. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. THE WILD SWAN. lOS The king eider {Somatet^a spectabilin) belongs to the same genus as the former. We suppose that every reader is acquainted with the beautiful lines in which Tennyson has embodied the fable of the dying swan singing its own dirge ; - " With nil iuuer voice the river ran, Aduwn it floated a dyiug swan, Auil loudly did l
. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. THE WILD SWAN. lOS The king eider {Somatet^a spectabilin) belongs to the same genus as the former. We suppose that every reader is acquainted with the beautiful lines in which Tennyson has embodied the fable of the dying swan singing its own dirge ; - " With nil iuuer voice the river ran, Aduwn it floated a dyiug swan, Auil loudly did lameut The wild gwau's death-hyiuu took the soul Of that waste place with joy Hidden in sorrow: at first, to the ear The warble was low, and full, and clear ; But anon her awful jubilant voice. With a music stninge and ninnifold. Flowed forth on a carol free and bold And tlie creeping mosses and claiulx'ring weediols among. Were flooded over with eddying ; But the wild swan's voice, even in its death-hour, has no such musical sweetness as the poet here sets forth. It is always harsh and dissonant, and when it breaks on the silence of the Arctic skies carries with it an almost painful rnB IIAt'NT OF THK WILD SWAN. The lakes of Iceland, and its streams, abound with these beautiful They arc very numerous on the Myvatn, or Great Lake, as well as the wild duck, the scoter, the common goosander, the red-breasted merganser, the scaup duck, and other anserines. The wild swaji is shot or caught for its feathers, which are highly prized for ornamental purposes. It is sometimes found in large flocks, sometimes in single pairs; and besides the lakes and streams, it frequents the salt and brackish waters along the coast. It is chiefly at the jjairing season, or at tlio approach of winter, that it assembles in multitudes; and as the winter advances it mounts high in air, and shapes its course in search of milder climates. The famale builds her nest of the wither
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