 A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without ; No tool had he that wrought — no knife to cut, No nail to fix — no bodkin to insert — No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand. With every implement...  The village curate, and other poems - Page 43by James Hurdis - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1789 - 594 pages
...within, without. ,No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to inferr, No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finiflj'd. What nice hand With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years apprenticeftiip to... | |
 | James Hurdis - Clergy - 1790 - 154 pages
...within, without. No tool, had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to infert, No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finifh'd. What nice hand With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years apprenticefhip to... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Anecdotes - 1798 - 372 pages
...without : " No tool had he, that wrought, no knife to cut, " No nail to fix, no bodkin to infcrt, " No " No glue to join, his little beak was all. «• And yet how neatly finiftied. What nice hand, « With every implement, and means of art, « And twenty years apprenticefhip... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - Birds - 1799 - 172 pages
...for life. CHAP. X. - It wins my admiration To view the structure of that little work, A bird's-nest'. Mark it well within, without: No tool had he that...join : his little beak was all, And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty years apprenticeship to... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1805 - 456 pages
...within, without. No tool had be that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to infert, No glue to join; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finifh'd. What-nice handj With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty yeara" apprenticefnip to... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...with a bullet's speed Whisks by. I love to be awake, and hear His morning song twitter'd to young-eyed day. But most of all it wins my admiration, To view...all. And yet .how neatly finish'd. What nice hand Vr,ith ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years apprenticeship to boot, Could make me such... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - Anecdotes - 1813 - 158 pages
...admiration, To view the structure of this little work, A Bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without. Xo tool had he that wrought; no knife to cut; No nail...; — his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished! What nice hand, With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years' apprenticeship to... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Arts - 1816 - 316 pages
...of that httle work— A bird's nest. Mark it well within, without; No tool had he that wrought; DO knife to cut; No nail to fix ; no bodkin to insert; No glue to join : bis little beak was all;— And yet how neatly finished! What nice hand, With every implement and... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Arts - 1817 - 348 pages
...arrive in autumn mid leave there in the spring. It wins my admiration To view the structure of that little work — A bird's nest. Mark it well within,...; his little beak was all; — And yet how neatly finished! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty years' apprenticeship to... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...while any one is in view. It wins my admiration, To view the structure of that little work, A birfs nest. Mark it well within, without. No tool had he...join : his little beak was all, And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty years apprenticeship to... | |
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