If we had been ducks we might dabble in mud ; Or dogs, we might play till it ended in blood ; So foul and so fierce are their natures : But Thomas and William, and such pretty names, Should be cleanly and harmless as doves or as lambs, Those lovely sweet... The Works of the English Poets: Watts - Pàgina 338per Samuel Johnson - 1779Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 pàgines
...lambs Run sporting about by the side of their dams, With fleeces so clean and so white ; Or a nest of young doves in a large open cage, When they play all in love, without anger or rage, How much we may learn from the sight ! If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud, Or dogs, we might play... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 186 pàgines
...lambs Run sporting about by the side of their dams, . With fleeces so clean and EO white ;Or a nest of young doves in a large open cage, When they play all in love without anger or rage, How much we may learn from the sight ! If we had been ducks we might dabble in mud ; Or dogs, we might play... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1824 - 36 pàgines
...by the side of their dams, With fleeces so clean and so white 5 Or a nest of young doves, in a large When they play all in love, without anger or rage, How much may we learn from the sight ! If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud, Or dogs, we might play till it ended in blood,... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1829 - 76 pàgines
...lambs Run sporting about by the side of their dams, With fleeces so clean and so white ; Or a nest of young doves, in a large open cage, When they play all in love without anger or rage, How much we may learn from the sight ! If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud; Or dogs, we might play... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1830 - 84 pàgines
...by the side of their dams, With fleeces so clean and so white ; Or a nest of young doves, in a large cage, When they play all in love, without anger or rage, How much may we learn from the sight! If we had been ducks, we might dabble in tnud, Or dogs, we might play till it ended in blood,... | |
| Thomas Bilby - 1836 - 154 pàgines
...lambs Run sporting about by the side of their dams, With fleeces so clean and so white ; Or a nest of young doves in a large open cage When they play...without anger or rage, How much may we learn from the sight ! If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud, Or dogs, we might play till it ended in blood,... | |
| 1837 - 226 pàgines
...lambs Run sporting about by the side of their dams, With fleeces so clean and so white ; Or a nest of young doves, in a large open cage, When they play all in love, without anger or rage, How much we may learn from the sight. If we had been ducks, we might paddle in mud, Or dogs, we might play till... | |
| 1840 - 188 pàgines
...lambs, Run sporting about by the side of their dams, With fleeces so clean and so white ; Or a nest of young doves in a large open cage, When they play all in love, without anger or rage, How much we may learn from the sight! ii. If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud, Or dogs, we might play... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1847 - 76 pàgines
...young lambs Run sporting about by the side of their dams, With fleeces so clean and so white; Or a nest of young doves, in a large open cage, When they play...all in love, without anger or rage, «• How much we may learn from the If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud; Or dogs, we might play till it... | |
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