 | William Hone - Days - 1841 - 894 pages
...howling wind of a bleak winter's night, and the hoarse screeching and mystic hooting of the ominous owl.* WINTER. When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the...his nail, And Tom bears logs into the hall, And milk oomes frozen home in pail ; When blood is nipt, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl,... | |
 | The treasury of wit and anecdote - 1842 - 336 pages
...in her countenance mildness, in her speech wisdom, in her behaviour modesty, and in her life virtue. WINTER. WHEN icicles hang by the wall, And Dick, the...frozen home in pail ; When blood is nipp'd, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Too-whoo ! Too-whit ! Too-whoo ! a merry note ! While... | |
 | Birds - 1842 - 294 pages
...she all esteem absorb : 'Neath the Sun of Righteousness, Which alone hath power to bless, THE OWL. WHEN icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd...And milk comes frozen home in pail. When blood is nipt, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring Owl, Tu-whit, tu-whoo, a merry note, While greasy... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 582 pages
...And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue *, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men,...— O word of fear .' Unpleasing to a married ear. II. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen! s clocks, When turtles tread,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 360 pages
...tree, Mocks marricd men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word of fear, TJnpleasiug to a married ear! III. WINTER, When icicles hang by...logs into the hall, And milk comes frozen home in p-.il , When blood is nipp'd, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, To- who ; Tu-whit,... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1843 - 188 pages
...in spring, summer, and autumn ; and now, at last, comes cold freezing winter. ' When icicles hang hy the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail, And...And milk comes frozen home in pail : When blood is nipt, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tw-who! Tw-whit-tw-who ! a merry note.'... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...And lady-smocks ldl silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight ; The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men,...; — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 pages
...cuckoo, then, on every tree, Mocks married men ; for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — 0 word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! III. Winter....And milk comes frozen home in pail, When blood is nipped, and ways befoul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, To-who ; To-whit, to-who, a merry note,... | |
 | John Mills - 1844 - 272 pages
...A merry party we shall be to-night, and form around a good hearty ENGLISH FIRESIDE." CHAPTER XV. " When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd...frozen home in pail, When blood is nipp'd, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl." NOT a leaf fluttered on bough or twig. It was the depth... | |
 | John Mills - 1844 - 848 pages
...merry party we shall be to-night, and form around a good hearty ENGLISH FIRESIDE." CHAPTER XV. • " When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd...frozen home in pail, When blood is nipp'd, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl." NOT a leaf fluttered on bough or twig. It was the depth... | |
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When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail, And Tom bears logs into the hall. And milk comes frozen home in pail... 
