 | William Draper Swan - 1851 - 442 страница
...storm Howl round his home, but he remembers it, And thinks upon the suffering mariner. A Bird's Nest. It wins my admiration To view the structure of that...glue to join ; his little beak was all ; And yet how nicely finished ! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty years' apprenticeship... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1851 - 446 страница
...other birds'."* From the eggs, we are naturally led to speak of the nest, that miracle of instinct. "A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without ! No...nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join j — his little beak was all ; And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand, With all the implements... | |
 | 350 страница
...let those who steal birds' nests commit to memory these lines: " It wins my admiration To view tho structure of that little work— A bird's nest. Mark it well within, without; No tool had lie that wrought; no knife to cut; No miil to fix ; no bodkin to insert; No glue to join ; hia little... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 страница
...song twitter'd to dawning day. Bat most of all it wins my admiration, To view the structure of this little work, A bird's nest. Mark it well, within,...join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly h'nish'd ! What nice hand, With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years' apprenticeship... | |
 | Duty - 1853 - 228 страница
...when the lion shall lie down with the lamb, and a little child shall lead them. T. BIRDS' NESTING. "It wins my admiration, To View the structure of that...And yet how neatly finished ! what nice hand, With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years apprenticeship to boot, Could make me such another... | |
 | Mary (aunt, pseud.) - 1853 - 176 страница
...needle, it will sew these large leaves together to hide its nest, and sew them very neatly too." " It wins my admiration To view the structure of that...— his little beak was all : And yet, how neatly finish'd ! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty years' apprenticeship... | |
 | Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll.) - 1853 - 194 страница
...which so naturally spring from the contemplation of such a subject as the " Nests of Birds :" — " It wins my admiration To view the structure of that...glue to join ; his little beak was all : And yet how nicely finished ! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty years' apprenticeship... | |
 | 1853 - 428 страница
...sunshine and the laughing sky." The act of nidification is, indeed, a wonderful contrivance of nature. " Mark it well, within, without ; No tool had he that...join ; his little beak was all. And yet, how neatly finish'd ! What nice hand, With ev*ry implement and means of art, And twenty years' apprenticeship... | |
 | 1853 - 422 страница
...sunshine and the laughing sky." The act of nidification is, indeed, a wonderful contrivance of nature. " Mark it well, within, without ; No tool had he that...join ; his little beak was all. And yet, how neatly finish'd ! What nice hand, With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years' apprenticeship... | |
 | Francis Channing Woodworth - 1854 - 346 страница
...familiar and confiding disposition. And their nests, too ! How curious, how wonderful they are ! " It wins my admiration To view the structure of that...bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without; No tool hath he that wrought; no knife to cut; If o nail to fix ; no bodkin to insert ; No glue to join ; his... | |
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To view the structure of this little work, A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without. No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finish'd ! What nice... 
