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...CoWFES. SINGING BIRD^ EVERY copse Deep tangled, tree irregular, and bush Bending with dewy moisture, oir the heads Of the coy quiristers that lodge within,...o'er the kind contending throng Superior heard, run through the sweetest length Of notes ; when listening Philomela deigns To let them joy, and purposes,...

...o'erflows In music uncontin'd. Up springs the lark, Shrill-voic'd, and loud, the messenger of morn : Eire yet The shadows fly, he mounted sings Amid the dawning clouds, and from their haunts Galls up the tuneful nations. EvVv copse Deep-tangled, tree irregular, and hush Bending with dewy moisture...

...railway-station. Combe Florey, or the " Flowery Valley," is, as its name denotes, a beautifully wellwooded vale— Every copse Deep-tangled, tree irregular, and bush...Bending with dewy moisture o'er the heads Of the coy choristers that lodge within, Are prodigal of harmony. Coombe was one of those manors which was held...

...I do but sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing. TENNYSON. Every copse Deep tangled, tree irregular, and bush Bending with dewy moisture,...quiristers that lodge within, Are prodigal of harmony. THOMSON. The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few ; Their food its insects, and its moss...

...SONGSTERS. FROM " THE SEASONS." UP springs the lark, Shrill- voiced and loud, the messenger of morn. Ere yet the shadows fly, he mounted sings Amid the...prodigal of harmony. The thrush And woodlark, o'er the kind-contending throng Superior heard, run through the sweetest length Of notes ; when listening Philomela...

...o'erflows In music unconfined. Up springs the lark, Shrill- voiced and loud, the messenger of morn : Ere yet the shadows fly, he mounted sings Amid the...and from their haunts Calls up the tuneful nations. THOMSON. MR. ABBOTT. Translate the following into Greek Prose : — The heat of the battle was now,...

...quotations ; which, we have no doubt, will interest every admirer of nature, and nature's God. '• Every copse Deep-tangled, tree irregular, and bush...Bending with dewy moisture, o'er the heads Of the coy choristers that lodge within, Are prodigal of harmony. Thomson. • — — Each bird, Or high in air,...

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...SONGSTERS. FROM "THE SEASONS." UP springs the lark, Shrill-voiced and loud, the messenger of morn. Ere yet the shadows fly, he mounted sings Amid the dawning clouds, and from their haunts Culls up the tuneful nations. Kvery copse Deep-tangled, tree irregular, and bush Bending with dewy...