COME, take up your hats, and away let us haste To the Butterfly's ball, and the Grasshopper's feast; The trumpeter Gadfly has summoned the crew, And the revels are now only waiting for you. Poems for Youth - Page 63by William Roscoe - 1821 - 78 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1806 - 448 pages
...only waiting for you. On the smooth shaven grass, by the side of a wood, Beneath a broad oak, which for ages had stood, See the children of earth, and the tenants of air, To an evening's amusement together repair. And there came the Moth, with her plumage of down, And the... | |
| 1811 - 432 pages
...Beneath a b'iiad oak wbich for ages had stood See the children of earth, and the ten. ants of air, To an evening's amusement together repair. And there...blind and so black, Who carried the Emmet, his friend, off his back ,Bud there came the Gnat, and the Drag on- fly too And all their relations, green, orange,... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...throng. And on the smooth grass, by the tide of a wood, Beneath a broad oak that for ages had stood, Saw the children of earth, and the tenants of air, For...repair. And there came the Beetle, so blind and so Hack, [back. Who carried the Emmet, his friend, on his And there was the Gnat and the Dragnn-Jly «<*>.... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...given in our last volume On the smooth shaven grass by the side of a wood, Beneath a broad oak, which for ages had stood, See the children of earth, and the tenants of air, To an ev'mng's amusement together, repair ; And there came the Beetle, so Mind and so black, Who carried... | |
| Anecdotes - 1820 - 438 pages
...only waiting for you. On the smooth shaven grass, by the side of a wood, Beneath a broad oak, which for ages had stood, See the children of earth, and the tenants of air, To an evening's amusement together repair. And there came the Beetle, so blind and so black, Who carried... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 pages
...wood, Beneath a broad oak which for ages has stood, See the children of earth and the tenants of air To an evening's amusement together repair. And there...blind and so black, Who carried the Emmet, his friend, ou his back, And there came the Gnat, and the Dragonfly too, And all their relations, green, orange,... | |
| Flowers - 1835 - 174 pages
...only waiting for you. On the smooth-shaven grass, hy the side of a wood, Beneath a broad oak, which for ages had stood, See the children of earth, and the tenants of air, To an ev'ning's amusement together repair! And there came the Beetle, so hlind and so black, Who carried... | |
| Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1836 - 226 pages
...only waiting for you ! On the smooth shaven grass, by the side of a wood, Beneath a broad -oak, which for ages had stood, See the children of earth, and the tenants of air, To an evening's amusement together repair ; And there came the Gnat, and the Dragon-fly too, And all... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...for you. On the smooth-shaven grass, by the side of a wood, Beneath a broad oak, which for ages has stood, See the children of earth, and the tenants...amusement together repair ; And there came the Beetle, BO blind and so black, Who carried the Emmet, his friend, on his back ; And there came the Gnat, and... | |
| Garland - 1850 - 152 pages
...for you. On the smooth shaven grass, by the side of the wood, Beneath a broad oak that for ages has stood, See the children of earth and the tenants of...black, Who carried the emmet, his friend, on his back j And there was the gnat, and the dragon-fly too, With all their relations, green, orange, and blue.... | |
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