 | Garland - 1850 - 152 σελίδες
...off upon the ground A something shining in the dark, And knew the glowworm 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,... | |
 | 1851 - 278 σελίδες
...upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glowworm 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,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 σελίδες
...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,... | |
 | Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll.) - 1851 - 140 σελίδες
...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,... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 σελίδες
...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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 520 σελίδες
...demands of appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He fpied far off, upon the ground, A fomething mining in the dark, And knew the Glow-worm by his fpark ;...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 minftrelfy,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 382 σελίδες
...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,... | |
 | W H Cordeaux - 1853 - 118 σελίδες
...stopped, left off. 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... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 σελίδες
...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, H arangued him thus, right eloquent : — Did you admire my lamp, quoth he> As mack as 1 your minstrelsy,... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1854 - 154 σελίδες
...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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Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far... 
