I seiz'd the vermin, home I quickly sped, And on the hearth the milk-white embers spread. Slow crawl'd the snail, and if I right can spell, In the soft ashes mark'da curious L : Oh, may this wondrous omen lucky prove ! For L is found in Lubberkin and... All the Year Round - Sayfa 272editör: - 1887Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
| 1797 - 420 sayfa
...May-day fair I search'd to find a snail, That might my secret lover's name reveal; 50 Upon a goosberry bush a snail I found, For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. I sei2'd the vermin, home I quickly sped, And on the hearth the milk-white embers spread: Slow crawl'd... | |
| John Gay, Thomas Park - 1808 - 322 sayfa
...fair I search'd to find a snail That might my secret lover's name reveal , 50 Upon a gooseberry-bush a snail I found, For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. I seiz'd the vermin, home I quickly sped, And on the hearth the milk-white embers spread : Slow crawl'd... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 512 sayfa
...three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around. ' Last May-day fair I search'd to find a snail That might my secret lover's name reveal ; Upon a -gooseberry-bush a snail I found, For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. I seiz'd the vermin,... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 490 sayfa
...May-day fair I search'd to find a snai That might my secret lover's name reveal; Upon a gooseberry-bush a snail I found, For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. I seiz'd the vermin, home I quickly sped, And on the hearth the milk-white embers spr Mow crawl'd the... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 sayfa
...fair I search'd to find a snail, That might my secret lover's name reveal. 50 I pon a gooseberry-bush a snail I found, ( For always snails near sweetest fruit abound). ' I seiz'd the vermine, whom I quickly sped And on the earth the milk-white embers spread. Slow crawl'd... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 418 sayfa
...three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around." Last May-day fair I search'd to find a snail, That might my secret lover's name reveal. Upon a gooseberry-bush a snail I found, (For always snails near sweetest fruit abound). I seiz'd the vermine,... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 sayfa
...fair I search'd to find a snail, That might my secret lover's name reveal. SO Upon a gooseberry-bush 'd and fix'd, Of the Most High ; who, in full frequence bright Of seiz'd the vermine, whom I quickly sped, And on the earth the milk-white embers spread. Slow crawl'd... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 364 sayfa
...fair I search'd to find a snail, That might my secret lover's name reveal. 50 Upon a gooseberry-bush a snail I found, (For always snails near sweetest fruit abound). I seiz'd the vermine, whom I quickly sped, And on the earth the milk-white embers spread. Slow crawl'd... | |
| John Gay - 1826 - 376 sayfa
...three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around.' Last May-day fair I search'd to find a snail That might my secret lover's name...found, For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. I seiz'd the vermin, home I quickly sped, And on the hearth the milk-white embers spread. Slow crawl'd... | |
| William Hone - 1827 - 858 sayfa
...fair I search'd to find a snail Tliat might my secret lover's name reveal : Upon a gooseberry-bush a snail I found, For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. I seiz'd the vermine ; home I quickly sped, And on the hearth the milk-white embers spread , Slow crawl'd... | |
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