 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...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 wrong, As much as 1 to spoil your song ; For 'twas the Kelt-same pow'r divine Taught you to sing and me to shine ; That... | |
 | Dorothea Lynde Dix - 1829 - 402 pages
...worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus quite eloquent : Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me...cheer the night. The songster heard his short oration, • 4 And warbling out his approbation, Releas'd him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - English language - 1829 - 318 pages
...minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much aa 1 to spoil your song ; For 'twas the self-same pow'r divine, Taught you to sing, and me to shine; That you with music, 1 with light, Might beautify and cheer the night.' 8. The songster heard his short oration, And, warbling... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...my lamp," quoth he, " As much as I your minstrelsy, 72 BIRDS. " You would abhor to do me wrong, "fa much as I to spoil your song ; " For 'twas the self-same power divine, '•Tsnght yon to sing, and me to shine; "That you with musie, I with light, "Might beautify and cheer... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...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, ReleasM him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. Hence jarring sectaries may learn... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1830 - 374 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...his short oration, And warbling out his approbation, Released him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. Hence jarring sectaries may learn... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...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. COWPEH. HONESTY OF A MORAVIAN.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 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...wrong, As much as I to spoil your song ; For 'twas the sclfsomc.powcr divirte . Taught you to sing, and me to shine ; That you with music, I with light, Might... | |
 | Epictetus, Samuel Croxall, John Gay, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Jean de La Fontaine, Ignacy Krasicki, James Merrick, Charles Denis, John Tapner - Animals - 1832 - 388 pages
...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...Releas'd him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. From this short fable, youth may learn Their real interest to discern : That brother... | |
 | Epictetus, Samuel Croxall, John Gay, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Jean de La Fontaine, Ignacy Krasicki, James Merrick, Charles Denis, John Tapner - Animals - 1832 - 366 pages
...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...Releas'd him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. MORAL. From this short fable, youth may learn Their real interest to discern : That... | |
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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 : 
