 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...  Poems - Page 327by William Cowper - 1788Full view - About this book
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1880 - 360 pages
...down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his 1crop. The 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 self -same... | |
 | William Cowper - 1881 - 562 pages
...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, You would abhor to do me wrong As much as I to spoil your song; For 'twas the self-same... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1881 - 388 pages
...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, quite eloquent — "Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, " As much as I your minstrelsy,... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1882 - 376 pages
...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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1883 - 274 pages
...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... | |
 | William Cowper (the Poet.) - 1883 - 294 pages
...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, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song ; For 'twas the self-same... | |
 | E.H. Butler & Co - 1853 - 396 pages
...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. 2. " Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, "As much as I your minstrelsy,... | |
 | Phil Robinson - 1883 - 540 pages
...Helen. (96) Hopes long lost are singing From thorns like nightingales. — Montgomery : Youth. (97) " 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 self-same... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...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,... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1885 - 256 pages
...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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