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" Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song; For 'twas the... "
Poems - Page 282
by William Cowper - 1800
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The Arminian Magazine: Consisting of Extracts and Original ..., Volume 6

John Wesley - Biography - 1783 - 798 pages
...upon the ground, A fomething fhining in the dark, And knew the Glow-worm by his fpark, So flooping down from hawthorn top. He thought to put him in his crop; The worm aware of his intent, Harangued him thqs right eloquent. Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your minftrelfy,...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - English poetry - 1782 - 378 pages
...upon the ground, A fomething fhining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his fpark, So flboping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop j The worm aware of his intent, Harangu'd him thus right eloquent. Did you admire my lamp, quoth he,...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for ...

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...upon the ground, A Ibmething Ihining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his fpark j. So, (looping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop; The wprm, aware of his intent. Harangued him thus, right eloquent : Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1799 - 408 pages
...upon the ground, A fomething fhining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his fpark. So, fiooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware oi his intent, Harangu'd him thus, right eloquent — " Did you admire my lamp," quoth he, '* As much...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...upon the 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...you admire my lamp,'' quoth he, " As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song ; For 'twas the self-same...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1805 - 358 pages
...fomething mining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his fpark ; So, ftooping down from hawthom top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent. Harangued him thus, right eloquent— Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your minftrelfy,...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1805 - 362 pages
...fomething fhiaing in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his fpark ; So, ltooping down from hawthom top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent. Harangued him thus, right eloquent— Did yiu admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as 1 your minftrelfy,...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 478 pages
...upon the 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 worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your minstrelsy,...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 3

William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...upon the 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 worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent — " Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as I your minstrelsy,...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...something uuim'ng in' the dark, Aod knew the glow-worm by his spark; So, stooping down from hawihorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent-— * Did you admire my lamp, quoth he, As much as lyoer minstrelsy,...
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