 THERE is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishoplike he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate...  The Poetical Works of William Cowper - Page 256by William Cowper - 1854Full view - About this book
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...builds in our hollow trees, in our chimneys, in our castles, in our churches, in our cathedrals. There is a bird who, by his coat And by the hoarseness of...Where, bishop-like, he finds a perch And dormitory too. No ruined castle, no cathedral in England, would know itself without its colony, sometimes its huge... | |
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