 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins - Fishing - 1775 - 620 pages
...black-bird feed her young, Or a lever ock build her neft \ Here give my weary fpirits reft, And raife my low-pitch<d thoughts above Earth, or what poor mortals love : Thus free from law-fuits, and the noife Of princes courts, I wou'd rejoice, Or, f We fee, ly the author's reference... | |
 | Samuel Ireland - Thames River (England) - 1792 - 452 pages
...feed her young, «' Or a laverock build her neft : ** Here give my weary fpirits reír, " And raife my low-pitch'd thoughts above " Earth, or what poor mortals love : " Thus free from law-fuits, and the noife ** Of Princes Courts, I would rejoice. « Or *' Or with my Bryan • and a... | |
 | Poetry - 1808 - 496 pages
...dew-drops kiss these flowers, And then wash'd off by April showers : Here hear my Kenna sing a song, There see a blackbird feed her young; Or a leverock...nest ; Here give my weary spirits rest, And raise my low-pi tch'd thoughts above Hurl 1 1, or what poor mortals love : Thus free from law-suits, and the... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 474 pages
...dew-drops kiss these flowers, And then wash'd off by April-showers; Here hear my Kenna'sing a song, There see a blackbird feed her young, Or a leverock*...low-pitch'd thoughts above Earth, or what poor mortals lore: Thus free from law-suits, and the noise Of princes' courts, I would rejoice. Or with my Bryan,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1830 - 504 pages
...April showers ! Here, hear my Kenna sing a song, There see a blackbird feed her young,— Or a laverock build her nest ; Here give my weary spirits rest,...princes' courts, I would rejoice. Or with my Bryan, and my book, Loiter long days near Shawford brook, There sit by him, and eat my meat, There see the sun... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - Fishing - 1822 - 490 pages
...which was KEN. Or a Icverock build her neat; Here, give my weary spirits rest, And raise my low-pitch d thoughts above Earth, or what poor mortals love :...Of princes' courts, I would rejoice : Or, with my Bryan,1 and a book, Loiter loug days near Shawford-brook;* There sit by him, and eat my meat, There... | |
 | Izaak Walton, John Hawkins - Fishing - 1822 - 486 pages
..." Kenna," seems clearly to be formed from the maidenname of his wife, which was KEN. Or a lovcrock build her nest : Here, give my weary spirits rest. And raise my low-pitch'd thoughts above £arth, or what poor mortals love : Thus, free from law-suits and the noise Of princes* courts, I would... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - Fishing - 1822 - 494 pages
...supposed mistress, " Kenna," seems clearly to be formed from the maidenname of his wife, which was KEN. Or a leverock build her nest : Here, give my weary spirits rest, And raise my low-pitch d thoughts above Earth, or what poor mortals love : Thus, free from Uw-«uits and the noise... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...showers : Here hear old Snigk to sing a song; There see the Wildhen feed her young. Or view a Laverock build her nest, Here, give my weary spirits rest, And raise my lowpitched thoughts above Earth, or what poor mortals love : Thus, free from lawsuits and the noise... | |
 | John Trotter Brockett - Dialect literature, English - 1825 - 296 pages
...laferc, lawerc. Flocks of turtles, and of laverockes — Cfiaueer. Here hear my Kenna sing a song, There see a blackbird feed her young, Or a leverock build her nest. Here give my weary spirits rest. Walton, Angler's Wish. LAW, LOE, LOWE, a hill or eminence whether natural or artificial. Sax. hlcew,... | |
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And raise my low-pitched thoughts above Earth, or what poor mortals love : Thus, free from lawsuits, and the noise Of princes 
