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" Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping... "
Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry - Page 106
by Henry Headley - 1810
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Winter: A Poem. By James Thomson

James Thomson - 1726 - 64 pages
...warm Hearth, and, hopping o'er the Floor, Eyes all the fmiling Family, askance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is : Till, more familiar grown, the Table-Crumbs Attract his (leader Feet. The foodlcfs Wilds Pour forth their brown Inhabitants ; the Hare, Tho' timorous of Heart,...
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The Edinburgh Entertainer: Containing Historical and Poetical Collections ...

1750 - 372 pages
...hearth ; then, hopping o'er the flodr, Eyes all the fmiling family afkance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is; Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his flender feet. The foodlefs wilds Pour forth .their brown inhabitan ts. The hare, Tho" timorous of heart,...
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The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Thomson - 1763 - 458 pages
...pays to trufted Man His annual vifit. Half afraid, he firft Againft the window beats ; then, brifk, alights On the warm hearth ; then hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the failing family afkance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is: • Till more familiar grown,...
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The Seasons: By James Thomson

James Thomson - 1769 - 218 pages
...to trufted Man Hia — — —5 — effr His annual vifit. Half- afraid , he firft 250 .Againft die window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then , hopping o'er the floor , Eyes all the fmiling family askance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is: 'Till more familiar grown,...
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The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Thomson - 1774 - 272 pages
...to trufted Man His annual vifit. Half-afraid, he firft, 2$o Againft the window beats ; then, briflc, alights On the warm hearth'; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the fmiling family afkance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is r 'Till more familiar grown,...
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British Zoology, Volume 1

Thomas Pennant - 1776 - 530 pages
...pays to trufted Man His annual vifit. Half afraid, he firft Againft the window beats ; then, brifk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the 'floor, Eyes all the fmiling family afltance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is : 'Till more familiar grown,...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces ..., Volume 48, Page 1

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 280 pages
...annual vifit. Half-afraid, he firft 150 VOL. I. M Againft _ l Agamft the window beats ; then, brifls., alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the fmiling family afkance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is : Till, more familiar grown,...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 91-92

John Bell - 1787 - 510 pages
...pays to trafted Man His annual vifit. Half-afraid, he firft 250 Againft the window beats, then, brifk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the fmiling family afkance, And pceki, and ftarts, and wonders where he is! Till more familiar grown, the...
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The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1788 - 326 pages
...pays to trufted Man His annual vifit. Half-afraid, he firft Againft the window beats ; then, brifk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the fmiling family afkance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is: Till more familiar grown, the...
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The English Parnassus: Being a New Selection of Didactic, Descriptive ...

John Adams - 1789 - 376 pages
...pays to trufted man His annual vifit. Half-afraid, he firft Againft the window beats ; then, brifk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the fmiling family afkance, And pecks, and ftarts, and wonders where he is : Till more familiar grown,...
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