 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1837 - 222 halaman
...understand, On Iamb and mutton feed ; And of their wool is nicely plann'd The raiment that we need. THE COCKATOO. There is a bird of plumage rare, In...'Procured with cost, preserved with care, We mean the gaudy cockatoo. He is a foreign bird of fame, And talks as parrots often do ; For if we ask him what's... | |
 | 1843 - 396 halaman
...and never get a prize ; so I'll e'en try if I cannot get my lessons as well as all the rest of you 1 THE COCKATOO! THERE is a bird, of plumage rare, In...preserved with care,— We mean the " Pretty cockatoo !" 68 THE COCKATOO ! He is a foreign bird of fame, And talks as parrots often do ; For, if we ask him... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1866 - 168 halaman
...not to the family of dreamers, but to the noble band of doers of good things." THE COCKATOO. THEBE is a bird of plumage rare, In gilded cage exposed...parrots often do, For if we ask him what's his name, He 'll say 'tis pretty cockatoo. Yet in these words, repeated o'er, Does all this scholar's wisdom... | |
 | 1865 - 398 halaman
...seeing what had been done, changed the boards back again, so as to give right directions to travellers. THE COCKATOO. THERE is a bird of plumage rare, In...cage exposed to view, Procured with cost, preserved *ith care — We meaa the pretty cockatoo. He is a foreign bird of fame, And talks as parrots often... | |
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THE COCKATOO. There is a bird of plumage rare, In gilded cage exposed to view, Procured with cost, preserved with care — We mean the pretty cockatoo. He is a foreign bird of fame, And talks as parrots often do ; For if we ask him what's his name, He'll... 