 | John Gay - 1728 - 218 páginas
...means yon peafant's daily toil, From choaking weeds to rid the foil ? Why wake you to the morning's care? Why with new arts correct the year? Why glows the peach with crimfon hue? And why the plum's inviting blue ? Were they to feaft his tafte defign'dj That vermine... | |
 | John Gay - 1773 - 388 páginas
...means yon peafant's daily toil, From choaking weeds to rid the foil ? Why wake you to the morning's care ? Why with new arts correct the year ? Why glows the peach with critnfon hue ? And why the plumb's inviting blue ? Where they to feaft his tafte defign'd, That vermin... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 páginas
...means yon peafant's daily toil. From choking v.'ccds to rid the foil ? Why wake you to the morning's care ? Why with new arts correct the year? Why glows the peach with crimlbn hue? And \vhy the plum's inviting blue ? Were they to fcaft his tafte defign'd, That vermin... | |
 | John Gay - 1796 - 284 páginas
...means yon peasant's daily toil, From choking weeds to rid the soil ? Why wake you to the morning's care ? Why with new arts correct the year? Why glows...vermin of voracious kind ? Crush then the slow, the pilf 'ring race, So purge thy garden from disgrace. What arrogance ! the SNAIL reply'd ; How insolent... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 424 páginas
...crimson hue ? And why the plum's inviting blue ? 20 Were they to least his taste design'd, Tliat vermine of voracious kind ? Crush then the slow, the pilf'ring race, So purge thy garden from disgrace. Eiij What arrogance! the Snail reply'd; How insolent is upstart pride ! Hadst thou not thus, with insult... | |
 | John Gay - 1799 - 250 páginas
...means yon peafant's daily toil , From choking weeds to rid the foil? Why wake you to the morning's care?' Why with new arts correct the year? Why glows the peach with crimfon hue? And why the plumb's inviting blue 1 Were they to feaft his tafle defign'd, That vermin... | |
 | John Gay, Edward Moore - 1800 - 260 páginas
...rid the soil ? Why wake you to the morning's care .' Why with new arts correct the year? Why grows the peach with crimson hue ? And why the plum's inviting...blue ? Were they to feast his taste design'd, That vermiu of voracious kind ? Crash then the slow, the pilf 'ring race ; So purge thy garden from disgrace.... | |
 | 1806 - 408 páginas
...soil ? Why wake you to the morning's care > Why with new arts correct tlje year ? Why grows the pencil with crimson hue ? And why the plum's inviting blue...vermin of voracious kind ? Crush then the slow, the pilf 'ring race -, So purge thy garden from disgrace. What arrogance ! the snail replied j How insolent... | |
 | John Gay - 1806 - 178 páginas
...care ? Why with new arts correct the year? Why grows the peach with crimson hue ? And why the plumbs inviting blue ? Were they to feast his taste design'd,...vermin of voracious kind? Crush then the slow, the pilfering race, So purge thy garden from disgrace.' ' What arrogance ! (the Snail replied) How insolent... | |
 | John Gay - 1808 - 146 páginas
...spangled dew Refleets bis eyes, and various hue. Why glows the peaeh with erimson hue ? And why lhe plum's inviting blue ! Were they to feast his taste design'd, That vermin of voraeious kinit ? Crush then the slow, the pilf 'ring raee ; So purge thy garden from disgraee. What... | |
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His now-forgotten friend a Snail, Beneath his house, with slimy trail Crawls o'er the grass ; whom when he spies, In wrath he to the... 
