| London readers - 1881 - 186 pages
...say, " Where the topmost twigs in the breezes sway. 3. " Come up, come up ; for the world is failWhere the merry leaves dance in the summer air." And the...come, we come, to the branches high." How pleasant the lives of the birds must be, Living in love in a leafy tree ! And away through the air what joy to go,... | |
| Alexander Falconer Murison - 1882 - 148 pages
...lovingly call ; " Come up, come up ! " they seem to say, "Where the topmost twigs in the breezes sway. " Come up, come up, for the world is fair Where the...come, to the branches high." How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Flitting about in the leafy tree ; And away through the air what joy to go, And to... | |
| Phil Robinson - 1883 - 540 pages
...they call. " Come up ! come up ! " they seem to say, Where the topmost twigs in the hedges stray. " Come up ! come up ! for the world is fair Where the merry leaves dance in the summer aii." And the birds below give back the cry, " We come ! we come ! to the branches high." How pleasant... | |
| Alexander Falconer Murison - 1884 - 142 pages
...they seeni to say, " Where the topmost twigs in the breezes sway. " Come up, come up, for the Avorld is fair Where the merry leaves dance in the summer...come, to the branches high." How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Flitting about in the leafy tree ; And away through the air what joy to go, And to... | |
| Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 398 pages
...need. not now; And the young and old they wander out, And traverse their green world round about; " Come up, come up, for the world is fair, Where the merry leaves dance in the summer air 1" And the birds below give back the cry, " We come, we come to the branches high!" How pleasant the... | |
| Philip George and son, ltd - 1885 - 104 pages
...they call ! " Come up ! come up ! " they seem to say, " Where the topmost twigs in the breezes sway. " Come up ! come up ! for the world is fair Where the...come, we come to the branches high." How pleasant the lives of the birds must be, Living in love in a leafy tree ! And away through the air what joy to go,... | |
| David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...call : — " Come up, come up !" they seem to say, " where the topmost twigs in the breezes play ! 3 Come up, come up, for the world is fair, where the merry leaves dance in the summer air !" Aud the birds below give back the cry, " We come, we come, to the branches high !" How pleasant... | |
| Oriel readers - 1885 - 200 pages
...lovingly call ; " Come up, come up," they seem to say, " Where the topmost twigs in the breezes sway. 3. " Come up, come up, for the world is fair, Where the merry leaves dance in the summer air ;" FLITTING ABOUT. And the birds below give back the cry, " We come, we come, to the branches high!"... | |
| 1888 - 432 pages
...call ! " Come up ! come up !" they seem to say, " Where the topmost twigs in the breezes sway." 3. " Come up ! come up ! for the world is fair Where the...summer air." And the birds below give back the cry, 4. How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Skimming about on the breezy sea, Cresting the billows... | |
| Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1888 - 436 pages
...call! " Come up! come up !" they seem to say, " Where the topmost twigs in the breezes sway." 3. " Come up ! come up! for the world is fair Where the...summer air." And the birds below give back the cry, 4. How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Skimming about on the breezy sea, Cresting the billows... | |
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