 | Robert Herrick - 1877 - 96 ページ
...moon-parched grain of purest wheat, With some small glittering grit, to eat OBERON'S FEAST. 43 His choice bits with ; then in a trice They make a feast less...while his eye is served, We must not think his ear was sterved ; But that there was in place to stir His spleen, the chirring grasshopper, The merry cricket,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880
...on bread, A moon-parch'd grain of purest wheat, With some small glitt'ring grit, to eat His choice bits with ; then in a trice They make a feast less...while his eye is served, We must not think his ear was sterved ; But that there was in place to stir His spleen, the chirring grasshopper, The merry cricket,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880
...on bread, A moon-parch'd grain of purest wheat, With some small glitt'ring grit, to eat His choice bits with ; then in a trice They make a feast less...while his eye is served, We must not think his ear was sterved ; But that there was in place to stir His spleen, the chirring grasshopper, The merry cricket,... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881
...court anon. A little mushroom table spread; After short prayers, they set on bread, A moon-parch'd grain of purest wheat, With some small glittering...served, We must not think his ear was starved ; But there was in place, to stir His spleen, the chirring grasshopper. The merry cricket, puling fly, The... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1882
...on bread, A moon-parch'd grain of purest wheat, With some small glitt'ring grit, to eat His choice bits with ; then in a trice They make a feast less...while his eye is served, We must not think his ear was sterved ; But that there was in place to stir His spleen, the chirring grasshopper, The merry cricket,... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1884 - 319 ページ
...fairy-court anon." A moon-parched grain of purest wheat, With some small glittering grit, to eat His choice bits with; then in a trice They make a feast less great than nice. We must not think his ear was starved; But all this while his eye is served, But that there was in... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1885 - 319 ページ
...fairy-court anon." A little mushroom table spread, After short prayers they set on bread, A moon-parched grain of purest wheat, With some small glittering 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... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1891
...court anon. A LITTLE mushroom table spread, After short prayers, they set on bread ; A moon-parch'd grain of purest wheat, With some small glittering 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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895
...on bread, A moon-parch'd grain of purest wheat, With some small glitt'ring grit, to eat His choice bits with ; then in a trice They make a feast less...while his eye is served, We must not think his ear was sterved; But that there was in place to stir His spleen, the chirring grasshopper, The merry cricket,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1896
...on bread, A moon-parch'd grain of purest wheat, With some small glitt'ring grit, to eat His choice bits with ; then in a trice They make a feast less...while his eye is served, We must not think his ear was sterved ; But that there was in place to stir His spleen, the chirring grasshopper, The merry cricket,... | |
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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... 
