 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...  Poems - Page 318by William Cowper - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - Literature - 1822 - 304 pages
...MERIIICE. SECTION II. ' ' The nightingale and glow-worm. 1> A NIGHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note...from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. 3. The worm aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — ' Did you admire my lamp,'... | |
 | Classical philology - 1824
...aequivalere tuis. Insuper est aviuiu spatiis garrire diurnis ; Tu cantare simul nocte dieque potes. A Nightingale, that all day long Had cbeer'd the village...note suspended. Nor yet when even-tide was ended. Cowper's Nightingale and Glow-worm. u Desbillons, an author of very high merit among the modern Latin... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Oral reading - 1824 - 273 pages
...loo'litte we find, .It leaves a real sling behind. I i SECTION II. <TAe Nightingale and the Glow-worm. Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide...Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands ot appe'lile ; When, -looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon the ground, A somethit g shmiog... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 131 pages
...Resolves to bave none of her own. NIGHTINGALE AND GLOW-WORM. A NIGHTINGALE, that all day lone Had cheer'd the village with his song. Nor yet at eve his note...Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as wall he might The keen demands of appetite ; "When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon... | |
 | Edward Allen Talbot - Canada - 1824
...ludicrously termed " Dutch Nightingales," because, like one of those birds that all day long Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when even-tide was ended, s2 they never cease night or day, during the whole Summer, to send forth their hideous yells, with... | |
 | Classical philology - 1824
...garrire diurnis ; Tu cantare simul node dieque potes. A Nightingale, that all day long Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when even-tide was ended. Cowper's Nightingale and Glow-worm. " Desbillons, an author of very high merit among the modern Latin... | |
 | One hundred fables, James PLUMPTRE - 1825
.... . FABLE L. THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOW-WORM. By Cowper. A NIGHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve' his note...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 302 pages
...leaves a real sting behind. KZRBICK. U 2 SECTION II. 1. A KIGHTIKBALE, that all day long Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note...eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The nightingale and the glnte^uom. 2. The worm aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent—*.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826
...glow-ivorm. . 1. A KISHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve hi? note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began...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,"... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826
...Resolves to have none of her own. NIGHTINGALE AND GLOW-WORM A NIGHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note...looking eagerly around, He spied far off upon the gronnd, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark ; So stooping down from... | |
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