 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 452 sider
...Every dish, and spoil the best; Frisking thus before the fire, Thou hast all thine heart's desire. Though in voice and shape they be Formed as if akin to thee, Thou surpassest, happier far, Happiest grasshoppers that are; Theirs is but a summer song — Thine endures... | |
 | 1917 - 456 sider
...infest Every dish, and spoil 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 far, Happiest grasshoppers that are ; Theirs is but a summer's song — Thine endures... | |
 | 1899 - 450 sider
...infest Every dish, and spoil 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 far, Happiest grasshoppers that are ; Theirs is but a summer's song — Thine endures... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1901 - 388 sider
...Every dish, and spoil the best ; Frisking thus before the fire, Thou hast all thine heart's desire. Though in voice and shape they be Formed as if akin to thee, Thou surpassest, happier far, Happiest grasshoppers that are ; Theirs is but a summer's song — Thine endures... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1905 - 288 sider
...retreat, With a song more soft and sweet ; In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as I can give. Though in voice and shape they be Formed as if akin to thee, Thou surpassest, happier far, Happiest grasshoppers that are ; Theirs is but a summer song, Thine endures... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1905 - 288 sider
...retreat, With a song more soft and sweet ; In return thou shall receive Such a strain as I can give. Though in voice and shape they be Formed as if akin to thee, Thou surpassest, happier far, Happiest grasshoppers that are ; Theirs is but a summer song, Thine endures... | |
 | 1915 - 416 sider
...infest Every dish, and spoil 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 far, Happiest grasshoppers that are; Theirs is but a summer's song, Thine endures... | |
 | Burton Egbert Stevenson - 1915 - 568 sider
...infest Every dish, and spoil 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 far, Happiest grasshoppers that are; Theirs is but a summer's song,... | |
 | 1918 - 2030 sider
...infest Every dish, and spoil 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 far, Happiest grasshoppers that are; Theirs is but a summer's song, Thine endures... | |
 | William Iler Crane, William Henry Wheeler - 1919 - 364 sider
...retreat 5 With a song most soft and sweet ; In return thou shalt receive Such a song as I can give. 2 Though in voice and shape they be Formed as if akin to thee, 10 Thou surpassest, happier far, Happiest grasshoppers that are ; Theirs is but a summer-song, Thine... | |
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Inoffensive, welcome guest ! While the rat is on the scout, And the mouse with curious snout, With what vermin else infest Every dish, and spoil the best ; Frisking thus before the fire, Thou hast all thine heart's desire. 
