| Mary Botham Howitt - 1849 - 296 pages
...chosen hath departed : Be comforted, be comforted, Ye bruised and broken-hearted I BIRDS IN SUMMER. How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Flitting...moon ; That open unto the bright blue sky, And the frolicksome winds as they wander by ! II. They have left their nests on the forest-bough, Those homes... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...the summer ah- !" And the birds below give back the cry, " We come, we come, to the branches high I" How pleasant the life of a bird must be,^ Flitting about in a leafy tree, And away through the air what joy to go, And to look on the green bright earth below.... | |
| Wood-notes - 1842 - 160 pages
...pensive wanderer sing Thy song of hope and fortitude, Oh ! herald of approaching spring. BIRDS IN SUMMER. How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Flitting...palace-hall, With its airy chambers, light and boon, That opens to sun, and stars, and moon ; That open unto the bright blue sky, And the frolicsome winds, as... | |
| Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...each in turn. MONTGOMERY. BIRDS IN SUMMER. How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Flitting alx>ut in each leafy tree ; In the leafy trees so broad and...airy chambers, light and boon, That open to sun, and stare, and moon ; That open unto the bright blue sky, And the frolicsome winds, as they wander by !... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - 1847 - 418 pages
...chosen hath departed : Be comforted, be comforted, Ye bruised and broken-hearted ! BIRDS IN SUMMER. How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Flitting...moon ; That open unto the bright blue sky, And the frolicksome winds as they wander by ! n. They have left their nests on the forest-bough, Those homes... | |
| Singing - 1848 - 212 pages
...words by Mrs. Hemans, " Oh ! call my brother back to me, I cannot play alone" — or those by Mrs. Howitt, " How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Flitting about in each leafy tree" — or Cowper's " John Gilpin was a citizen, Of credit and renown," &c. The first question proposed... | |
| Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 178 pages
...ourselves is Fate's worst minister; There is no wretchedness like self-reproach. LEL BIRDS IN SUMMER. How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Flitting about in each leafy tree ; In the leafy tree so broad and tall, Like a green and beautiful palace hall, With its airy chambers light and boon,... | |
| Frederic Charles Cook - 1851 - 118 pages
...To get most berries in thy power, And on the grave's cleft side devour. RC TRENCH, BIRDS IN STJMUKU. How pleasant the life of a bird must be, flitting...trees so broad and tall, Like a green and beautiful palace hall, With its airy chambers, light and boon, That open to sun, and stars, and moon ; That open... | |
| Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1836 - 720 pages
...about each leafy tree ; In the leafy trees so broad and tall, Like a green and beautiful palace hall, With its airy chambers, light and boon, That open to sun, and stars, and moon ; That open under the bright blue sky, j '.' And the frolicsome winds as they wander by." Yes, yes ; I know why... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - 1482 pages
...of her poems which are characterised by an airy freedom and simplicity belongs the Birds in Summer. How pleasant the life of a bird must be ! Flitting...trees so broad and tall, Like a green and beautiful palace hall ; "With its airy chambers, light and boon, That open to sun, and stars, and moon ; That... | |
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