 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 - Pàgina 340per Samuel Johnson - 1779Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Platts - 1876 - 986 pàgines
...RESPECTING INSECTS. (Continued.) Ants — White Ants — Green Ants — Visiting Ants — The Ant-Lion. 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 «e are, if we went to... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1877 - 90 pàgines
...heaven, Lest I covet what's not mine ; Lest I take what is not given, Guard my heart and hands from sin. 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... | |
 | Rhymes, Simple rhymes - 1877 - 88 pàgines
...Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. LONGFELLOW. THE ANT.— INDUSTRY. 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 sent to their... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 242 pàgines
...o'erflowing On each created thing, Life, light, and joy bestowing, Keturns to Thee, its Spring. - 18THE 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... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 126 pàgines
...created thing, Life, light, and joy bestowing, Eeturns to Thee, its Spring. — 18 — THE ANT, OE 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... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1879 - 354 pàgines
...Let my first years be past ; That I may give for every day Some good account at last. WATTS, THE ANT. 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 sent to their... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1881 - 824 pàgines
...Lest I covet what 's not 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 dies, Without our regard or concern ; Yet as wise as we are, if we went to... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1881 - 388 pàgines
...suppose, really the first writer of hymns on purpose for little children. Here is his Ant. THE ANT. 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... | |
 | James Crowther - 1882 - 204 pàgines
...so pinched in, Just in the pismire taste ! " Dr. Watts, too, you remember, describes the ant as an 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... | |
 | John Platts - 1882 - 558 pàgines
...RESPECTING INSECTS. — (Continued.) Ants — White Ants — Green Ants — Visiting Antt — The AntThese 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... | |
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