 A BARKING sound the Shepherd hears, A cry as of a dog or fox ; He halts, — and searches with his eyes Among the scattered rocks : And now at distance can discern A stirring in a brake of fern ; And instantly a dog is seen, Glancing through that covert...  Lessons derived from the animal world - Page 9by C. T - 1847Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1807 - 358 pages
...walls Of some old cave, or mossy nook, When up she winds along the brook. To hunt the waterfalls. 8 FIDELITY. A barking sound the Shepherd hears, A cry...of a Dog or Fox ; He halts, and searches with his eye* Among the scatter'd rocks : And now at distance can discern A stirring in a brake of fern ; From... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...heart That shall lack a timely end If but to God we turn, and ask Of Him to be our Friend ! 149 XXIV. FIDELITY. A BARKING sound the Shepherd hears, A cry...distance can discern A stirring in a brake of fern ; And instantly a Dog is seen, Glancing from that covert greeii. The Dog is not of mountain breed ;... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...God we turn, and ask Of Him to be our Friend ! XXIV. FIDELITY. A BARKING sound the Shepherd bears, A cry as of a Dog or Fox ; He halts, and searches...distance can discern A stirring in a brake of fern ; And instantly a Dog is seen, Glancing from that covert green. The Dog is not of mountain breed ;... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...original sunshine. ) Loth should I be to use it : passing sweet i Are the domains of tender memory! FIDELITY A BARKING sound the Shepherd hears A cry as of a Dog or Fox ; He halls and searches with his eyes Among the scattered rocks: And now at distance can discern A stirriug... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...discern A stirring in a brake of fern, From which immediately leaps out A dog, and, yelping, runs about. A cry as of a dog or fox;— He halts, and searches with his eyes The dog is not of mountain breed ; Its motions, too, are wild and shy; With something—as the shepherd... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...shame ; Our tears from passion and from reason came, And, therefore, shalt thou he an honoured name ! FIDELITY. A BARKING sound the Shepherd hears, A cry as of a Dog or Fox ; lie halts, and searches with his eyes Among the scattered rocks : And now at distance can discern... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
...clay, — On which the canker-worms of guilt Forever, ever prey. LESSON LXII. Fidelity. — WORDSWORTH. A BARKING sound the shepherd hears, A cry as of a...Among the scattered rocks . And now, at distance, can discernA stirring in a brake of fern, From which immediately leaps out A dog, and, yelping, runs about.... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...long as any reverence for the great men of past times shall remain among us. •FIDELITY. A'n.inxnra sound the shepherd hears, A cry as of a dog or fox ; He halts, and searches with his eyes Among the scatter'd rocks : And now at distance can discern A stirring in a brake of fern ; From which immediately... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...made the fool The victim of his own tremendous choice, And taught a brute the way to safe revenge. FIDELITY. A BARKING sound the shepherd hears, A cry...— He halts, and searches with his eyes Among the scatter'd rocks : And now, at distance, can discern A stirring in a brake of fern, From which immediately... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 278 pages
...clay, — On which the canker-worms of guilt Forever, ever prey. LESSON LXII. Fidelity. — WOEDSWOETH. A BARKING sound the shepherd hears, A cry as of a dog or f^x ; — He halts, and searches with his eyes Among the scattered rocks : ' And now, at distance,... | |
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