 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 240 pages
...of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent— PART II. C Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me...Taught you to sing, and me to shine; That you with musie, I with light, Might beautify and cheer the night. The songster heard his short oration, And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...thus, right eloquent — Did you admire my lamp, quoth he — As much as I your minstrelsy, You wonld abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song...and me to shine ; That you with music, I with light, J>Jight beautify and cheer the night. The songster heard his short oration, And warbling out his approbation,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 314 pages
...worm, aware of his intent, Harangu'd him thus, right eloquent — Did you admire my lamp, quoth he., As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me...much as I to spoil your song ; For 'twas the selfsame pow'r divine Taught you to sing, and me to shine ; That you with musick, I with light, Might beautify... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...lamp, quoth he, • ; ' • • , ; As much as I your minstrelsy, • > • ,'., , J ... . ••.. You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil...oration, . • . . . And warbling out his approbation, ; \ . Released him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. Hence jarring sectaries may... | |
 | William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pages
...aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent— Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As umdi as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong,...spoil your song; For 'twas the self-same Power divine Tanght you to sing, and me to shine; That you with music, I with light, Might beantify and cheer the... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...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...self-same power divine Taught you to sing, and me te shine ; That you with music, I with light, Might beautify and cheer the night. The songster heard... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...his intent, Harrangu'd him thus right eloquent : " Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, <; As much as 1 your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as 1 to spoil your song; For 'twas the selfsame pow'r divine Taught you to sing, and me to shine ; ' That... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...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...short, oration, And, warbling out his approbation, Released him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. Hence jarring sectaries may learn... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...— ' Did you admire my lamp,' quoth he, ' As much as I your minstrelsy, You would ahhor to do Vne wrong, As much as I to spoil your song; For 'twas...I with light, Might beautify and cheer the night.' S. The songster heard his short oration, And, warbling out his approbation, Releas'd him, as my story... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 562 pages
...worm, aware of his intent, Harangu'd him thus, right eloquent — Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me...as I to spoil your song , For 'twas the self-same pow'r divine Taught you to sing, and me to shine ; That you with music, I with light, Might beautify... | |
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He spied far off 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 : 
