 | 1851 - 1220 pages
...they heav'd the lead !" and says, " the Dutch, with mad labor, fished the land ashore," " And dived ns desperately for each piece Of earth, as if 't had been of ambergrease." " How did they rivet, with gigantic piles, ITirough the centre their new-catched miles... | |
 | Henry Rogers - Faith and reason - 1853 - 470 pages
...with mad labor, fished the land to shore ; And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as it had been of ambergris ; Collecting anxiously small...of clay, Less than what building swallows bear away ; For as with pigmies who best kills the crane, Among the hungry he that treasures grain, Among the... | |
 | Henry Rogers - Faith and reason - 1853 - 478 pages
...They, with mad labor, fished the land to shore; And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as it had been of ambergris ; Collecting anxiously small...of clay, Less than what building swallows bear away ; For as with pigmies who best kills the crane, Among the hungry he that treasures grain, Among the... | |
 | William Henry Bartlett - Massachusetts - 1853 - 384 pages
...land to shore, And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if it had been of ambergreese. Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than what building swallows bear away, Or than those gulls which sordid beetles rowl, Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. How did they rivet with... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - English poetry - 1857 - 408 pages
...propriety. Glad then, as miners who have found the ore, They, with mad labour, fished the land to shore, And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if 't had been of ambergreese, Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than what building swallows bear away,... | |
 | John Watts De Peyster - Menapii - 1858 - 578 pages
...have found the ore, They, with mad labor, fish'd the land to shore. And div'd as desperately for ouch piece Of earth, as if 't had been of ambergris; Collecting...of clay, Less than what building swallows bear away : * * * * How did they rivet with gigantic piles Through the centre their new-catched miles ! And to... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...land to shore ; And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if it had been of ambergreece ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...bear away ; Or than those pills which sordid beetles rowl, Transferring into them their dunghill soul. How did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 370 pages
...propriety. Glad then, as miners who have found the ore, They, with mad labour, fished the land to shore : And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth,...ambergris ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Tiess than what building swallows bear away; Or than those pills which sordid beetles roll, Transfusing... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1862 - 220 pages
...land to shore ; And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if it had been of ambergreece ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...bear away ; Or than those pills which sordid beetles rowl, Transferring into them their dunghill soul. How did they rivet their gigantic piles Thorough... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English essays - 1869 - 380 pages
...mussel-shell. Glad then, as miners who have found the ore, They, with mad labour,* fish'd the land to shore ; And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if 't had been of ambergreece ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than what building swallows bear away... | |
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This indigested vomit of the sea Fell to the Dutch by just propriety. Glad then, as miners who have found the ore, They, with mad labour... 
