 | William Cowper - 1854 - 468 pages
...bids him shine, Nor bids him shiue in vain. Ye proud and wealthy, let this theme H. THE JACKDAW. THEEE is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of...indicate From what point blows the weather ; Look up,—your brains begin to swim, 'Tis in the clouds ;—that pleases him, He chooses it the rather.... | |
 | William Cowper - Poetry - 1854 - 488 pages
...thoughts to you, Since such a reptile has its gem, And boasts its splendour too. THE JACKDAW. 1 THERE is a bird, who, by his coat, And by the hoarseness...bishop-like, he finds a perch, And dormitory too. 2 Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pages
...cornicuia, pennas, Qui sic Jiumanis rebas abesse velit. II. THE JACKDAW. TRANSLATION OP THE FOREGOING. THERE is a bird, who, by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow ; A £reat frequenter of the church, Where bishop-like he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1854 - 128 pages
...sound, Ordain them laws. Solomon was the richest monarch that reigned over the Jewish people. There is a bird, who, by his coat And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow. D If the existence of war always implies injustice in one at least of the parties concerned, it is... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - Readers (Secondary) - 1854 - 406 pages
...Threescore summers, when they're gone, Will appear as short as one ! THE JACK-DAW.—COWPER. 1. 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...tibi invideat, felix Cornieula, peimas, (226) II. THE JACKDAW. TRANSLATION OF THE FOIiKGOINd. I. THERE is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his riolw, Might be suppos'da crow ; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishop-like he finds a perch,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 582 pages
...thoughts to you, Since such a reptile has its gem, And boasts its splendour too. THE JACKDAW. THERE is a bird who, by his coat And by the hoarseness of...the church, Where, bishop-like, he finds a perch, Above the steeple ahinea a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 798 pages
...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 - 450 pages
...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 - Birds - 1856 - 598 pages
...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 of...bishop-like, he finds a perch, And dormitory too." 13. THE JAY. Conua Glandarius, LIN. Le Geai, BUF. Her Holzheher, BECH. Description. — This is a beautiful... | |
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THEBE 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 bishop-like he finds a perch, And dormitory too. 
