 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
 | William Cowper - 1896 - 196 pages
...fingers ; But they whom Truth and Wisdom lead, 35 Can gather honey from a weed. THE JACKDAW. THERE is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of...of the church, Where bishop-like he finds a perch, 5 And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 pages
...(He and his house are so combined) If, finding it, he fails to find Its master. THE JACKDAW. THERE is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of...of the church, Where bishop-like he finds a perch, Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 654 pages
...watery glass, And heaven reflected in her face ( THE JACKDAW. [From the Latin of Vincent Bourne.] There is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of...indicate From what point blows the weather ; Look up — your brains begin to swim, Tis in the clouds — that pleases him, He chooses it the rather.... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1902 - 424 pages
...into hendecasyllabics, and whose delightful 'Cornicula' Cowper translated as delightfully : ' There is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow,' etc. Cowper's publisher, Johnson, the Johnson or the ' Olney Hymns ' and of Darwin's ' Botanic Garden,'... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 pages
...All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! On the !""-•: of the Eogal Georye, There is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow. The Jackdaw. (Translation from Vincent Bourne. l See Young, page 312. ' Var. How he esteems your merit.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1186 pages
...more 1 All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! On the Lou of the Royal George. There is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow. The Jackdaw. (Translation from Vincent Bourne. 1 See YounR, page 312. * For. How he esteems your merit.... | |
 | 1904 - 1072 pages
...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 his note, Might be supposed a crow — A great freqnenter of the Church, Where, bishop-like, he finds a perch And dormitory too. No ruined castle,... | |
 | Hendrik Poutsma - 1914 - 728 pages
...sv proper. badger. The badger made his dark hole on the side of every hill. MAC., HisLM bird. There is a bird who by his coat, | And by the hoarseness of his note, | Might be supposed a crow. COWPER, Jackdaw, I. (The masculine pronouns are regularly used in the sequel of the poem.) A bird in... | |
 | Frank F. Gibson - 1904 - 222 pages
...chattering friend, the Jackdaw, is not allowed to go unscathed. Cowper describes it as a bird which " By his coat And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed to be a crow." And he classes him among " Birds obscene of ominous note," a category in which he also... | |
 | Alfred Ainger - 1905 - 436 pages
...Vincent Bourne. Some of us may have read and remembered, I hope, " The Jackdaw " :— THE JACKDAW There is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of...weather; Look up—your brains begin to swim, 'Tis in the clouds—that pleases him, He chooses it the rather! Fond of the speculative height, Thither he wings... | |
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