 | John Aikin - 1810 - 386 sider
...thro' his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark high pois'd in air Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy... | |
 | 1810 - 430 sider
...from his aerial region plump into the Canongate Tolbooth ! " So the siy lark, hfgh poiitd in o\r, , Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill voice he hear, , And drops at once into her nest." • After a lively and spirited sketch of the "... | |
 | Roundelay - 1815 - 260 sider
...with the billows to ami fro, Soon us her well-known voice he heard, So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast. If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 320 sider
...through his glowing hand;, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest: The noblest captain in the British fleet, Might envy... | |
 | 1817 - 494 sider
...direction, unless when it is alarmed or attracted by its mate, when it drops to the earth like a stone. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close...pinions to his breast. If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest. When it begins to rise, its notes are feeble and interrupted... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 sider
...his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. t So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's shrill call he hear), And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 sider
...through his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high pois'd joy'd, Of lust and love, with their fantastic train, Tiii'ir wishes, smiles call he hear) And drops at once into her nest. Tin1 noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1824 - 586 sider
...scosse, e giu calossi a piomboj Tutto serrate nelle sacre penne, Come a suo nido fa lieto Colombo.' ' So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close...pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest.' These ' Stanze' were the first example of a happy cultiva->... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 364 sider
...his glowing hands., And (quick as lightning) on the duck he stands. So the sweet lark, high pois'd in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's shrill call he hear) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sider
...through his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high pois'd t Heav'n to bring, Where all his sons thy embassy attend: And here art lik call he hear), And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy... | |
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So the sweet lark, high poised in air. Shuts close his pinions to his breast (If, chance, his mate's shrill call he hear), And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet. 
