28. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast (Pentam.), If chance his mate's shrill note he hear, And drops at once into her nest. 29. Nations behold, remote from reason's beams (ellip.), Where Indian Ganges rolls his... New Latin Tutor ... - Página 322por Frederick Percival Leverett - 1833Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
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...The cord slides quickly through his glowing hands, And (quick as lightning) on the dock he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If chance his mate's shrill call he hear,) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in... | |
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...loud blast whistles o'er the echoing shore; Rustle the murmuring woods, the rising billows roar. 48. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill note he hear, And drops at once into her nest. 4 I. Nations behold, remote... | |
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...The cord slides swiftly through his glovirç : hands, And, quick as lightning, on the deck ie stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the... | |
 | J. C. - 1860 - 220 páginas
...The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands. And (quick as lightning) on the deck he stands. f So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, (If chanco his mate's shrill call he hear,) And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 páginas
...William, who high upon the yard Rock'd with the billow to and fro, Soon as her well-known voice he heard So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest:— The noblest captain in... | |
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...: The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest:— The noblest captain in... | |
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...slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So sweet the lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast — J If chance his mate's shrill call he hear— And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain... | |
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...The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. 3. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast ^^^P ^BW^P^BW^ / 8. The boatswain gave the dreadful word, The sails their swelling bosom spread; No... | |
 | 1863 - 982 páginas
...below: The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast-" ' If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest: — The noblest captain... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1864 - 758 páginas
...scosse, e giu calossi a piombo. Tutto serrato nelle sacre penne, Come a suo nido fa lieto Colombo." " So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest." These " Stanze" were the... | |
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