The Penguin Book of Bird PoetryPeggy Munsterberg Allen Lane, 1980 - 361 sider |
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Side 51
... breast and under - parts , black back , glossy greenish - black head ' ) , but it is almost the same as the brief de- scription which accompanies the plate - ' Long white body , dark head'.2 Which is accurate enough for any poet , not ...
... breast and under - parts , black back , glossy greenish - black head ' ) , but it is almost the same as the brief de- scription which accompanies the plate - ' Long white body , dark head'.2 Which is accurate enough for any poet , not ...
Side 172
... breast Their age - chilled bodies bed - rid in the nest ; Nor only bearing them upon her back Through th'empty air , when their own wings they lack ; But also sparing ( this let children note ) Her daintiest food from her own hungry ...
... breast Their age - chilled bodies bed - rid in the nest ; Nor only bearing them upon her back Through th'empty air , when their own wings they lack ; But also sparing ( this let children note ) Her daintiest food from her own hungry ...
Side 227
... breast , She lisped the dearest things . With chiselled bill a spark ill set He loosened from the rest , And swallowed down to grind his meat , The easier to digest . She seized his bill with wild affright , Her diamond to descry ...
... breast , She lisped the dearest things . With chiselled bill a spark ill set He loosened from the rest , And swallowed down to grind his meat , The easier to digest . She seized his bill with wild affright , Her diamond to descry ...
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begin bill bird Book breast bright bush century close cock comes crow cuckoo dead death delight doth eagle earth eggs example fair fall fear feathers field fowl give green ground grove half hand hath hawk head hear heard heart heaven keep kind lark leaves light live look melody morning mourn nature nest never night nightingale o'er once poem poetry poets poor pretty raven rest rhymes ring rise Robin says seems sight sing soft sometimes song soul sound sparrow spread spring strain stream swallow swan sweet tears tell thee thing thou thought throat thrush Till tree true tune turn unto voice warbling wild wind wings winter wood young