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" 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 318
by William Cowper - 1810
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper

William Cowper - 1899 - 660 pages
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Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 3

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...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse: From the Best Writers ...

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...
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The English Reader; Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best ...

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...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper

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...
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The Christian Lady's Magazine, Volume 11

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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The Christian lady's magazine, ed. by Charlotte Elizabeth, Volume 11

Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 598 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...
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The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1840 - 270 pages
...song, Nor jet at eve his note suspended, , . Nor yet when eventide wa£ ended, ,-• Began to feel, JTS well he might, The keen demands of appetite ; When,...something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm hy his spark. So, stooping dfltarn from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm,...
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Poems, by William Cowper, Esq: Together with His Posthumous Poetry ..., Volume 1

William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...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...feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite ; 214 THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOW-WORM When looking eagerly around, He spied far off upon the ground,...
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The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1842 - 262 pages
...AIERIUCK. SECTION II. The JVighlingah and Hit fl loir-mom A NIGHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheerM the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note...yet when eventide was ended, ." Began to feel, as woll he might, . „. 4',,. The keen demands of appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far...
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