 Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, 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 off, upon the ground, A something shining...  The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ... - Seite 192von Lindley Murray - 1815 - 262 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 394 Seiten
...NIGHTINGALE that all day long Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well...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,... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 Seiten
...NIGHTINGALE that all day long Had cheered the village with his song ; Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well...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,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - 264 Seiten
...ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, H« spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining...from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. 2 The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — '' Did you admire my lamp,"... | |
 | 1836 - 496 Seiten
...demands of appetite ; Whenf looking eagerly around, He spied far on^ upon the ground, A something shimng in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark ;...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 minstrelsey,... | |
 | 1836 - 496 Seiten
...nightingale, that all daylong Had cheer d the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well...appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far on| upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark \ So, stooping... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 Seiten
...NIGHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheer'd the village with his song. Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well...put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangu'd him thus, right eloquent — Did you admire my lamp, quoth he. As much as I your minstrelsy,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 Seiten
...cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands...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,... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 Seiten
...NIGHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well...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,... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1839 - 154 Seiten
...nightingale, that all day long Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well...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,... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1881 - 388 Seiten
...Nightingale that all day long Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well...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,... | |
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