 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, ' You would abhor to do me wrong, ' As much...  The Poetical Works of William Cowper - Side 399av William Cowper - 1854Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 468 sider
..."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...night." The songster heard his short oration, And warhling out his approbation, Released him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. Those... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1854 - 154 sider
...minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song : For 'twas the self-same Pow'r divine Taught you to sing, and me to shine ; That...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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 sider
...as 1 your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song ; For 't was the selfsame Power divine Taught you to sing, and...my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. WILLIAM COWPER. THE MILKMAID. A MILKMAID, who poised a full pail on her head, Thus mused on her prospects... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 sider
...' Did you admire my lamp,' quoth he, 'As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, thou and I must part ; And when, or how, or where...long together Through pleasant and through cloudy — Cwpcr. 3271. TALENTS: rightly used. MAY I remember, that to Thee \Vhate'er I have I owe ; And back... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 sider
...spoil your song ; For 't was the selfsame Power divine Taught you to sing, and me to shine ; That yon with music, I with light, Might beautify and cheer...my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. WILLIAH COWPEK. THE MILKMAID. A MILKMAID, who poised a full pail on her head. Thus mused on her prospects... | |
 | William Cowper - 1877 - 104 sider
...as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song ; For 't was the selfsame power Divine Taught you to sing, and...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... | |
 | Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore - 1879 - 376 sider
...Did you admire my lamp,' quoth he, ' As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song : For 'twas the self-same...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... | |
 | William M'Gavin (editor of The union school song garland) - 1879 - 84 sider
..."Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, " As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song; For 'twas the self-same...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1879 - 88 sider
...Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, 15 " As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song ; For 'twas the self-same Power divine Taught you to sing and me to shine ; 20 That you with music, I with light, Might beautify, and cheer the night." The songster heard his... | |
 | 1880 - 296 sider
..."Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, " As much as I. your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song ; For 'twas the self-same...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... | |
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