 And seldom needs a laboured roof ; Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious, and storm-proof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for its aim, That to the Kind, by special grace, Their instinct surely came.  Our Native Songsters - Page 80by Anne Pratt - 1852 - 350 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1892 - 362 pages
...fiercest sun Impervious, and storm-proof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for its aim, 10 That to the Kind by special grace Their instinct surely...seek An opportune recess, The hermit has no finer eye 15 For shadowy quietness. These find, 'mid ivied abbey-walls, A canopy in some still nook ; Others... | |
 | William H. Wintringham - 1892 - 446 pages
...laboured roof ; It is to the fiercest sun Impervious and storm-proof. " So warm, so beautiful withal, " And when for their abodes they seek An opportune recess,...The Hermit has no finer eye For shadowy quietness. " These find 'mid ivied Abbey walls A canopy in some still nook ; Others are pent-housed by a brae... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1896 - 448 pages
...fiercest sun Impervious, and storm-proof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for its aim, 10 That to the Kind by special grace Their instinct surely...seek An opportune recess, The hermit has no finer eye 15 For shadowy quietness. These find, 'mid ivied abbey-walls, A canopy in some still nook ; Others... | |
 | Katharine Hamer Shute - 1899 - 248 pages
...requires, And seldom needs a labored roof ; Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious, and stormproof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for its aim, That to the kind by special grace And when for their abodes they seek An opportune recess, The hermit has no finer eye For shadowy quietness.... | |
 | Clifton Fremont Hodge - 1902 - 538 pages
...birds In f1eld or forest with nice care, Is none that with the little Wren's In snu^ness may compare. And when for their abodes they seek An opportune recess,...The hermit has no finer eye For shadowy quietness. WORDSWORTH, The Wren's Nest. This poet, though he live apart, Moved by his hospitable heart. Sped,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1904 - 676 pages
...requires, And seldom needs a laboured roof; Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious, and storm-proof. • So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for...The hermit has no finer eye For shadowy quietness. These find, 'mid ivied abbey-walls, A canopy in some still nook ; Others are pent-housed by a brae... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1904 - 994 pages
...fiercest sun Impervious, and storm-proof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for its aim, 10 That to the Kind by special grace Their instinct surely...The hermit has no finer eye For shadowy quietness. These find, 'mid ivied abbey-walls, A canopy in some still nook; Others are pent-housed by a brae That... | |
 | Iowa. Department of Public Instruction - 1904 - 98 pages
...birds In field or forest with nice care. Is none that with the little Wren's In snugness may compare. And when for their abodes they seek An opportune recess,...The hermit has no finer eye For shadowy quietness. —Wordsworth, The Wren's Nest. The practical value of birds in controlling insect pests should, be... | |
 | 1907 - 372 pages
...requires, And seldom needs a labored roof; Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious and storm-proof. So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for its aim, That to the kind by special grace, There instinct surely came. And when for their abodes they seek An opportune recess, The hermit has... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1910 - 378 pages
...requires, And seldom needs a laboured roof ; Yet is it to the fiercest sun Impervious, and storm-proof, So warm, so beautiful withal, In perfect fitness for its aim, That to the Kind, by special gracCj Their instinct surely came. And when for their abodes they seek An opportune recess, The hermit... | |
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