 | James Thomson - 1863 - 140 oldal
...holly-hedge Nestling repair, and to the thicket some ; Some to the rude protection of the thorn Commit their feeble offspring. The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few, 640 Their food its insects, and its moss their nests. Others, apart, far in the grassy dale, ( )r roughening... | |
 | James Thomson - 1866 - 376 oldal
...holly-hedge Nestling repair, and to the thicket some ; Some to the rude protection of the thorn Commit their feeble offspring. The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few, eio Their food its insects, and its moss their nests. Others, apart, far in the grassy dale, Or roughening... | |
 | James Thomson - 1868 - 416 oldal
...holly-hedge Nestling repair, and to the thicket some ; Some to the rude protection of the thorn Commit their feeble offspring : the cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few, 640 Their food its insects, and its moss their nests. Others apart far in the grassy dale, Or roughening... | |
 | James Thomson - 1869 - 178 oldal
...Nestling repair, and to the thicket some ; Some to the rude protection of th* Uiorn 635 •Commit their feeble offspring. The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment...dale, Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave. 640 But most in woodland solitudes delight, In unfrequented glooms, or shaggy banks, Steep, and divided... | |
 | 1869 - 392 oldal
...continues to be nourished. NATURAL HISTOET. 290 " Some to the rude protection of the thorn Commit their feeble offspring : the cleft tree Offers its kind...Their food its insects, and its moss their nests." — THOMSON. 960. Why do the number of eggs laid by the different species of birds vary so considerably... | |
 | 1870 - 154 oldal
...holly-hedge Nestling repair, and to the thicket some ; Some to the rude protection of the thorn Commit their feeble offspring. The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment...grassy dale, Or roughening waste, their humble texture weare. But most in woodland solitudes delight, In unfrequented glooms, or shaggy banks, Steep, and... | |
 | 1871 - 630 oldal
...Nations. " Some to the rude protection of the thorn Commit their feeble offspring; the cleft tree Olicrs its kind concealment to a few, Their food its insects, and its moss their nest." Thomson. SECRET. CLANDESTINE. CLANDESTINE (clandestin-us, claim, secretly) is less wide, but... | |
 | James Thomson - 1873 - 758 oldal
...Nestling repair, and to the thicket some ; Some to the rude protection of the thorn . Commit their feeble offspring : the cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few, 040 Their food its insects, and its moss their nests. Others apart far in the grassy dale, Or roughening... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 oldal
...moisture, o'er the heads Of the coy quiristers that lodge within, Are prodigal of harmony. THOMSON. The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few...Their food its insects, and its moss their nests. THOMSON. Through the soft silence of the listening night The sober-suited songstress trills her lay.... | |
 | T W M - 1876 - 264 oldal
...holly-hedge Nestling repair, and to the thicket some ; Some to the rude protection of the thorn Commit their feeble offspring : The cleft tree Offers its kind...delight, In unfrequented glooms, or shaggy banks, Steep, aud divided by a babbling brook, Whose murmurs soothe them all the live-long day, When by kind duty... | |
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Nestling repair, and to the thicket some ; Some to the rude protection of the thorn Commit their feeble offspring : the cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few, Their food its insects, and its moss their nests. Others apart far in the grassy dale,... 
