...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...

...quote them down below in a note.* They are unavailing, even as * s When caU run home, and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off...latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock hath sung beneath the thatch Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay ; Alone,...

...o'er black brows drops down A sudden-curved frown. SONG.— THE OWL. WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off...round, And the whirring sail goes round ; Alone and wanning his five wits, The white owl in the helfry sits. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And...

...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. 1 Thy tuwhits are lull'd, I wot, Thy tuwhoos of yesternight, Which upon the dark afloat, So took echo...

...addressed to the Owl, a specimen from each of which will charm our readers, we are convinced: " When.merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock hath sung beneath the thatch Twice or thrice his roundelay, Twice or thrice his roundelay, Alone and...

...o'er black brows drops down A sudden-curved frown. SONG.—THE OWL. WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off stream is dumh, And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring sail goes round ; Alone and warming his five...

...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...

...black brows drops down A sudden-curved frown. SONG.— THE OWL. 1. WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off...warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. 2. When merry milkmaids click the latch, And rarely smells the new-mown hay, And the cock hath sung...