 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
 | 1918 - 2030 pages
...rivers fair: Nature is always wise in every part. Edward Hovdl-Thurlaw [1781-1829] THE JACKDAW THERE is a bird, who by his coat. And by the hoarseness...to 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.... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1921 - 450 pages
...billows and the sky. (1770) THE JACKDAW WILLIAM COWPER (From a Latin poem by Vincent Bourne) 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 bishop-like he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - 1923 - 528 pages
...Vincent Bourne) There is a bird who, by his coat And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be suppos'da crow ; A great frequenter of the church, Where, bishop-like,...to 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.... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - 1923 - 524 pages
...once of Tiny's box, Must soon partake his grave. The Jackdaw (From the Latin of Vincent Bourne) There is a bird who, by his coat And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be suppos'da crow ; A great frequenter of the church, Where, bishop-like, he finds a perch, And dormitory... | |
 | William Cowper - 1889 - 578 pages
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 | 1924 - 792 pages
...the twist." Learn to unearth, learn to unravel, lest you lose the auspicious union and indicant — "That turns and turns to indicate From what point blows the weather." In influenza the interval of partial and dissembling exemption from pneumonia is so brief and uncertain,... | |
 | Edmondstoune Duncan - 1927 - 634 pages
...Portsmouth harbour while being careened, and almost a thousand men were lost. 478. The Jackdaw THERE is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness...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.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1933 - 200 pages
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 | Lafcadio Hearn - 1934 - 784 pages
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 | William Cowper - 1934 - 726 pages
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