 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
 | Science - 1832 - 298 pages
...them " A nightingale, that all day long Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve liis note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began...glow-worm, by his spark. So, stooping down from hawthorn lop, He thought to put him in his crop. The wonn, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus quite eloquent... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1832 - 260 pages
...MERRICK. SECTION II. The Nightingale and the Glowworm. A NIGHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note...spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining in Ihe dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark; So, stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...Had chcer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his nute suspended, Nor yet when eventide w»s ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, lie spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his... | |
 | Anne Parker - 1835 - 302 pages
...NIGHTINGALE. A NIGHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his song suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...essay in the Register on the food of the nightingale.] A NIGHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note...feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite ; 2 H When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark,... | |
 | 1836 - 496 pages
...eye of God. THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOW-WORM. [Nightingale.] A nightingale, that all daylong Had cheer d the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note...appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far on| upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark \ So, stooping... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1836 - 264 pages
...MEMUCE. SECTION II. The Nightingale and the Glow-wonA NIGHTINGALE, that all day lonjf Had ch'eer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note...demands of appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, H« spied far off, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1839 - 276 pages
...SECTION II. 7V nightingale and the glo A NIGHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheer'd the village with his Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide...stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in bis crop, ' The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — ' Did you admire... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...sine lite, genis. [hnjus THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOW-WORM. 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 tide Glow-worm by his spark ; So stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his erop... | |
 | Christian life - 1839 - 608 pages
...indiscriminately at the poles and equator. . (To be continued.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE CHRISTIAN LADY'S MAGAZINE. ' A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark.'— COWPER. MADAM, 'Tis said that joys anticipated far transcend the realization. Such may be the experience... | |
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