 | 1831 - 272 pages
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below : The cords dide swiftly through his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the...pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill voice he hear, And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet, Might' envy... | |
 | 1831 - 260 pages
...in mind of those pretty lines in the song uncle sings, Black-eyed Susan, you know, where it says, ' So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If but his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest.' ' But where is his nest, Fanny... | |
 | 1834 - 480 pages
...voice he heard, He sighed, and cast his eyes below ; The cord glides swiftly through his glowing hands And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If, chance, his mate's shrill call he hears,)... | |
 | 1834 - 358 pages
...upon the yard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below: The cords slide quickly thro' his glowing hands, And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high-poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear,... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...voice he heard. He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below ; 'fleeord slides quickly through his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. So...pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (W chance his mate's shrill call he hear,) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in... | |
 | Vincent Bourne - 1840 - 374 pages
...through his glowinghands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's shrill note he hear) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy... | |
 | Vincent Bourne, John Mitford - 1840 - 376 pages
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below. The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's shrill note he hear) And... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below : The cord slides swiftly through his gfowing hands. lone ; his subtle approach, first gazing, then speaking...attained to human speech, and such understanding, not Ihe British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet. " О Susan, Susan, lovely dear, My vows... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pages
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below : The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, s by Philips against Blackmore. The poem, if recoverable, would be a cu poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's shrill call he hear,) And... | |
 | George Dixon - 1842 - 134 pages
...voice he heard, He sigh'd and cast his eyes below. The cords slide quickly through his glowing handi, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Sets close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill voice he hear, And drops at once... | |
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So the sweet lark, high poised in air. Shuts close his pinions to his breast (If, chance, his mate's shrill call he hear), And drops at once into her nest. 
