 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 selfsame power divine Taught you. to sing, and me to shine ; That you with music, I with light Might beautify...  Poems - Page 327by William Cowper - 1782 - 359 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 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 I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song ; For 'twas the... | |
 | Salem Town - 1850 - 374 pages
...avoided. EXAMPLE. Incorrect Reading. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right dwjuent : 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. Correct Heading. The worm,... | |
 | 1851 - 278 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... | |
 | Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll.) - 1851 - 140 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... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 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... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 800 pages
...tho glow-worm by his spark ; So stooping down from hawthorn top, Ho thought to put him in his crop. The worm aware of his intent, Harangu'd him thus right...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 - 1853 - 796 pages
...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, Harangu'd him thus right eloquent. Did you admire my lamp, quoth ho, As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song ;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 382 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 O As much as I to spoil your song ; For 'twas the selfsame... | |
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