 | Poetical ladder - 1827 - 94 pages
...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, Harangued him thus, right eloquent— " Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, " As much as I your minstrelsy,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 286 pages
...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. 2. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — ' Did you admire my lamp,'... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pages
...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*. 2 The worm', aware of his intent', Harangued him thus*, right eloquent* — " Did you admire my lamp',"... | |
 | Dorothea Lynde Dix - 1828 - 304 pages
...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, Harangued him thus quite eloquent : Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your miv.slrelsy,... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm hy his spark ; So stooping down from hawthorn top, He 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,... | |
 | Dorothea Lynde Dix - 1829 - 402 pages
...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, Harangued him thus quite eloquent : Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your minstrelsy,... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 pages
...npon'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. 2. The worm aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — ' Did you admire my lamp,'... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 374 pages
...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, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your minstrelsy,... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...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, Harangued him thus, right eloquent :— " Did you admire my lamp," quoth he» " As much as I your minstrelsy,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...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, Harangued him thus, right eloquent : Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your minstrelsy,... | |
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