 Tis a bird I love, with its brooding note, And the trembling throb in its mottled throat; There's a human look in its swelling breast. And the gentle curve of its lowly crest; And I often stop with the fear I feel, He runs so close to the rapid wheel....  Arthur's Home Magazine - Page 2361860Full view - About this book
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - American literature - 1835 - 274 pages
...its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest; And I often stop with the fear I feelHe runs so close to the rapid wheel. Whatever is rung...swings out to the midnight moon— When the sexton cheerly rings for noon— When the clock strikes clear at morning light— When the child is waked... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1835 - 878 pages
...mottled throat ; There's a human Took in its swelling breast. And the gentle curve of its lowly crest ; And I often stop with the fear I feel — He runs...Whatever Is rung on that noisy bell— Chime of the hour, nr funeral knell — The dove in the belfry must hear it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - American poetry - 1837 - 266 pages
...mottled throat ; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest ; And I often stop with the fear I feel — He runs...it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight moonWhen the sexton cheerly rings for noon — When the clock strikes clear at morning light — When... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 328 pages
...mottled throat ; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest ; And I often stop with the fear I feel — He runs...to the rapid wheel. Whatever is rung on that noisy bellChime of the hour or funeral knell — The dove in the belfry must hear it well. When the tongue... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...mottled throat; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest; And I often stop with the fear I feel, He runs so...tongue swings out to the midnight moon, When the sexton checrly rings for noon, When the clock strikes clear at morning light, When the child is waked with... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 614 pages
...mottled throat; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest; And I often stop with the fear I feel, He runs so...it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight raool, When the sexton cheerily rings for noon, When the clock strikes clear at morning light. When... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1843 - 324 pages
...with the fear I feel— He runs so close to the rapid wheel. Whatever is rung on that noisy bellChime of the hour or funeral knell— The dove in the belfry...swings out to the midnight moon— When the sexton cheerly rings for noon— When the clock strikes clear at morning light— When the child is waked... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...mottled throat ; There '» a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest; And I often stop with the fear I feel, He runs so close to the rapid wheel. Whatever is runf on that noisy bell — Chime of the hour, or funeral knell — The dove in the belfry must hear... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1848 - 504 pages
...mottled throat ; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest ; And I often stop with the fear I feel — He runs...swings out to the midnight moon — When the sexton cheerly rings for noon — 119 When the clock strikes clear at morning light — When the child is... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - Bible - 1859 - 290 pages
...mottled throat ; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest ; And I often stop with the fear I feel — He runs...it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight moonWhen the sexton cheerly rings for noon — When the clock strikes clear at morning light — When... | |
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