 ... appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glowworm by his spark ; So stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent,...  The Poets' Birds - Página 327por Phil Robinson - 1883 - 490 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 páginas
...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...wrong, As much as I to spoil your song ; For 'twas the sclfsomc.powcr divirte . Taught you to sing, and me to shine ; That you with music, I with light, Might... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 páginas
...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...oration, And warbling out his approbation, Released him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. Poor Moralist! and what art thou? a solitary... | |
 | Epictetus, Samuel Croxall, John Gay, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Jean de La Fontaine, Ignacy Krasicki, James Merrick, Charles Denis, John Tapner - 1832 - 388 páginas
...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...short oration, And, warbling out his approbation, Releas'd him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. From this short fable, youth may... | |
 | Epictetus, Samuel Croxall, John Gay, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Jean de La Fontaine, Ignacy Krasicki, James Merrick, Charles Denis, John Tapner - 1832 - 366 páginas
...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...short oration, And, warbling out his approbation, Releas'd him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. MORAL. From this short fable, youth... | |
 | 1832 - 298 páginas
...thought to put him in his crop. The wonn, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus quite eloquent : Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your...power divine, Taught you to sing, and me to shine ; Thai you with music, I with light, Might beautify and cheer the night. The songster heard his short... | |
 | 1832 - 406 páginas
...worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent:— Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, A« much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me...self-same Power Divine Taught you to sing, and me to shine f That you with music, I with light. Might beautify and cheer the night. The songster heard his short... | |
 | Andrew Thomson - 1835 - 302 páginas
...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...as I to spoil your song ; For 'twas the self-same Pow'r divine Taught you to sing, and me to shine ; That you with music, I with light, Might beautify... | |
 | Anne Parker - 1835 - 302 páginas
...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 minstrelsy, You would ahhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song; For 'twas the self-same power divine Taught... | |
 | Oriel readers - 1885 - 244 páginas
...being hungry, wanted to eat one of you for his supper, and I remember the glowworm says to him — 'You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil...Power Divine Taught you to sing and me to shine.'" 3. " And after that touching appeal, was the poor dear thing devoured 1 " asked the worm. " Oh no !... | |
 | 1887 - 642 páginas
...she adorns. But Cowper represents the nightingale as won over to mercy by the glow-worm's appeal : " Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, " As much as I...oration, And, warbling out his approbation, Released him. Wordsworth sees it offering " nightly sacrifice " to the skies ; and Savage is excellent in his glow-worm's... | |
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