Superstitions about AnimalsW. Scott Publishing Company, Limited, 1904 - 208 من الصفحات |
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... nightingale He coude by an hundred thousand del Singen so wonder merily and wel . " But Phebus possessed more than a crow in a cage . " Now had this Phebus in his hous a wif , Which that he loved more than his lif , And night and day ...
... nightingale He coude by an hundred thousand del Singen so wonder merily and wel . " But Phebus possessed more than a crow in a cage . " Now had this Phebus in his hous a wif , Which that he loved more than his lif , And night and day ...
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... nightingale , Now shalt thou , false thefe , thy song forgon , And eke thy white feathers , everich on , Ne never in all thy lif ne shalt thou speke ; Thus shul men on a traitour ben awreke . Thou and thin ofspring ever shul be blake ...
... nightingale , Now shalt thou , false thefe , thy song forgon , And eke thy white feathers , everich on , Ne never in all thy lif ne shalt thou speke ; Thus shul men on a traitour ben awreke . Thou and thin ofspring ever shul be blake ...
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... atmosphere so gloomy and pathetic . The song of the nightingale , probably for the same reason , has in it a vein of sweet melancholy which is not to be THE SCREECH OWL . 27 found in the song of 26 SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT ANIMALS .
... atmosphere so gloomy and pathetic . The song of the nightingale , probably for the same reason , has in it a vein of sweet melancholy which is not to be THE SCREECH OWL . 27 found in the song of 26 SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT ANIMALS .
الصفحة 53
... your wish will be gratified . But a very ancient tradition insists that in order to obtain good luck , especially in affairs of love , it is necessary to hear the notes of the nightingale first . To go back only to the days of.
... your wish will be gratified . But a very ancient tradition insists that in order to obtain good luck , especially in affairs of love , it is necessary to hear the notes of the nightingale first . To go back only to the days of.
الصفحة 54
... nightingale so lustely sing That with her clere voice she made ring Through all the greene wood wide . ' Ah , good nightingale , ' quod I then , ' A little hast thou ben too long hen , For here hath ben the leud cuckow , And songen ...
... nightingale so lustely sing That with her clere voice she made ring Through all the greene wood wide . ' Ah , good nightingale , ' quod I then , ' A little hast thou ben too long hen , For here hath ben the leud cuckow , And songen ...
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الصفحة 137 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
الصفحة 55 - When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo...
الصفحة 139 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
الصفحة 57 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
الصفحة 124 - There's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream. And the nightingale sings round it all the day long; In the time of my childhood 'twas like a sweet dream To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song.
الصفحة 61 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
الصفحة 192 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
الصفحة 160 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
الصفحة 197 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
الصفحة 89 - And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life...