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 learn. Divine and Moral Songs for Children - Pàgina 74per Isaac Watts - 1867 - 76 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 400 pàgines
...fin. • V. The ANT or EMME T. THESE Emmets how little they are in our eyes l We tread them to duft, and 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 flugajard, and many a fool, Some leffons... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 264 pàgines
...mine : Left I fteal what is not g'.ven, Guard my heart and hands from fin. V. THE ANT OR EMMET. THESE Emmets how little they are in our 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... | |
| W. M. - 1801 - 356 pàgines
...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 tread them to duft, and a troop of them dies Without our regard or concern s Yet, -as wife as we are, if we went... | |
| Poetry - 1806 - 192 pàgines
...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...Yet, as wise as we are, if we went to their school, There 's many a sluggard and many a fool A lesson of Wisdom might learn. They do n't wear their time... | |
| Robert Southey - 1807 - 472 pàgines
...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...many a fool, Some lessons of wisdom might learn. They don't wear their time out in sleeping or play, But gather up corn in a sun-shiny day, And for winter... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1807 - 410 pàgines
...; " 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 to their school, . There's... | |
| Poetry - 1804 - 184 pàgines
...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 ! We tread them to duft, and a troop of them dies Without our regard or concern : Yet, as wife as we are, if we went to... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pàgines
...dead. § 62. The Ant, or Emmet. Watts, THESE emmets, how little they are in our eyes! We tread thein reaming don't wear their time out in slecpingorplay, But piiher up corn in a sun-shiny day, Anfl for winter... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pàgines
...mine : Lest I steal what is not given, Guard my heart and hands from sin. V. 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 to their school, There 's many... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 pàgines
...Yet, as wise as we are, if we went to their school, There 's many a sluggard, and many a fool, THESE emmets how little they are in our eyes ! We tread them to dust, and a triop of them diw Some lessons of wisdom might learn. They don' t wear their time out in sleeping or... | |
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