 | 1844 - 328 sider
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyei below. The cord slides swiftly through his glowing lianda, And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's shrill voice he hears)... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1845 - 662 sider
...Tutto serrato nelle sacre penne, Come a suo nido fa lieto colombo." " So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If...shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest." These " Stanze" were the first example of a happy cultivation of Italian verse in the fifteenth century.... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 sider
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below ; The cord slides quickly through his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. 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... | |
 | 1847 - 906 sider
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below. The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet l*rk, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If, chance, his mate's shrill note... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 sider
...breast, When upward springing, blithe, to greet The purpling east." 11 The sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill note he hear,. And drops at once into her nest." "So have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1854 - 304 sider
...voice he heard He sigh'd and cast his eyes below ; The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And (quick as light'ning) 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,)... | |
 | 1853 - 456 sider
...voice he heard. He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below ; The cord slides swiftly through 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,... | |
 | John Gay - 1854 - 314 sider
...voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below : The cord slides swiftly through 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... | |
 | Douglas William Jerrold - 1854 - 306 sider
...voice he heard He sigh'd and cast his eyes below ; The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And (quick as light'ning) 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,)... | |
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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. 
