 | William Cowper - 1908 - 632 sider
...sweet ; In return thou shall receive Such a strain as I can give. Thus thy praise shall be expressed, Inoffensive, welcome guest ! While the rat is on the scout, And the mouse with curious snout, '73 "With what vermin else infest Every dish, and spoil the best ; Frisking thus before the fire, Thou... | |
 | 1915 - 416 sider
...sweet; In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as I can give. Thus thy praise shall be expressed, Inoffensive, welcome guest! While the rat is on the...best; Frisking thus before the fire, Thou hast all thy heart's desire. Though in voice and shape they be Formed as if akin to thee, Thou surpassest, happier... | |
 | Burton Egbert Stevenson - 1915 - 568 sider
...sweet; In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as I can give. Thus thy praise shall be expressed, Inoffensive, welcome guest! While the rat is on the...best; Frisking thus before the fire, Thou hast all thy heart's desire. Though in voice and shape they be Formed as if akin to thec, Thou surpasses!, happier... | |
 | 1918 - 2030 sider
...sweet; In return thou shall receive Such a strain as I can give. Thus thy praise shall be expressed, Inoffensive, welcome guest! While the rat is on the...best; Frisking thus before the fire, Thou hast all thy heart's desire. Though in voice and shape they be Formed as if akin to thee, Thou surpassest, happier... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1106 sider
...sweet ; In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as I can give. Thus thy praise shall be expressed, not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety...vilest things Become themselves in her ; that the h thy heart's desire. Though in voice and shape they be Formed as if akin to thee, Thou surpassest, happier... | |
 | William Russell - 1845 - 180 sider
...: — In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as / can give. Thus thy praise shall be expressed, Inoffensive, welcome guest ! While the rat is on the...best ; Frisking thus before the fire, Thou hast all thy heart's desire. Though | in voice and shape | they be Formed as if akin to thee, Thou surpassest,... | |
 | 1846 - 438 sider
...With a song more soft and sweet ; In return tliou sh:dt receive " Thus thy praise shall be expressed, Inoffensive, welcome guest ! While the rat is on the...best ; Frisking thus before the fire, Thou hast all thy heart's desire. " Though in voice and shape they be Fonn'd as if akin to thce, Thou surpassest,... | |
 | 1874 - 896 sider
...Such a strain us I can give. Thus thy praise shall bo expressed, Inoffensive, welcome guest! Whtto the rat is on the scout, And the mouse with curious snout, With what vermin else infest Every dhfh, and spoil the best; Frisking thu.4 before the tiro, Thou hast all thy heart's desire. Though... | |
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LITTLE inmate, full of mirth, Chirping on my kitchen hearth, Wheresoe'er be thine abode Always harbinger of good, Pay me for thy warm retreat With a song more soft and sweet; In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as I can give. 
