 | Constable and co, ltd - 1832 - 960 ページ
...small glit'ring gritt, to cate His choyce hit r - with ; then, in a trice, They make a feast lesse great than nice. But all this while his eye is served, We must not thinke his sare was starved ; But that there was in place to stir His spleen, the chirring grashoppcr,... | |
 | James Rennie - 1829 - 342 ページ
...enthusiastic entomologist: as will appear from the following quaint and fanciful quotation : — " A little mushroom table spread, After short prayers...But that there was in place to stir His spleen the chirring grasshopper, The merry cricket, puling fly, The piping gnat, for minstrelsy. And now we must... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1832 - 308 ページ
...some small glit'ring gritt, to eate His choyce bitts with ; then, in a trice, They make a feast lesse great than nice. But all this while his eye is served, We must not thinke his eare was sterved ; But that there was in place to stir His spleen, the chirring grashopper,... | |
 | John Brand - 1841 - 356 ページ
...hread. A yellow corn of parkey wheat, With some small sandy grits to eat His choice hits with ; and in a trice They make a feast less great than nice. But all this while his eye was serv'd, We cannot think his ear was starv'd, But that there was in place to stir His ears the pittering... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1846 - 642 ページ
...short prayers, they set on bread, A moon-parch'd grain of purest wheat, With some small glit'ring giit to eat His choicest bits with; then in a trice They...less great than nice. But all this while his eye is serv'd, We must not think his ear was slarv'd ; But that there was in place to stir His spleen, the... | |
 | Brand - 1849 - 544 ページ
...bread, A yellow corn of parkey wheat, With some small sandy grits to eat His choice bits with; and in a trice They make a feast less great than nice. But all this while his eye was serv'd, We cannot think his ear was starv'd, But that there was in place to stir His ears the pittering... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 ページ
...OBERON'S FEAST. A LITTLE mushroom table spread ; After short prayers, they set on bread, A moon-parch'd grain of purest wheat, With some small glittering...less great than nice. But, all this while his eye is serv'd, We must not think his ear is starv'd ; But that there was in place, to stir His spleen, the... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1852 - 744 ページ
...on bread, A moon-parch'd grain of purest wheat VVith some small glitt'ring grit, to eat His choice bits with ; then in a trice They make a feast less great than nice But all this while his eye is serv'd We must not think his ear was starv'd ; But that there was in place to stir His spleen, the... | |
 | James Rennie - 1855 - 294 ページ
...purest wheat, With some small glittering grit, to eat L— U His choicest bits with ; then in a trite They make a feast less great than nice. But all this...while his eye is served, We must not think his ear was starred: But that there was in place to stir His spleen the chirring grasshopper. The merry cricket,... | |
 | Thrace Talmon - 1856 - 538 ページ
...Hcsperides : " A little mushroom-table spread; After short prayers, they set on bread, A moon-parched grain of purest wheat. With some small glittering...a trice. They make a feast less great than nice." Notwithstanding he had secret hopes of some time attaining greatness, and knew that great men were... | |
| |
But that there was in place to stir His spleen the chirring grasshopper, The merry cricket, puling fly, The piping gnat for minstrelsy : And now we must imagine first The elves present, to quench his thirst, A pure... 
