too. 2 Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns to indicate... | |
 | 1886 - 990 Seiten
...Conversation" into hendecasyllabics, and whose delightful " Cornicula " Cowper translated as delightfully : "There is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow," etc. Cowper's publisher Johnson, the Johnson of the " Olney Hymns " and of Darwin's " Botanic Garden,"... | |
 | Gustav Tietje - 1914 - 160 Seiten
...equus, frz. le cheval werden auf engl. ass und horse eingewirkt haben. 3 Vögel. Cowper. 1. Bird, mase. There is a bird who, by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow. S. 546. II. 1. cf. S. 42á. II. 5 — 11. 2. Blackbird, mase. The blackbird has fled to another retreat... | |
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