 Friars they search'd till dawn ; When the Sacristan saw, On crumpled claw, Come limping a poor little lame Jackdaw ! No longer gay, As on yesterday ; His feathers all...  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 529edited by - 1837Full view - About this book
 | Children's poetry - 1894 - 288 pages
...the worse ! The day was gone, The night came on, The Monks and the Friars they searched till dawn ; When the Sacristan saw, On crumpled claw, Come limping...No longer gay, As on yesterday ; His feathers all seemed to be turned the wrong way;— His pinions drooped, — he could hardly stand, — His head... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - English poetry - 1895 - 388 pages
...the worse ! The day was gone, The night came on, The monks and the friars they search'd till dawn ; When the sacristan saw, On crumpled claw, Come limping...little lame Jackdaw. No longer gay, As on yesterday; ink." His pinions droop'd — he could hardly stand, His head was as bald as the palm of your hand... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - English poetry - 1895 - 810 pages
...gay, As on yesterday; His pinions droop'd — he could hardly Or slumber'd in pray'r-time and happenM stand, His head was as bald as the palm of your hand ; His eye BO dim, So wasted each limb, That, heedless of grammar, they all cried, " THAT 's HIM ! That's the... | |
 | William Henry Speer - Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra - 1896 - 84 pages
...The Monks and the Friars they search'd till dawn : When the Sacristan saw, on crumpled claw, Conie limping a poor little lame Jackdaw ; No longer gay,...His head was as bald as the palm of your hand ; His eyes so dim, so wasted each limb, That, heedless of grammar, they all cried, " That's him !— That's... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 560 pages
...the worse ! The day was gone, The night came on, The Monks and the Friars they searched till dawn ; When the Sacristan saw, On crumpled claw, Come limping a poor little lame Jackdaw; His head was as bald as the palm of your hand ; His eye so dim, So wasted each limb, That, heedless... | |
 | William John Clarke Miller - Bird watching - 1899 - 248 pages
...longer gay, as on yesterday, His feathers all seemed to be turned the wrong way ; His pinions drooped, he could hardly stand, His head was as bald as the...dim, so wasted each limb, That, heedless of grammar, the monks cried ' That's him ! That's the rogue that has done this scandalous thing, That's the thief... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 432 pages
...the worse ! The day was gone, The night came on, The Monks and the Friars they searched till dawn ; When the Sacristan saw, On crumpled claw, Come limping...No longer gay, As on yesterday ; His feathers all seemed to be turned the wrong way ; — His pinions drooped — he could hardly stand — His head... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 428 pages
...the worse ! The day was gone, The night came on, The Monks and the Friars they searched till dawn ; When the Sacristan saw, On crumpled claw, Come limping a poor little lame Jackdaw; His head was as bald as the palm of your hand ; His eye so dim, So wasted each limb, That, heedless... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 440 pages
...the worse ! The day was gone, The night came on, The Monks and the Friars they searched till dawn ; When the Sacristan saw, On crumpled claw, Come limping a poor little lame Jackdaw; His head was as bald as the palm of your hand ; His eye so dim, So wasted each limb, That, heedless... | |
 | Francis Warre Cornish - Literature - 1900 - 604 pages
...the worse ! The day was gone, the night came on, The Monks and the Friars they searched till dawn; When the Sacristan saw, on crumpled claw, Come limping...No longer gay, as on yesterday ; His feathers all seemed to be turned the wrong way; — His pinions drooped — he could hardly stand, — His head... | |
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