 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
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...his cell. JANE TAYLOR. THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOW-WORM. A NIGHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note...appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied, far olf, upon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark ; So, stooping... | |
 | 1876 - 400 pages
...cent, of the proceeds. What did I gain per cent, on the whole ? — JP 117. Parse and analyse — " Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended." — SHR 118. I sold 35 barrels of flour for £50, and gained as much per cent, as I paid for them.... | |
 | Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore - Children's poetry, English - 1879 - 376 pages
...sea, Old Ballad cxxxvm 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...shining in the dark, And knew the Glowworm by his spark y So, stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1879 - 688 pages
...nitidis, et sine lite, genis. THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOW-WORM. 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 glow-worm by his spaik ; So stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop ; The worm, aware of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1879 - 88 pages
...soon partake his grave. THE NIGHTINGALE AND 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... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1880 - 360 pages
...AND THE GLOW-WORM. A NIGHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheered the village with his song, Nor yot at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was...down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his 1crop. The worm, aware of his intent, "Harangued him thus, right eloquent — " Did you admire my lamp,"... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1881 - 388 pages
...nightingale and glowworm. THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOW-WORM. 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,... | |
 | John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1882 - 206 pages
...feuda ran high between the Roundheads and Cavaliers. (ii) A nightingale, that all day long Had cheered the village with his song — Nor yet at eve his note...appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off npon the ground, A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark. 3. The first... | |
 | 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,... | |
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