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... looks of tender affection . Often , concealed beneath the veil of night , did she listen to his melancholy songs , and though incapable of being inspired with their force and meaning , she could drink delight from his pathetic voice ...
... looks of tender affection . Often , concealed beneath the veil of night , did she listen to his melancholy songs , and though incapable of being inspired with their force and meaning , she could drink delight from his pathetic voice ...
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... look for brighter tints of yellow above the bill , under the throat , and on the pinion of the wing , for no matter what is the general colour of the bird , the cock invariably shows bright markings in these places , while the hens are ...
... look for brighter tints of yellow above the bill , under the throat , and on the pinion of the wing , for no matter what is the general colour of the bird , the cock invariably shows bright markings in these places , while the hens are ...
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... look at the bird occasionally at night , that the nuisance may be abated before it is too late . If the cage , in which this pestilence breaks out , is not very C valuable , burn it at once ; if too valuable THE CANARY . 17.
... look at the bird occasionally at night , that the nuisance may be abated before it is too late . If the cage , in which this pestilence breaks out , is not very C valuable , burn it at once ; if too valuable THE CANARY . 17.
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... looks he at woman's eyes and flowing ringlets , and listens to her musical voice . His love does not spring into vital spontaneity from his moral instincts ; it is not an inspira- tion struck into life by spiritual sympathy with woman's ...
... looks he at woman's eyes and flowing ringlets , and listens to her musical voice . His love does not spring into vital spontaneity from his moral instincts ; it is not an inspira- tion struck into life by spiritual sympathy with woman's ...
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... looks and dew - soft words , And beauty that might make a monarch pale , And thrill him to the heart's core with a touch , Smile him to paradise at close of eve , To hang upon my lips in silver dreams . It is said that Homer was never ...
... looks and dew - soft words , And beauty that might make a monarch pale , And thrill him to the heart's core with a touch , Smile him to paradise at close of eve , To hang upon my lips in silver dreams . It is said that Homer was never ...
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Page 133 - In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the pass!
Page 205 - One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime.
Page 168 - ... rapidity. He repeats the tune' taught him by his master, though of considerable length, fully and faithfully. He runs over the quiverings of the canary, and the clear whistlings of the Virginia nightingale or red-bird, with such superior execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat, by redoubling his exertions.
Page 63 - Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, Like the heaven above.
Page 40 - To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler! that love-prompted strain, 'Twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond, Thrills not the less the bosom of the plain: Yet might'st thou seem, proud privilege! to sing All independent of the leafy spring.
Page 133 - The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Page 168 - Bird, which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows, or the cackling of hens ; amidst the simple melody of the...
Page 29 - THE lark is singing in the blinding sky, Hedges are white with May. The bridegroom sea Is toying with the shore, his wedded bride, And, in the fulness of his marriage joy, He decorates her tawny brow with shells, Retires a space, to see how fair she looks, Then proud runs up to kiss her.
Page 166 - ... and even handsome. The ease, elegance and rapidity of his movements, the animation of his eye, and the intelligence he displays in listening and laying up lessons from almost every species of the feathered creation within his hearing, are really surprising, and mark the peculiarity of his genius.
Page 166 - ... dewy morning, while the woods are already vocal with a multitude of warblers, his admirable song rises preeminent over every competitor. The ear can listen to his music alone, to which that of all the others seems a mere accompaniment.