Ornithologia or The birds Author:James Jennings Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: INTRODUCTION. Bealus iUe quiprocul negotiis— Lidet jacere mods sub antiqua ilice, Modo in lenuci gramine ; Labuntur off is interim rivia aqua ; QUERUN... more »TUR IN SI I,VIS AvE8 J Ftmtesque lymphit obitrtperunt manantibus Somnos quod invittt Icves.—Horat. Harmer's Cottage, Ladywtll, LEWISilAM. The Summer's fervid reigu is past, And bland September come at last: A grateful change—the most to me— To all who can the city flee. Light pleasure's sylphs, with tripping feet, Your presence here will gladly greet: Here Quiet—Contemplation dwell Beside the fount of Ladywell, Which flows incessant through the year, As virtue pure, as crystal clear. chapter{Section 4Come to my Cottage !—now look out! Fair prospect, Madam ! who can doubt? The church at distance, 'midst the trees, With verdant meadows round, must please. There, too, the social Rookery, That ever hath been dear to me; — The bridge—beneath, the rippling stream— The alder's umbrage, and the gleam Of sunlight darting through the shade, By lofty elms or poplars made, With willows waving to the wind, All aid to please, to soothe the mind; While Ducks, in sportive diving, play, And Geese wide o'er the meadow stray ; The Pigeons skim the air along, The Cocks and Hens the harn-door throng ; As anxious mothers cluck aloud The downy young around them crowd, What time is heard the thresher's flail; The Peacock struts in plumy pride, The wild Gallina by his side, E'er ready, with his powerful beak, Fierce vengeance on his foes to wreak; — And lo ! the milk-maid with her pail!— Here feeds the sheep, and there the cow,— On yonder slope the moving plougk, While heard the plough-boy's cheering note, On airy waves it seems to float. uiuiilii Meleagria, Guinea Hen, or Pintado. THE PLOUGH-BOY'S SONG, in September. Th...« less