The lyric lark, and the grave whispering dove, The sparrow that neglects his life for love, The household bird with the red stomacher; Thou mak'st the blackbird speed as soon As doth the goldfinch, or the halcyon... The New Review - Página 1991893Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1889 - 418 páginas
...an Epithalamium addresses Saint Valentine, upon whose day all birds select their mates, as follows : Hail, Bishop Valentine ! whose day this is ; All the...choristers And other birds are thy parishioners ; Thou marriest every year The lyric lark, and the grave, whispering dove ; The sparrow that neglects his... | |
| 1857 - 660 páginas
...became the king's prot¿y¿, was ready with an address — "Hail, Bishop Valentine! whoso day thin ia: All the air is thy diocese ; And all the chirping...parishioners. Thou marryest every year The lyric lark and ihe grave whispering dove, The sparrow that neglect» his life for love, The household bird with his... | |
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