 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 Green - 1879 - 326 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 and rage ; How much may we learn from the sight ! i. If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud,... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1881 - 368 pàgines
...eagles eat the same ! Moreover, Watts forgets grace, occasionally, for chance, as in the couplet:— If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud, Or dogs, we might play till it ended in blood, 80 foul and so fierce are their natures. But Thomas and William, and such pretty names, Should be cleanly... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1881 - 824 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 sight ! But Thomas, and William, and such pretty names, Should be cleanly and... | |
 | Illustrated poems - 1885 - 370 pàgines
...lambs Run sporting about by the side of their dams, With fleeces so clean and so white; ( )ra 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 wo had been ducks, we might dabble in mud ; ( )r dogM, we might play till it ended in blood... | |
 | Jakob Schipper - 1888 - 634 pàgines
...lombs Bun sporting about by the tide 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 lore, without anger or rage, How much may we learn from the tight. Die folgende Strophe hat klingende... | |
 | 1890 - 588 pàgines
...And let us see how he handles it. He first parts company with his subject and descends to doggerel. 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 sucli pretty names Should be cleanly and harmless... | |
 | 1890 - 494 pàgines
...And let us see how he handles it. He first parts company with his subject and descends to doggerel. If we had been ducks we might dabble in mud Or dogs we might play till it ended 1n blood, So foul and so fierce are their natures. But Thomas and William and such pretty names Should... | |
 | Robert Davies Roberts - 1901 - 296 pàgines
...wonderful book he deals incidentally with the animal world. Here is a specimen of his teaching : " 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... | |
 | Newton Marshall Hall - 1906 - 518 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 sight! If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud ; Or dogs, we might play... | |
 | Oswald Doughty - 1922 - 492 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 I Watts, Works, IV, 402. Cf. also Watts's Cradle Hymn, Ibid., p. 404. in... | |
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