 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
 | W H Cordeaux - 1853 - 118 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 (2) to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song ; For 'twas the self-same... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...down from ha\vthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm aware of his intent, Harangii'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 I to spoil your song ; For 'twas the self-same... | |
 | Mary (aunt, pseud.) - 1854 - 104 pages
...the glowworm by its spark ; And 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, said he, As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1854 - 154 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, Robert Southey - 1854 - 476 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 J. Hallock - 1854 - 260 pages
...thee. He wore' his cloak when I first beheld1 him, but soon laid' it aside. But Beware7 of men. • " Did you admire my lamp, quoth' he, As much as I your minstrelsy." It rained violently. It thaws slowly to-day. It snows. PARTICLES. § 170. The parts of... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pages
...down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, H arangued him thus, right eloquent : — Did you admire my lamp, quoth he> As mack as 1 your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as 1 to spoil your song : For 'twas... | |
 | William Oland Bourne - 1854 - 350 pages
...his crop. The WOEM, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent : BKUTHEELY LOVE. 28] " 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... | |
 | 1855 - 784 pages
...little hands were never made To tear each other's ejes. Said the glowworm to the nightingale : — 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... | |
 | Frederick Howard (assistant master of Stationers' school, London.) - 1872 - 212 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... | |
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