 MERRILY swinging on brier and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountain-side or mead, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name. Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink, Snug and safe is this nest of ours, Hidden among the summer...  Elementary Lessons in English - Page 99by Nelly Lloyd Knox-Heath - 1891Full view - About this book
 | John Burroughs - 1895 - 268 pages
...render into words the song of "Robert of Lincoln." I subjoin a few stanzas: — ROBERT OF LINCOLN. Merrily swinging on brier and weed, Near to the nest...Lincoln is telling his name : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spin I; , spank, spink : Snug and safe is that nest of oura, Hidden among the summer flowers. Chee,... | |
 | Frank Townsend Southwick - 1896 - 264 pages
...themselves by high pitch and more or less rapid movement. Merrily swinging on briar and weed, Near.to the nest of his little dame; Over the mountain-side or mead Robert of Lincoln is telling his name.—Bryant. Serious, dignified expression, on the other hand, calls for self-restraint; therefore,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1896 - 360 pages
...and Japan. It is fattened for the table, and is considered a great delicacy. XL. ROBERT OP LINCOLN. MERRILY swinging on brier and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountain side or mead, Kobert of Lincoln is telling his name: " Bobolink, bobolink, 2. Robert of Lincoln... | |
 | Robert Comfort Metcalf, Orville T. Bright - 1896 - 268 pages
...little poem — one of the most beautiful of its kind in the English language : — ROBERT OP LINCOLN. Merrily swinging on brier and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountain side or meed, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank,... | |
 | Annie Chase - 1896 - 166 pages
...with hairs. In September he will go to warmer lands. a a ROBERT OF LINCOLN. Willinm Cullen ]iri/a»t. Merrily swinging on brier and weed, N"ear to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountain side or mead, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank,... | |
 | Annie Chase - 1896 - 168 pages
...without breaking it. Next June there he is again in the meadow, singing away as gaily as ever: — Merrily swinging on brier and weed, Near to the n.est of his little dame, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name. 142 ' Bob-o-link, bob-o-link, Spink, spank, spink:' Snug and... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 220 pages
...— Passing without return, while so The new years come and the old years go. ROBERT OF LINCOLN. i. Merrily swinging on brier and weed Near to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountain side or mead, Eobert of Lincoln is telling his name: " Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank,... | |
 | Goodloe Harper Bell - 1897 - 392 pages
...also the occasional introduction of a trochaic foot among the dactyls. Merrily | swinging on | briar and | weed, Near to the | nest of his | little | dame, Over the | mountain | side of | mead, Robert of | Lincoln is | telling his | name. One or more short syllables... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1898 - 406 pages
...so much more of brightness and joy in it than most of his poems that we give it. ROBERT OF LINCOLN Merrily swinging on brier and weed, Near to the nest...mountain.side or mead, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name : Bob-o'-llnk, bob o'-link, Spink, spank, splnk ; Snug and safe is that nest of ours, Hidden among... | |
 | 1898 - 206 pages
...the lark's food consists. Read Bryant's poem, " The Return of the Birds." READINGS ROBERT OF LINCOLN Merrily swinging on brier and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountain side or mead, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank,... | |
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