 | William Cowper - 1856 - 512 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...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...shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate Prom what point blows the weather : Look up — your brains begin to swim, Tis in the clouds — that... | |
 | John Edward Jackson - 1857 - 52 pages
...reverend gentlemen, whether living or dead, were never allowed to have the Priory all to themselves. There is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his nott» Might be supposed a crow: A great frequenter of the church, AVhere canon-like he finds a perch,... | |
 | George Augustus Sala - 1860 - 276 pages
...half-buffoon like, and which always makes me think of Yiftny .Bournes' lines on the jackdaw : — " There is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, You might proclaim a crow." My good friend, Mr. Lumley of her Majesty's Theatre, is good enough at... | |
 | George Augustus H.F. Sala - 1860 - 278 pages
...half-buffoon like, and which always makes me think of Vinny Bournes' lines on the jackdaw : — " There is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, You might proclaim a crow." My good friend, Mr. Lumley of her Majesty's Theatre, is good enough at... | |
 | English poetry - 1861 - 300 pages
...finds a pereh, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indieate From what point blows the weather ; Look up — your brains begin to swim, 'Tis in the elouds — that pleases him, He ehooses it the rather. The Fond of the speeulativo height. Thither... | |
 | English poetry - 1861 - 304 pages
...note, Might be suppos'da erow ; A great frequenter of the ehureh, Where bishop-like he finds a pereh, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate. That turns and turns, to indieate From what point blows the weather; Look up—your brains begin to swim, 'Tis in the elouds—that... | |
 | George Kearley - Zoology - 1862 - 356 pages
...undoubtedly is, and a near ally of the Jackdaw (Cor»i« moneditla), which, as Cowper reminds us, is — " A great frequenter of the church, Where, bishop-like, he finds a perch, And dormitory t"Q ;" HABITS OF THE MAGPIE. 205 but between this zealous church-goer and the wood-haunting Jay, stands... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 pages
...end mel'-o-dy, music phil-o-soph'-ie, like a philosopher re-pi'-ning, fretting pate, the head There is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness...the weather ; Look up — your brains begin to swim, 'T is in the clouds — that pleases him ; He chooses it the rather. Fond of the speculative height,... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1863 - 358 pages
...playful lines, so admirably rendered by Cowper, here occur to memory ; let us repeat them : — There is a bird who, by his coat, And by the hoarseness...And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, Which turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather ; Look up — your brains begin... | |
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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. 
