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Poetry.
POETRY .
. . THE PARTRIDGES . WRITTEN ON THE LAST OF AUGUST , . -
BY THE REV . MR . PRATT .
JLjL ARD by yon Copse that skirts the Bowery vale , As late I walk'd to taste the evening breeze , A p laintive murmur mingled in the gale , And notes of sorrow echo'd through the trees . ¦ Touch'd hy the pensive sound , I nearer drew : increasd the of pain
But my rude step - cause : Soon o ' er my head the whirring Partridge flew , Alarm'd ; and with her flew an infant tram . But short the excursion ;—for , unus'd to play , Feebly the unfledg'd wings th' essay could make : The parent , shelter'd by the closing-day , in neihbnhg bn &'
Lodg'd her lov'd covey a g ' e . Her cradling p inions there she amply spread , And hush'd th' affrig hted family to rest ; But still the late alarm suggested dread , And closer to their feathery friend they prcss'd . wretched parent 1 doom'd to various woe '
She , , Felt all a mother ' s hope , a mother ' s care ; - , With grief foresaw the dawn ' s impending bicriv ,, Ancf to avert it thus preferr'd her prayer :- ' ' ¦ ''' O thou I who e ' en the sparrow dost befriend , Whose providence protects the harmless wren ; Thou God of birds 1 these innocents defend , From the vile sport e-f unrelenting men .
For soon as dawn shall dapple , yonder slpes , The slaught ' ring gunner , with the tube of fate , While tho dire dog the faithless stubble tries Shall persecute our tribe with annual bate ,
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Poetry.
POETRY .
. . THE PARTRIDGES . WRITTEN ON THE LAST OF AUGUST , . -
BY THE REV . MR . PRATT .
JLjL ARD by yon Copse that skirts the Bowery vale , As late I walk'd to taste the evening breeze , A p laintive murmur mingled in the gale , And notes of sorrow echo'd through the trees . ¦ Touch'd hy the pensive sound , I nearer drew : increasd the of pain
But my rude step - cause : Soon o ' er my head the whirring Partridge flew , Alarm'd ; and with her flew an infant tram . But short the excursion ;—for , unus'd to play , Feebly the unfledg'd wings th' essay could make : The parent , shelter'd by the closing-day , in neihbnhg bn &'
Lodg'd her lov'd covey a g ' e . Her cradling p inions there she amply spread , And hush'd th' affrig hted family to rest ; But still the late alarm suggested dread , And closer to their feathery friend they prcss'd . wretched parent 1 doom'd to various woe '
She , , Felt all a mother ' s hope , a mother ' s care ; - , With grief foresaw the dawn ' s impending bicriv ,, Ancf to avert it thus preferr'd her prayer :- ' ' ¦ ''' O thou I who e ' en the sparrow dost befriend , Whose providence protects the harmless wren ; Thou God of birds 1 these innocents defend , From the vile sport e-f unrelenting men .
For soon as dawn shall dapple , yonder slpes , The slaught ' ring gunner , with the tube of fate , While tho dire dog the faithless stubble tries Shall persecute our tribe with annual bate ,