 | 1824 - 496 strani
...alter'd is bis taste, Quits mutton-bones, on grass to IV.isf. Behold the rooks, bow odd their night, They imitate the gliding kite, And seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt (he piercing ball. The tender colts on back do lie, Nor heed the traveller passing by. \S\jiery red... | |
 | 1824 - 452 strani
...blackbird's voice is shrill. My dog, so alter'd in his taste, Quits mutton-bones, on grass to feast ; And see, yon rooks, how odd their flight. They imitate...with sorrow ; Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. Jf.it. Go*. 130 Southampton 33ar*©ate. 137 THE grand and venerable Bar-gate of Southampton is universally... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1825 - 414 strani
...their misdeeds. F 2 ASSIGNATION. PIMPERNEL.—Anagallis. " Clos'd is the pink-ey'd pimpernel. ***** Twill surely rain, I see, with sorrow ; Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow." Dr. Jenner. This sensitive little flower is made the symbol of assignation, because the closing of... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 strani
...dog, so alter'd is his taste, Quits mutton-bones, on grast to feast. Behold the rooks, how odd '.heir flight They imitate the gliding kite, And seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. The tender colts on back do lie, Nor heed the traveller passing by. In ßery red the sun doth rite,... | |
 | 1863 - 376 strani
...hills are looking nigh ; Hark, how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack ; And see yon rooks how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite, Or seem precipitate to fall As if they felt the piercing ball ; How restless are the snorting swine,... | |
 | 1827 - 932 strani
...29- The mellow blackbird's voice is, shrill. 30. My dog, so alter'd in his taste, Quits mutton-bones, on grass to feast ; 31. And see yon rooks how odd...with sorrow ; Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. INDEX. umwiiuu, M> ; oursung 01 me raodington canal, 68 ; R. Gower and bis wife drowned, 69 j scaffold... | |
 | Thomas Furly Forster - 1827 - 522 strani
...voice is shrill. The dog, so alter'd is his taste, Quits mutton bones, on grass to feast. Behold the rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding...precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. The tender colts on back do lie, Nor heed the traveller passing by. In fiery red the sun doth rise,... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1829 - 442 strani
...winds begin to blow, The clouds look black, the glass is low ; Closed is the pink-ey'd Pimpernel!, 'Twill surely rain ; I see, with sorrow, Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. Da. JENVER. THIS beautiful little plant, whose sensitive flowers form the peasant's barometer, is frequently... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 878 strani
...dog, so alter'd is his taste, Quits mutton-bones, on grass to feast. Behold the rooks, how odd '.heir flight They imitate the gliding kite, And seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball . The tender colts on back do lit, Nor heed the traveller passing by. In fiery red the mn doth rite,... | |
 | 1830 - 632 strani
...sensitive property escaped tb« observation of the Mate Rutlicfi : " Clos'd is the pink-eyed Pimpernel : 'Twill surely rain. I see, with sorrow, Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow." • " And Pimpernel, whose brilliant flow'r Closes against the approaching show'r, Warning the swain... | |
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Quits mutton-bones on grass to feast ; And see yon rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite, And seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. 'Twill surely rain, I see with sorrow, Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow. 
