... of appetite; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark; So, stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent,... The minor poems of William Cowper - Страница 38по William Cowper - 1818 - 108 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith - 1903 - 310 страници
...thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent: " Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, " As much as I...beautify and cheer the night." The songster heard this short oration, And warbling out his approbation, Released him, as my story tells, And found a... | |
| Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - 1903 - 312 страници
...thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent: " Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, " As much as I...beautify and cheer the night." The songster heard this short oration, And warbling out his approbation, Released him, as my story tells, And found a... | |
| Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - 1903 - 312 страници
...shine; That you with music, I with light, Might beautify and cheer the night." The songster heard this short oration, And warbling out his approbation, Released him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. r William Cowper. Thanksgiving Day Over the river and through the... | |
| Sarah E. Sprague - 1904 - 268 страници
...thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, quite eloquent: — " Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, "As much as I your...his approbation, .Released him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. 122 A MODEST WIT. A supercilious nabob of the East — Haughty,... | |
| Mary Elizabeth Burt - 1904 - 396 страници
...thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent: " Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, "As much as I your...his approbation, Released him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. WILLIAM COWPER. PART II. The Little Child PART II The Frost. "Jack... | |
| Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - 1904 - 440 страници
...thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent: " Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, " As much as I...beautify and cheer the night." The songster heard this short oration, And, warbling out his approbation, Released him, as my story tells, And found a... | |
| Mary Elizabeth Burt - 1904 - 394 страници
...thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent. "Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, "As much as I...sing and me to shine ; That you with music, I with l:ght, Might beautify and cheer the night." The songster heard his short oration, And warbling out... | |
| William Cowper - 1905 - 948 страници
...thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — . " Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, " As much as I...his approbation, Released him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. Hence jarring sectaries may learn Their real interest to discern... | |
| William Cowper - 1905 - 916 страници
...his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent— i " Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, " As iiuich as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me "wrong,...his approbation, Released him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. Hence jarring sectaries may learn Their real interest to discern... | |
| William Cowper - 1905 - 716 страници
...thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangu'd him thus, right eloquent — Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your...abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song ; Eoivtwas.the self -same pow'r divine Taught you to sing._and. me to .shine ; 20 That you with music,... | |
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