 Caw. Thrice happy bird ! I too have seen Much of the vanities of men ; And, sick of having seen 'em, Would cheerfully these limbs resign For such a pair of wings as thine, And such a head between 'em.  Sketches, by a Traveller - Page 85by Silas Pinckney Holbrook - 1830 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...bus'nesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says.. ..what says he ?....Caw. VI. Thrice happy bird ! I too have seen Much of the vanities of men ; And, sick of having seen 'em, Would cheerfully these limbs resign For such a pair of wings as thine, And such a head between... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 pages
...bus'nesses Is no concern at all of his, And says — what says he ? — caw. 6 Thrice happy bird ! I too have seen Much of the vanities of men : And, sick of having seen 'em, Would cheerfully these limbs resiga For such a pair of wings as thine, And such a head between... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...businesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says^-what says he ? — Caw. VI. Thrice haf>py bird ! I -too have seen Much of the vanities of men ; And, sick of having seen 'em, Would cheerfully these limbs resign For such a pair of wings as thine, And such a head between... | |
 | Vincent Bourne - 1808 - 300 pages
...its businesses Are no concern at all of his, And says, what says he ? — Caw. Thrice happy bird ! I too have seen Much of the vanities of men, And sick of having seen 'em, Would chearfully these limbs resign For such a pair of wings as thine, And such a he:,d between... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...businesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says — what says he? — Caw. VI. Thrice happy bird ! I too have seen Much of the vanities of men ; And, sick of having seen 'em, Would cheerfully these limbs resign For such a pair of wings as thine, And such a head between... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 396 pages
...it's businesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says—what says he ?—Caw. VI. Thrice happy bird! I too have seen Much of the vanities of men; And, sick of having seen 'em, Would cheerfully these limbs resign For such a pair of wings as thine, And such a head between... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1814 - 390 pages
...And says—what says he ?—Caw. The Cricket a Harbinger of Good. VI. Thrice happy bird! I too hare seen Much of the vanities of men; And sick of having seen 'em Would cheerfully these limbs resign For such a pair of wings as thine, And such a head between... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Birds - 1815 - 170 pages
...and its bus'nesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says—what says he F Caw. Thrice happy bird ! I too have seen Much of the vanities of men ; And, sick of having seen 'em, Would cheerfully these limbs resign For such a pair of wings as thine, And such a head between... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...and iu businesses Are no concern at all of his, And says— What says he ? Caw. Thrice happy bird ! I too have seen Much of the vanities of men, And, sick of having seen 'em, Would cheerfully these limbs resign For such a pair of wings as thine, And suth a head between... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 252 pages
...its husinesses, Is no concern at all of his, And says — what says he? — Caw. Thrice happy hird ! I too have seen Much of the vanities of men : And, sick of having seen 'em, Would cheerfully these limhs resigu For such a pair of wings as thine, And such a head hetween... | |
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