 That the air is also man's dominion, And that, with paddle or fin or pinion, We soon or late Shall navigate The azure as now we sail the sea. The thing looks simple enough to me; And if you doubt it, Hear how Darius reasoned about it. "Birds can fly,...  National Magazine ... - Page 6671913Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...I? Must we give in," Says he with a grin, " 'T the bluebird an' phcebe Are smarter'n we be ? .lest fold our hands an' see the swaller An' blackbird an' catbird beat us holler ? Does the leetlechatterin', sassy wren. No bigger'n my thumb, know more than men? Jest show me that!... | |
 | John Townsend Trowbridge - Poets, American - 1869 - 192 pages
...The thing looks simple enough to me; And if you doubt it, Hear how Darius reasoned about it. " The birds can fly, An' why can't I? Must we give in," Says he with a grin, " 'T the bluebird an' phcebe Doos the !cetle chatterin', sassy wren, No bigger 'n my thumb, know more than men ? Jest show... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
...you doubt it, Hear how Darius reasoned about it. Says he with a grin, " That the bluebird an' phcebe Are smarter 'n we be ? Jest fold our hands an' see...the swaller An' blackbird an" catbird beat us holler ? Doos the little chatterin', sassy wren, No bigger 'n my thumb, know more than men 7 Jest show me... | |
 | H. L. D. Potter - 1873 - 444 pages
...can fly, An' why can't I ? Must we give in, ' Says he, with a grin, ' That the Hue-bird an' phcebe Are smarter 'n we be ? Jest fold our hands, an' see...swaller An' blackbird an' catbird beat us holler?' " — TBOWBKIDGE. 7. Oral. "She 'perfectly scorned the best of his clan, And reckoned the ninth of... | |
 | John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton - Children's literature - 1867 - 832 pages
...The thing looks simple enough to me; And if you doubt it, Hear how Darius reasoned about it. , i "The birds can fly, An' why can't I ? Must we give in," Says he with a grin, "That the bluebird an' phoebe Are smarter 'n we be ? Jest fold our hands an' see the swaller An' blackbird... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pages
...looks simple enough to mo ; And if you doubt it, Hear how Darins reasoned about it. " The birds can ily an' why can't I ? Must we give in," says he with a grin, " That the bluebird an' phoebe Are smarter 'n we be '{ Jest fold our hands an' see the swaller An'... | |
 | Joseph Wadsworth Keene - Elocution - 1879 - 256 pages
...fur his horrd horrt Torr'd an' futherr'd an' corr'd in a corrt By the women o' Morble'ead ! " "The birds can fly, An' why can't I ? Must we give in," Says he, with a grin, " That the bluebird an' phoebe Are smarter 'n we be?" FALSETTO. "But, ma'am," the steward interfered,... | |
 | Allen Ayrault Griffith - Elocution - 1879 - 348 pages
...The thing looks simple enough to me ; And if you doubt it, Hear how Darius reasoned about it. " The birds can fly, An' why can't I ? Must we give in," Says he with a grin, " That the bluebird an' phcebe Are smarter'n we be? Jest fold our hands an" see the swaller An' blackbird... | |
 | Austin Barclay Fletcher - Elocution - 1881 - 454 pages
...birds can fly an' why can't I? Must we give in," says he with a grin, "That the bluebird an' phosbe Are smarter 'n we be? Jest fold our hands an' see...swaller An' blackbird an' catbird beat us holler? Does the little chatterin', sassv wren, No bigger 'n my thumb, know more than men? Jest show me that... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1882 - 984 pages
...The thins; looks simple enough to me; And if you doubt it, Hear how Darius reasoned about it. ''The birds can fly, An' why can't I? Must we give in," Says he with a grin, " 'T the bluebird an' phcebe Are smarter n we be ? Jest fold our hands an' see the swaller An' blackbird an' catbird beat... | |
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