. The boy and the birds . THK b.^GLii. THE EAGLE. There is not any living thingThroughout this wondrous frame That doth not praise our God, and bringFresh honour to His name.* Though wicked men refuse to give The glory thats His due,Still as they think, and speak, and live They pay this tribute too. Behold the fowls that cleave the air; They neither sow nor reap ;God feeds them with His tender care ; His love doth never And they, with powr by Him impressd, The parents office try ;With hovring wing defend the nest. And teach their young to fly. • Psalm cxlv. 10. f Matt. vi. 26. 56 THE E
. The boy and the birds . THK b.^GLii. THE EAGLE. There is not any living thingThroughout this wondrous frame That doth not praise our God, and bringFresh honour to His name.* Though wicked men refuse to give The glory thats His due,Still as they think, and speak, and live They pay this tribute too. Behold the fowls that cleave the air; They neither sow nor reap ;God feeds them with His tender care ; His love doth never And they, with powr by Him impressd, The parents office try ;With hovring wing defend the nest. And teach their young to fly. • Psalm cxlv. 10. f Matt. vi. 26. 56 THE EAGLE. Yon Eagle, scouring oer the field,Will find sufficient food For natures wants, and plenty yieldTo all her callow brood. So, while we labour * let us learn,By His benign command. To trust in GoD,t and still discernA Fathers guiding hand. ♦ Thess. iii. 10. f Psalm xxxvii. fish-hawk:, or ObPHJtY THE FISH-HAWK, or OSPREY. You are come into our country, I under-stand, to make yourself acquainted with thebirds of the mountain and morass. I sawyou just now discoursing with the goldeneagle; and he has a good right to receiveyou as his own special guest, for certainlyhe is a king here; but now he has finishedhis tale, it is time that others should comeforward; and I am sure all will allow myclaims to be heard, next to his. In some respects, I stand quite is but one falco halcditus; and I amthe same bird here and in America. Thereis a singular mixture of the eagle, andfalcon, and buzzard in us, together with 58 THE FISH-HAWK. particular properties of our own. We comenear the eagle in size, we resemble the hawkin our beaks and wings, and our flight issometimes like that of a buzzard. We are really very noble birds. Ourpowerful beaks are hooked, and so im-mensely hard and strong! Our claws,also, short and strong, are fitted for ourown work, which is
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