 found, For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. I seized the vermin; home I quickly sped, And on the hearth the milk-white embers spread : Slow crawled the snail, and if I right can spell, In the soft ashes marked a curious L. Oh ! may this wondrous...  Chambers's Pocket Miscellany - Page 21854Full view - About this book
 | Natural history - 1830 - 596 pages
...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....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... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1831 - 418 pages
...seiz'd the vermin, whom I quickly sped, And on the earth 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 Love. '... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 356 pages
...spread," when Slow crawl'd the snail anil, if I riijlit can spell, in the soft ashes mark'da curions L. Oh ; may this wondrous omen lucky prove, For L is found in Lnhberkin and love Gay. Why are snail-shells so often found adhering to rodea,' if cf Because the snails... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 362 pages
...That might my lover's name reveal; She placed it on " the milk-white embers spread," when 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 love.—Gay,... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1835 - 910 pages
...gooseberry-bush a snail I found, For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. I seiz'd the »ermine ; home I quickly sped, And on the hearth the milk-white embers spread , Slow craw I'd the snail, and if I right can spell, In the soft ashes mark'da curious L : Oh, may this wond'rous... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 936 pages
...goosebeiry-bush a snail I found, For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. I seiz'd the vermine ; 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 Ma curious L : Oh, may this wond'rous... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...milk-white embers spread. Slow crawl'd the snail, and, if a right can spell, In the soft ashes markM a curious L ; Oh, may this wond'rous omen lucky prove ! For L is found in Lubberkin and Love. "With my sharp heel I three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around." Two... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 838 pages
...milk-white embers spread. Slow crawl'd the snail, and, if a right can spell, In the soft ashes mark'da curious L ; Oh, may this wond'rous omen lucky prove ! For L is found in Lubberkin and Love. "With my sharp heel 1 three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around." Two... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1844 - 378 pages
...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 the hearth the milk-white embers spread; Slow crawl'd the snail, and if I right can spell, In the soft ashes marked a curious L; Oh, may this wond'rous... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1844 - 846 pages
...spread. Slow crawl'd the snail, and, if a right can spell, In the soft ashes mark'da curious /. ,Uh, may this wond'rous omen lucky prove ! For L is found in Lubberkin and Love. "With my sharp heel I three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around." Two... | |
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