 And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring sail goes round ; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock hath sung beneath the thatch...  Poems - 17. oldalszerző: Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 374 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1881 - 502 oldal
...WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off stream is dumb, And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring sail goes round ; Alone and warming nis five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells... | |
 | William Langland - 1881 - 288 oldal
...etynge and in handlynge • and in alle thi fyue wittis.' Compare Tennyson's Song of the Owl: — ' Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits.' 17. Hyghte, commanded. To help yow of, to provide you with. 20. In comune three thinges, three things... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 oldal
...When cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off stream is dumb, And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring...warming his five wits. The white owl in the belfry sits. k. TENNYSON— Song. The Owl. The lady Cynthia, mistress of the shade, Goes, with the fashionable owls,... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 oldal
...cats run homo and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground. And the tar-oft' stream is dumb, And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring sail goes round; Alone and warming his five wits, Th« white owl iu the belfry sits. A.-. TENNYSON - Sony. The Uwl. The lady Cynthia, mistress of the... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 oldal
...When cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off stream is dumb, π ( - fivo wits, The white owl iu tlio belfry sits. k. TENNYSON— Song. The Owl. The lady Cynthia, mistress... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 656 oldal
...the cock hath sung beneath the thateh Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay ; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. SECOND SONG. TO THE SAME. I. fln- tuwhits are lull'd, I wot, ,Thy tuwhoos of yesternight, Which upon... | |
 | 1887 - 446 oldal
...nearly approaching ourselves have five. The owl has been credited with five senses and extra wisdom : " Alone, and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits." But at least one half of the animals do not possess these advantages ; and none possess them all in... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1884 - 340 oldal
...WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off stream is dumb, And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring...warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. II. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock hath sung... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1884 - 136 oldal
...the cock hath sung beneath the thatch Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay ; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits, SECOND SONG. TO THE SAME. THY tuwhits are lull'd, I wot, Thy tuwhoos of yesternight, Which upon the... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1884 - 346 oldal
...the cock hath sung beneath the thatch, Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay ; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits." Tennyson has not directly celebrated any of the more famous birds, but his poemg contain frequent allusion... | |
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