 | John Milton - 1826 - 360 pages
...Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine. Or the twisted...the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before: Oft list'ning how the hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid goo"d-morro\v, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted...the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before : Oft listening how the hounds and horn Cbeerly rouse the... | |
 | James Lawson Drummond - 1826 - 420 pages
...flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at...sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine. Who, when impearl'd with dew-drop's radiancy, Its petals breathed perfume, while he did strain His... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1826 - 892 pages
...rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the...the rear of darkness thin ; And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before. Oft listening now the hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow. And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-brier, nour 1 bear them) INSCRIBED ; Aud to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before. Oft listening now the hounds... | |
 | James Jennings - Birds - 1828 - 526 pages
...peer For crowing loud, the noble Chanticleer." — DRVOEN. MILTON has also finely described this bird. "While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear...stack, or the barn door, Stoutly struts his dames hefore." — L'ALLEGRO. Of the game of cock-fighting, I can only say, that it is a harbarous sport,... | |
 | James Jennings (of Huntspill.) - 1828 - 528 pages
...For crowing loud, the noble Chanticleer." — URYDEN. MILTON has also finely described this hird. " While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin; And to the stack, or the harn door, Stoutly struts his dames before." — L'ALLEGRo. Of the game of cocle-fighting, I can only... | |
 | Zoology - 1829 - 494 pages
...rounder, of a speckled reddish-brown colour. They are reckoned a very delicate food. THE COMMON COCK. While the Cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear...or the barn door, Stoutly struts, his dames before. MILTON. THIS bird is so well known, that it would be lost labour to say much of him. His plumage is... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 878 pages
...rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the...the rear of darkness thin ; And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before. Oft listening now the hounds and horn Cbeerly rouse the... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet briar, or the vine, Or tie twisted eglantine : While the cock, with lively din,...the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before : Oft listening how the hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the... | |
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To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted... 
