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" His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze : He did not cease ; but cooed — and cooed ; And somewhat pensively he wooed : He sang of love with quiet blending, Slow to begin, and never ending ; Of serious faith and inward glee... "
British Birds in Their Haunts - Page 324
by Charles Alexander Johns - 1862 - 626 pages
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Poems, in Two Volumes,

William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1807 - 358 pages
...Night, And steady bliss, and all the Loves Now sleeping in these peaceful groves ! .1 heard a Stockdove sing or say His homely tale, this very day. His voice...buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze : He did not cease; but coo'd — and coo'd; And somewhat pensively he woo'd : He sang of love with...
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Poems in 2 Vols., Reprinted Original Ed. of 1807 Ed. with Note on ..., Volume 2

William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 pages
...Night, And steady bliss, and all the Loves Now sleeping in these peaceful groves ! I heard a Stockdove sing or say His homely tale, this very day. His voice...buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze : He did not cease ; bat coo'd — and coo'd ; And somewhat pensively he woo'd : He sang of love with...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...Night ; And steady bliss, and all the loves Now sleeping in these peaceful Groves. 1 heard a Stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this very day. His voice...buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze : He did not cease ; but coo'd — and coo'd ; And somewhat pensively he woo'd : He sang of love with...
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Poems by William Wordsworth: Including Lyrical Ballads, and the ..., Volume 1

William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...Night ; And steady bliss, and all the loves Now sleeping in these peaceful Groves. 1 heard a Stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this very day. His voice...buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze : He did not cease ; but coo'd — and coo'd ; And somewhat pensively he woo'd : He sang of love with...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 26

England - 1829 - 1008 pages
...faculty is, as to prove that lie himself is possessed of \x. He remarks upon the following couplet : " His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze;" " A metaphor expressing the love of seclusion by which this bird (the stockdove) is marked, and characterising...
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The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth, Volume 2

William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 372 pages
...Night ; And steady bliss, and all the loves Now sleeping in these peaceful Groves. 1 heard a Stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this very day, His voice...buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze : He did not cease ; but cooed — and cooed ; And somewhat pensively he wooed : He sang of love with...
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The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth, Volume 1

William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 378 pages
...will pass to those of sound : « Over his own sweet voice the Stock-dove broods ;" of the same bird, " His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze;" " O, Cuckoo ! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice?" The Stock-dove is said to coo, a sound...
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 2

William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...Night ; And steady bliss, and all the loves Now sleeping in these peaceful Groves. 1 heard a Stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this very day ; His voice...buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze : He did not cease ; but cooed — and cooed ; And somewhat pensively he wooed : He sang of love with...
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 1

William Wordsworth - 1827 - 418 pages
...will pass to those of sound: " Over his own sweet voice the Stock-dove broods;" of the same bird, " His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze;" « O, Cuckoo ! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice?" The Stock-dove is said to coo, a...
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Ornithologia, Or The Birds: A Poem, in Two Parts with an ..., Parts 1-2

James Jennings - Birds - 1828 - 526 pages
...the columba livia, or ROCK-DOVE, to which the reverend gentleman has alluded. I heard a Stock-dove sing or say, His homely tale this very day ; His voice...buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze : He did not cease ; but cooed and cooed ; And somewhat pensively he wooed ; He sang of love with quiet...
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