If we had to distribute the Seasons among the birds that are called �British,� selecting a notable fowl to represent each, we could hardly overlook the claims of the cuckoo, the nightingale, and the swallow to distinction. But, after all, these are not �thorough Britons.� They only come to us for our summer, and when that goes they follow it. Though great numbers of them are British-born, they are at best only Anglo-Continental, Anglo-Asiatic, Anglo-African, and Inter-Oceanic. But our resourceful little islands give us native birds, all our own, that amply serve the Seasons, and represent, with sufficing charm, the{14} changing Four. We have the thrush, the blackbird, the skylark, and the robin, four of the sweetest birds that the round world can show�
�The Throstle with his note so true.�
Shakespeare.
�The Mavis mild and mellow.�
Burns.
�A few stars
Were ling�ring in the heavens, while the Thrush
Began calm-throated.�
Keats.
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�The Throstle with his note so true.�
Shakespeare.
�The Mavis mild and mellow.�
Burns.
�A few stars
Were ling�ring in the heavens, while the Thrush
Began calm-throated.�
Keats.
Birds of the Wave and Woodland
If we had to distribute the Seasons among the birds that are called �British,� selecting a notable fowl to represent each, we could hardly overlook the claims of the cuckoo, the nightingale, and the swallow to distinction. But, after all, these are not �thorough Britons.� They only come to us for our summer, and when that goes they follow it. Though great numbers of them are British-born, they are at best only Anglo-Continental, Anglo-Asiatic, Anglo-African, and Inter-Oceanic. But our resourceful little islands give us native birds, all our own, that amply serve the Seasons, and represent, with sufficing charm, the{14} changing Four. We have the thrush, the blackbird, the skylark, and the robin, four of the sweetest birds that the round world can show�
�The Throstle with his note so true.�
Shakespeare.
�The Mavis mild and mellow.�
Burns.
�A few stars
Were ling�ring in the heavens, while the Thrush
Began calm-throated.�
Keats.
�The Throstle with his note so true.�
Shakespeare.
�The Mavis mild and mellow.�
Burns.
�A few stars
Were ling�ring in the heavens, while the Thrush
Began calm-throated.�
Keats.
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| BN ID: | 2940150497375 |
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| Publisher: | Bronson Tweed Publishing |
| Publication date: | 10/27/2014 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 3 MB |
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