 And the milky beech-nut is his bread and his wine. In the joy of his nature he frisks with a bound To the topmost twigs, and then down to the ground ; Then up again, like a winged thing, And from tree to tree with a vaulting spring ; Then he sits up aloft,...  Parley's Magazine - Page 3501836Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Thomas Nelson (and sons, ltd.) - 1865 - 112 pages
...a bound To the topmost twigs, and then down to the ground; Then up again, like a winged thing, And from tree to tree with a vaulting spring; Then he...cracks his nut : And thus he lives the long summer through, Without a care or thought of sorrow. So he finds a hole in an old tree's core, And there makes... | |
 | Europe - 1870 - 108 pages
...a bound To the topmost twigs, and then down to the ground ; Then up again, like a winged thing, And from tree to tree with a vaulting spring ; Then he...follow me here ! ' And then he grows pettish and stamps with his foot ; And then independently cracks his nut ; And thus he lives the long summer through Without... | |
 | James Colville - 1872 - 116 pages
...then down to the ground. Then up again, like a wing-ed thing, And from tree to tree with a bounding spring ; Then he sits up aloft, and looks wag-gish...and queer, As if he would say, "Ay! follow me here." But, small as he is, he knows he may want In the bleak winter wea-ther, when food is scant ; So he... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1873 - 136 pages
...a bound To the topmost twigs, and then down to the ground ; Then up again, like a winged thing, And from tree to tree with a vaulting spring ; Then he...thought of sorrow. But small as he is, he knows he may want, In the bleak winter weather, when food is scant; So he finds a hole in an old tree's. core, And... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1874 - 168 pages
...then down to the ground ; Then up again, like a winged thing, And from tree to tree with a bounding spring ; Then he sits up aloft, and looks waggish and queer, As if he would say, " Well, follow me here ! " And then he grows pettish, and stamps his foot, And looking down on us he... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 242 pages
...a bound To the topmost twigs, and then down to the ground ; Then up again like a winged thing, And from tree to tree with a vaulting spring ; Then he...then he grows pettish, and stamps his foot ; And then with a chatter, he cracks his nut ; And thus he lives all the long summer through, Without either a... | |
 | Beata Francis - 1881 - 280 pages
...a bound To the topmost twigs, and then down to the ground ; Then up again, like a winged thing, And from tree to tree with a vaulting spring; Then he...follow me here ! " And then he grows pettish and stamps with his foot, And then independently cracks his nut; And thus he lives the long summer through Without... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1882 - 148 pages
...then down to the ground ; Then up again, like a winged thing, And from tree to tree with a bounding spring ; Then he sits up aloft, and looks waggish and queer, As if he would say, " Well, follow me here ! " And then he grows pettish, and stamps his foot, And looking down on us he... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1884 - 142 pages
...then down to the ground ; Then up again, like a winged thing, And from tree to tree with a bounding spring ; Then he sits up aloft, and looks waggish and queer, As if he would say, " Well, follow me here ! " And then he grows pettish, and stamps his foot, And looking down on us he... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1885 - 104 pages
...a bounding spring; Then he sits up aloft, and looks waggish6 and queer, As if he would say, " Well, follow me here ! " And then he grows pettish, and stamps his foot ; And, looking down on us, he cracks his nut. But small as he is, he knows he may want In the bleak winter... | |
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