 | Merrihew & Thompson, Lindsay & Blakiston - Science - 1844 - 241 pages
...hear the dreaded sound. I recollect some amusing lines of Dean Swift's, which I will repeat to you : " A wood worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form, With teeth, or with claws, it will bite, it will scratch, And chamber-maids christen this worm a Death- Watch ; Because, like a watch, it always... | |
 | Robert Hasell Newell - 1845
...her knell ; The solemn death-watch click'd the hour she died. GAY. Pastoral 6. A wood-worm That lives in old wood, like a hare in her form ; "With teeth...will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen the worm a deathwatch: Because, like a watch, it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1848
...of the death-watch, with his infallible method of breaking the spell. He calls it " A wood-worm, That lies in old wood like a hare in her form : With teeth or with^laws it will bile or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch : Because,... | |
 | Health & Fitness - 1852
...appear, by the oU song, ' A cobbler there was, and he lived in a stall ;' runs thus ' A wood-worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form ; With teeth, or with elaws, it will bite, it will seratch. And chambermaids christen this worin a deathwatch. Because, like... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - Reference - 1859 - 368 pages
..."click the hour of death.'1 Swift ridicules the absurd superstition in the following manner : " A wood worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form With teeth or wilh claws it will bite, it will »cratch, And chamber-maids christen this worm a deathwatch. Because,... | |
 | Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1849
...of the death-watch, with his infallible method of breaking the spell. it He calls A wood-worm, That lies in old wood like a hare in her form : With teeih or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch... | |
 | Day & Son - Nature - 1866
...ticking sounds, is doubtful. The following are his lines : " A wood-worm That lies in old wood, liko a hare in her form, With teeth or with claws it will bito, or will scratch. And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch ; Because, liko a watch, it... | |
 | Omens - 1868
...clicks the hour of death." Swift endeavoured to perform this useful task by means of ridicule, thus: " A wood worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form, With teeth or with claws it will bite it will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch ; Because, like a watch, it always... | |
 | John Timbs - 1869
...the ticking was reproduced. Swift has prescribed this destructive remedy by way of ridicule : " A Wood- worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form : With teeth or with clawa it will bite, or will scratch ; And chambermaids christen this worm a Death-watch; Because like... | |
 | John Brand - Social Science - 2003 - 396 pages
...formality of this account may well be contrasted with the witty vivacity of Swift, who furnishes, moreover, a charm to avert the omen " A Wood Worm That lies...will scratch, And Chambermaids christen this Worm a Death Watch : Because like a Watch it always cries click : Then woe be to those in the House who are... | |
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That lies in old wood like a hare in her form; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a death watch ; Because like a watch it always cries click; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For,... 
