 IN the hollow tree, in the old gray tower, The spectral owl doth dwell; Dull, hated, despised, in the sunshine hour, But at dusk he's abroad and well! Not a bird of the forest e'er mates with him; All mock him outright by day; But at night, when the woods...  The Wonders of the West Indies - Página 175de Theodora Elizabeth Lynch - 1856 - 315 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Bryan Waller Procter - 1832 - 270 páginas
...thy joy. This is all we ask, from thee, Hermione, Hermione ! LXV.—THE OWL. IN the hollow tree, in the old grey tower, The spectral Owl doth dwell ;...woods grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away ! O, when the night falls, and roosts the fowl, Then, then, is the reign of the Horned Owl! And the... | |
 | Wood-notes - 1842 - 160 páginas
...tower, The spectral Owl doth dwell ; Dull, hated, despised, in the sunshine hour, But at dusk he 's abroad and well. Not a bird of the forest e'er mates...grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away. O, when the night falls, and roosts the fowl, Then, then is the reign of the Horned Owl ! And the Owl... | |
 | Barry Cornwall - 1844 - 654 páginas
...tower, The spectral Owl doth dwell ; Dull, hated, despiaed, in the sunshine hour, But at dusk, — he 's abroad and well ! Not a bird of the forest e'er mates...woods grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away ! O, when the nightfalls, and roosts the fatal, Then, then, is the reign of the Horned Owl ! And the... | |
 | 1902 - 874 páginas
...have made him an outcast from the society of birds of the day. He Is branded with perpetual infamy." Not a bird of the forest e'er mates with him, All...grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away.' « Quoted by HQ Bull In "Notes on the Birds of Herefordshire," p. 110. Should he be disturbed by any... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 páginas
...OWL. IN the hollow tree, in the old grey tower, The spectral owl doth dwell ; Dull, hated, despis'd in the sunshine hour, But at dusk he's abroad and...grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away. 0 when the night falls, and roosts the fowl, Then, then is the reign of the horned owl 1 And the owl... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 páginas
...tread alone, Will lead my steps aright. BKTANT. THE HORNED OWL. IN the hollow tree, in the old gray tower, The spectral owl doth dwell ; Dull, hated,...grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away. O ! when the night falls, and roosts the fowl, Then, then is the reign of the horned owl ! And the... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 580 páginas
...owl doth dwell ; Dull, hated, despised in the sunshine hour, But at dusk, — he's abroad and well 1 Not a bird of the forest e'er mates with him ; All...woods grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away ! O, when the night falls, and roosts the fowl, Then, then is the reign of the horned owl ! And the... | |
 | Frederic Charles Cook - 1851 - 118 páginas
...tower, The spectral owl doth dwell ; Dull, hated, despised in the sunshine hour, But at dusk he 's abroad and well. Not a bird of the forest e'er mates...grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away. O when the night falls, and roosts the fowl, Then, then is the reign of the horned owl ! And the owl... | |
 | Bryan Waller Procter - 1851 - 344 páginas
...tower, The spectral Owl doth dwell ; Dull, hated, despised, in the sunshine hour, But at dusk, — he 's abroad and well ! Not a bird of the forest e'er mates...mock him outright, by day ; But at night, when the wouds grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away ! O, when the night falls, and roosts the fowl,... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 páginas
...strain, it is intelligible to all, and being intelligible, must be enjoyed by all. Lu the hollow tree, in the old grey tower, The spectral owl doth dwell ;...woods grow still and dim, The boldest will shrink away ! O, when the night falls, and roosts the fowl, Then, then is the reign of the horned owl ! And the... | |
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