| Mary Botham Howitt - 1849 - 296 pages
...tree ! And, away through the air, what joy to go ; And to look on the green, bright earth below ! IT. How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Skimming...breezy sea, Cresting the billows like silvery foam, Then wheeling away to its cliff-built home ; What joy it must be to sail, upborne By a strong, free... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...a leafy tree, And away through the air what joy to go, And to look on the green bright earth below. How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Skimming...foam, And then wheeling away to its cliff-built home ! [l] Boon — gay, cheerful. What joy it must be to sail, upborne By a strong free wing, through the... | |
| 1842 - 294 pages
...look on the green, bright earth below ! How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Skimming about in the breezy sea, Cresting the billows like silvery...then wheeling away to its cliff-built home ! What a joy it must be to sail, upborne By a strong, free wing, through the rosy morn, To meet the young... | |
| Wood-notes - 1842 - 160 pages
...look on the green, bright earth below ! How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Skimming about in the breezy sea, Cresting the billows like silvery foam, And then wheeling away to its cuff-built home ! What a joy it must be to sail, upborne By a strong, free wing, through the rosy morn,... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - 1847 - 418 pages
...the birds below give back the cry, " We come, we come to the branches high." How pleasant the lives of the birds must be, Living in love in a leafy tree...breezy sea, Cresting the billows like silvery foam, Then wheeling away to its cliff-built home ! What joy it must be to sail, upborne By a strong, free... | |
| Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 178 pages
...and stars, and moon, That open unto the bright blue sky, And the frolicsome winds as they wander by. How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Skimming...billows like silvery foam, And then wheeling away to iis cliff-built home. What joy it must be, to sail, upborne By a strong, free wing, through the rosy... | |
| Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1853 - 786 pages
...in a leafy tree ; And away through the air what joy to go, And look on the green bright earth below. How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Skimming...joy it must be to -sail, upborne By a strong free wind, through the rosy mom, To meet the young sun face to face, And pierce like a shaft the boundless... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1857 - 242 pages
...the birds below give back the cry, " We come, we come to the branches high." How pleasant the lives of the birds must be, Living in love in a leafy tree...a bird must be, Skimming about on the breezy sea, * Boon, pleasant. Cresting the billows like silvery foam, Then wheeling away to its cliff-built home... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1858 - 240 pages
...joy to go, And to look on the green, bright earth below! IV. Cresting the billows like silvery foam, Then wheeling away to its cliff-built home! What joy it must be to'sail, upborne By a strong, free wing-, through the rosy morn! To meet the young sun face to face,... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1859 - 236 pages
...the birds below give back the cry, " We come, we come to the branches high." How pleasant the lives of the birds must be, Living in love in a leafy tree...breezy sea, Cresting the billows like silvery foam, Then wheeling away to its cliff-built home I What joy it must be to sail, upborne By a strong, free... | |
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