 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 London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art ... - Strona 751pod redakcją Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | William Cowper - 1855 - Liczba stron: 798
...felix Cornicula, pennu, Qui sic humanis rebusso velit (226) II. THE JACKDAW. TRANSLATION OF THE t'O I. 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... | |
 | John Barrow - 1855 - Liczba stron: 450
...the quadrangular gables of a lofty steeple. It may be said of this bird, as of the crow, that he is " A great frequenter of the church, Where bishop-like he finds a perch And dormitory too." I remember seeing a crow's nest on the apex of one of the towers of the church at Zurich. The road... | |
 | Johann Matthäus Bechstein - 1856 - Liczba stron: 598
...in a poem by VINCENT BOUBNE, well rendered by Cowper. We have only space for the first verse : — " There is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness...bishop-like, he finds a perch, And dormitory too." 13. THE JAY. Corma Glandarius, LIN. Le Geai, BUF. Der Hohheher, BECH. Description. — This is a beautiful... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - Liczba stron: 474
...and be at rest. La, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderneSR."— Pialm Iv. 6, 7. THERE is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness...Where, bishop-like, he finds a perch And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns, and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather,... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1856 - Liczba stron: 430
...cornicula, pennas, Qui sic humauis rebus abesse velit. II. THE JACKDAW. TRANSLATION OF THE FOREGOING. THERE is a bird, who, by his coat, And by the hoarseness...Where bishop-like he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns to indicate From what point blows the weather:... | |
 | 1856 - Liczba stron: 518
...another ?" Oh ! oh ! Orator Puff, One voice for an orator's surely enough. THOMAS MOOEE. 4. THE JACKDAW. THERE is a bird, who, by his coat, And by the hoarseness...bishop-like, he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns, and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - Liczba stron: 120
...thee will choose to live. HILTON. The Jackdaw. (Translated from the Latin of Vincent Bourne.) THEEE is a bird, who by his coat, And by the- hoarseness...Where bishop-like he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - Liczba stron: 512
...Cornicula, pennas, Qui sic humams rebus abesse velit. 167 II. THE JACKDAW. TRANSLATION OF THE FOREGOING. 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... | |
 | Durack - 1857 - Liczba stron: 128
...invidcat, felix Cornicula, pennas, Qui sic humanis rebus abesse velit. VINCENT BOURNE. THE JACKDAW. There is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness...Where bishoplike he finds a perch And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather.... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - Liczba stron: 428
...the diadem, boundless the sway, Or kingly the death, which awaits us to-day ! BYRON. 3. THE JACKDAW. THERE is a bird, who, by his coat, And by the hoarseness...Where, bishoplike, he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate Prom what point blows the weather... | |
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