...And the far-off stream is dumb, And the -whirring sail goes round, And the whirring sail goes round ; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock hath sung beneath...

...the cock hath sung beneath the thatch Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay : Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. SECOND SONG. TO THE SAME. THY tuwhits are lull'd I wot, Thy tuwhoos of yesternight, Which upon the...

...ancient, solitary reign. Or as Tennyson, always true to Nature In his mention of birds, puts it — Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. I have found the white owl "at home" in many such belfries, where he has often allowed me to handle...

...sufficiently characterized by its first and last line — "When cats run home, and light is come, — Alone and warming his five wits The white owl in the belfry sits." To the second, we should render injustice, did we copy less than the last stanza. " I would mock thy...

...the cock hath sung beneath the thatch Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay : Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. SECOND SONG. TO THE SAME. THY tuwhits are lull'd I wot, Thy tuwhoos of yesternight, Which upon the...

...And the far-off stream is dumb, And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring sail goes round ; Alone, and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits < When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock hath sung...

...the far-off stream is dumb, And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring sail goes round, — Alone, and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock has sung beneath...

...the cock hath sung beneath the thatc Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. SECOND SONG. TO THE SAME. THY tuwhits are lulled, I wot, Thy tuwhoos of yesternight, Which upon the...

...the cock hath sung beneath the thatch Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay ; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. SECOND SONG. TO THE SAME. THY tuwhits are lulled, I wot, . Thy tuwhoos of yesternight, Which upon the...

...the cock has sung beneath the hatch Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay, — Alone, and warming his five wits, The White Owl in the belfry sits." BED-BACKED SHEIKE. BUTCHER HIRD. FLUSHER. CHEETER. MTTRDERENG PIE. .TACK BAKER. WUISKEY JOHN. NINE-KILLER....