 I seiz'd the vermin, home I quickly sped, And on the hearth the milk-white embers spread. Slow crawl'd the snail, and if I right can spell, In the soft ashes mark'da curious L : Oh, may this wondrous omen lucky prove ! For L is found in Lubberkin and...  History of the Fylde of Lancashire - Página 101por John Porter - 1876 - 484 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1797 - 420 páginas
...May-day fair I search'd to find a snail, That might my secret lover's name reveal; 50 Upon a goosberry bush a snail I found, For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. I sei2'd the vermin, home I quickly sped, And on the hearth the milk-white embers spread: Slow crawl'd... | |
 | John Gay, Thomas Park - 1808 - 322 páginas
...fair I search'd to find a snail That might my secret lover's name reveal , 50 Upon a gooseberry-bush a snail I found, For always snails near sweetest fruit...vermin, home I quickly sped, And on the hearth the milk-white embers spread : Slow crawl'd the snail, and if I right ean spell, 55 In the soft ashes mark'da... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 490 páginas
...May-day fair I search'd to find a snai That might my secret lover's name reveal; Upon a gooseberry-bush a snail I found, For always snails near sweetest fruit...vermin, home I quickly sped, And on the hearth the milk-white embers spr Mow crawl'd the snail, and if 1 right can spel In the soft ashes mark'da curious... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 páginas
...fair I search'd to find a snail That might my secret lover's name reveal ; Upon a -gooseberry-bush a snail I found, For always snails near sweetest fruit...abound. I seiz'd the vermin, home I quickly sped, And on ihe hearth the milk-white embers spread: Slow crawl'd the snail, and if I right can. spell, In the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 páginas
...fair I search'd to find a snail, That might my secret lover's name reveal. 50 I pon a gooseberry-bush a snail I found, ( For always snails near sweetest fruit abound). ' I seiz'd the vermine, whom I quickly sped And on the earth the milk-white embers spread. Slow crawl'd the snail,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 418 páginas
...May-day fair I search'd to find a snail, That might my secret lover's name reveal. Upon a gooseberry-bush a snail I found, (For always snails near sweetest fruit abound). I seiz'd the vermine, whom I quickly sped, And on the earth the milk-white embers spread. Slow crawl'd the snail,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 páginas
...fair I search'd to find a snail, That might my secret lover's name reveal. SO Upon a gooseberry-bush 'd and fix'd, Of the Most High ; who, in full frequence bright Of angels, thu vermine, whom I quickly sped, And on the earth the milk-white embers spread. Slow crawl'd the snail... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 364 páginas
...fair I search'd to find a snail, That might my secret lover's name reveal. 50 Upon a gooseberry-bush a snail I found, (For always snails near sweetest fruit abound). I seiz'd the vermine, whom I quickly sped, And on the earth the milk-white embers spread. Slow crawl'd the snail... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 444 páginas
...mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around. ' Last May-day fair I search'd to find a snail That might my secret lover's name reveal ;...found, For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. I seized the vermin, home I quickly sped, And on the hearth the milkwhite embers spread : Slow crawl'd... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 404 páginas
...mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around. ' Last May-day fair I search'd to find a snail That might my secret lover's name reveal;...found, For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. I seized the vermin, home I quickly sped, And on the hearth the milkwhite embers spread: Slow crawl'd... | |
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