Birds and bird-life, by F.T. Buckland and other naturalists |
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Σελίδα 29
... branch of a tree , or on a thorny bush , but soars in successive flights , ever higher and higher , into the air , as if the longer it sang the more desirous it grew to reach the heavens , and meant in this way to show in whose honour ...
... branch of a tree , or on a thorny bush , but soars in successive flights , ever higher and higher , into the air , as if the longer it sang the more desirous it grew to reach the heavens , and meant in this way to show in whose honour ...
Σελίδα 31
... branches-- looking out sharp for a catch , which they very seldom missed . It was very amusing to watch the jealousy with which they always drove the tomtits away from their feast . These poor little fellows soon found out that nuts ...
... branches-- looking out sharp for a catch , which they very seldom missed . It was very amusing to watch the jealousy with which they always drove the tomtits away from their feast . These poor little fellows soon found out that nuts ...
Σελίδα 62
... branches of one of them . When the " game " approaches , he flings a stick down at it ; the poor little thing mistakes the missile for an enemy , perhaps a hawk , and dodging down between the trees to avoid it , pops into signor's net ...
... branches of one of them . When the " game " approaches , he flings a stick down at it ; the poor little thing mistakes the missile for an enemy , perhaps a hawk , and dodging down between the trees to avoid it , pops into signor's net ...
Σελίδα 127
... branches of the elm , and swim for the first time in the air . Just when the ' critical moment of joy at the perfect success of a hatch has come , and father and grandfather , the young couple now proud of their firstlings , and the ...
... branches of the elm , and swim for the first time in the air . Just when the ' critical moment of joy at the perfect success of a hatch has come , and father and grandfather , the young couple now proud of their firstlings , and the ...
Σελίδα 133
... branches . They were somewhat shy at first ; but when they found they were not molested , they became bolder , and would even come and work away with their bills whilst the children were playing on the grass - plot beneath . One thing ...
... branches . They were somewhat shy at first ; but when they found they were not molested , they became bolder , and would even come and work away with their bills whilst the children were playing on the grass - plot beneath . One thing ...
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Σελίδα 72 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Σελίδα 146 - Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Σελίδα 204 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Σελίδα 144 - But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth.
Σελίδα 26 - Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth. O'er fell and fountain sheen, O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds...
Σελίδα 22 - Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still!
Σελίδα 234 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Σελίδα 19 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Σελίδα 25 - Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
Σελίδα 29 - I will bless the Lord at all times : His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 0 magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.