 THESE emmets, how little they are in our eyes ! We tread them to dust, and a troop of them dies, Without our regard or concern ; Yet as wise as we are, if we went to their school. There 's many a sluggard and many a fool, Some lessons of wisdom might...  The Works of the English Poets: Watts - Page 340by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
 | English poets - 1790 - 264 pages
...• Guard my heart, O God of heaven, Left I covet what's not mine : Left I fteal what is not g'.ven, Guard my heart and hands from fin. V. THE ANT OR EMMET....eyes ?. We tread them to duft, and a troop of them difes Without our regard or concern : Yet, as wife as we are, if we went to their fchool, There's many... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...forbidden, God beholds it with his eye. Guard my heart, O God of heaven, Left I covet what's not mine : Left I fteal what is not given, Guard my heart and hands from fin. § 93- Ibe Ant, or Emmet. WATTS. THESE emmets, how little they arc in ourcycs t We tread them to duft,... | |
 | 1794 - 954 pages
...given, . Guard OTV heart and hands from fin. V. THE ANT, OR EMMET. Tur-ei Emmet» how little they »re in our eyes ? We tread them to duft, and a troop of them dies Without out regard or concern : Yet, as wif; as v. - arc, if we went to their fchool, There's many a ihiggjrd... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 972 pages
...forbidden, God beholds it with his eye. Guard my heart, O God of heaven, Left I covet what's not mine : Left I fteal what is not given. Guard my heart and...OR EMMET. THESE Emmets how little they are in our eye* ? We tread ihem to rhift, and a troop of them dies Without our rcpard or concern : Yet, a» wife... | |
 | W. M. - Children - 1801 - 356 pages
...make, with joy Our annual vifit o'er the globe, Companions of the fpring. LOGAN. THE ANT, OR EMMtfT. THESE emmets, how little they are in our eyes ? We...a troop of them dies Without our regard or concern s Yet, -as wife as we are, if we went to their fcUoo^ There's many a fluggard, and many a fool, Some... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...its rosy plumes thy breast ; Then, with solitary joy, Eat thee, bones and all, my boy. LANGHORNE. THE EMMET. THESE emmets how little they are in our eyes! We tread them to dust, and a troop of them dies Without our regard or concern : Yet, as wise as we are, if we went to... | |
 | Isaac Watts - English poetry - 1807 - 410 pages
...Lest I covet what's not mine ; " Lest I steal what is not given, Guard my heart and hands from sin. ll THE ANT, OR EMMET. THESE emmets, how little they are in our eyes ! We tread them to dust, and a troop of them die? , Without our regard or concern ; Yet, as wise as we are, if we went... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 472 pages
...Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul : The mind's the standard of the man. The Ant, or Emmet. THESE Emmets, how little they are in our eyes ! We tread them to dust, and a troop of them dies Without our regard or concern : Yet, as wise as we are, if we went to... | |
 | Poetry - 1804 - 184 pages
...its rbfy plumes thy breaft ; Then, with folitary joy, Eat thee, bones and all, my boy. LANGHORNE. THE EMMET. THESE emmets how little they are in our eyes...a troop of them dies Without our regard or concern : Yet, as wife as we are, if we went to their fchool, There 's many a fluggard and many a fool A leflbn... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Children's poetry - 1800 - 82 pages
...I covet what's not mine ; Left I fteal what is not giv'n, Guard my Heart, and Hands from Sin, SONG V. The Ant or Emmet. THESE Emmets how little they...Troop of them dies, "Without our Regard or Concern ; Yet, wife as we are, if we went to their School, There's many a Sluggard, and many a Fool, Some Leflbns... | |
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