 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
 | E.H. Butler & Co - Readers - 1853 - 396 pages
...and his letters are charming. He died April 27, 1800. 1. A NIGHTINGALE that all day long Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note...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,... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...night. 84.— THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOWWORM.— Cowper. A Nightingale, that all day long had cheered the village with his song, — nor yet at eve his...appetite ; when, looking eagerly around, he spied, far oft', upon the ground, a something shining in the dark, — and knew the Glowworm by his spark. So,... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - English language - 1888 - 304 pages
...tales. — Macanlay. Wesson 222. SELECTIONS FOR ANALYSIS. A nightingale, that all day long Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, v Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite ;... | |
 | Emma J. Todd, W. B. Powell - 1890 - 522 pages
...music on earth ! ' " 7. THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE GLOWWORM. A nightingale that all day long Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note...the glowworm 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,... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - Recitations - 1889 - 356 pages
...force. THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE GLOWWORM. WILLIAM COWPKR. A NIGHTINGALE that all day long Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note...shining in the dark, -And knew the glowworm by his gpar\s. •, S°> stooping down from hawthorn "t°P' He thought to put him in his cropThe \vx>rm, aware... | |
 | Emma J. Todd, William Bramwell Powell - Readers - 1892 - 546 pages
..." _B. H. PEAH1,DY. 7. THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE GLOWWORM. A nightingale that all day long Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note...the glowworm 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,... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - Readers - 1893 - 248 pages
...report; think on these things. — Bible. INFLECTION DRILL. A nightingale that all day long Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note...feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite. 10. WHAT I BOUO-HT WITH MY FARM. Ralph Waldo Emerson, often called the seer of Concord, is known as... | |
 | Emma J. Todd - 1896 - 522 pages
...earth!' " _ 8 . H . 7. THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE GLOWWORM. A nightingale that all day long Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note...the glowworm by his spark; So, stooping down from hawthorn-top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his mtent, Harangued him thus,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1896 - 196 pages
...reign united there. THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE GLOW-WORM. A NIGHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note...eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, 5 The keen demands of appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon the ground, A... | |
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