 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
 | John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1895 - 602 pages
...gooseberry-bush a snail I found. For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. I seized 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 marked a curious L : Oh, may this wondrous... | |
 | William Jones - Superstition - 1898 - 618 pages
...seiz'd the vermin, whom 1 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; O may this wondrous omen lucky prove ! For L is found in Lubberkin and Love. With... | |
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - Electronic books - 1902 - 490 pages
...searched 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 light can spell, In the soft ashes murks a curious L. Oh, may this wondrous... | |
 | Vincent Stuckey Lean - Proverbs - 1903 - 504 pages
...searched 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... | |
 | Vincent Stuckey Lean - Proverbs - 1903 - 506 pages
...find a snail For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. Upon a gooseberry bush a snail I found, I seized 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... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 568 pages
...searched 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....Slow crawled the snail, and, if I right can spell, 55 In the soft ashes marked a curious L Oh, may this wondrous omen lucky prove! For L is found in "Lubberkin"... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1908 - 446 pages
...gooseberry-bush a snail I found, For always snails near sweetest fruit abound, I seized 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 marked a curious L: Oh, may this wondrous... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1908 - 482 pages
...gooseberry-bush a snail I found, For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. I seized 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 marked a curious L : Oh, may this wondrous... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1908 - 442 pages
...gooseberry-bush a snail I found, For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. I seized 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 marked a curious L: Oh, may this wondrous... | |
 | Ada Earland - OPIE, JOHN,1761-1807 - 1911 - 490 pages
...gooseberry bush a snail I found, For always snails near sweetest fruit abound. I seized 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 marked a curious L : Oh, may this wondrous... | |
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