 | James Cornwell - 1870 - 156 páginas
...1774—1843. THE SNAIL. To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there, house and all Together....weather. Give but his horns the slightest touch, His self- collecting power is such, He shrinks into his house with much Displeasure. Wherein he dwells,... | |
 | Child - 1871 - 328 páginas
...mine, be done ! THE SNAIL. o grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there house and all Together....house with much Displeasure. Where'er he dwells, he dwells alone, Except himself has chattels none, Well satisfied to be his own Whole treasure. Thus hermit-like... | |
 | Acrostics - 1871 - 312 páginas
...holy mother, So wilfully dost spurn the chosen Archbishop Of Canterbury from that holy see ?" 1. " Give but his horns the slightest touch, His self-collecting...He shrinks into his house with much Displeasure." 2. " My Oberon, what visions I have seen ! Methought I was enamoured of an ass." 3. " The flag that... | |
 | National reading books - 1871 - 224 páginas
...wall, The snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there house and all Together. \Vithin that house secure he hides, When danger imminent betides...self-collecting power is such, He shrinks, into his h•juse with much Displeasure. Where'er he dwells, he dwells alone, Except himself has chattels none,... | |
 | Osborne William Tancock - 1872 - 364 páginas
...C. WOLFE. 8. The Snail. To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there house and all Together....betides Of storm, or other harm besides Of weather. V. BOURNE. 9. When it was winter, and the snow lay all around, white and sparkling, a hare would often... | |
 | William Cowper (the Poet.) - 1872 - 264 páginas
...lost thy wits. THE SNAIL. To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The snail stieks elose, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there, house and all Together. Within that house seeure he hides, When danger imminent betides Of storm, or other harm besides Of weather. Give but... | |
 | John C. Salmon - 1877 - 294 páginas
...following pleasing lines : — " To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The snail sticks close, nor fears to fall. As if he grew there, house and all Together....house with much Displeasure. " Where'er he dwells, he dwells alone, Except himself has chattels none, Well satisfied to be his own Whole treasure. " Thus,... | |
 | Edwin (fict.name.) - 1878 - 334 páginas
...of that." " Cowpcr wrote some pretty verses about him," said Mrs. Howard, " here is one of them — "Give but his horns the slightest touch His self-collecting power is such lie shrinks into his house, with much displeasure." CHAPTER II. " I HAVE good news for you, Fanny,"... | |
 | Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore - 1879 - 376 páginas
...beasts despise.' CL THE SNAIL To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there house and all Together....house with much Displeasure. Where'er he dwells, he dwells alone, Except himself has chattels none, Well satisfied to be his own Whole treasure. Thus hermit-like... | |
 | Choice poems - 1879 - 206 páginas
...persecution. THE SNAIL. To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there house and all Together....house with much Displeasure. Where'er he dwells, he dwells alone, Except himself has chattels none, Well satisfied to be his own Whole treasure. Thus hermit-like... | |
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THE SNAIL. To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The Snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there, house and all Together. Within that house secure he hides, When danger imminent betides Of storm, or other harm besides Of weather. Give but... 
