 gan in haste the drawers explore, The lowest first, and without stop The rest in order to the top. For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right.  Poems - Page 214by William Cowper - 1826Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...Consoled him, and dispell'd his fears; He left his bed, he trod the floor, He 'gan in haste the drawers explore, The lowest first, and without stop The rest...thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right. Forth skipp'd the cat, not now replete As erst with airy self-conceit,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...Consoled him, and dispell'd his fears; He left his bed, he trod the floor, He 'gan in haste the drawers explore, The lowest first, and without stop The rest...thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right. Forth skipp'd the cat, not now replete As erst with airy self-conceit,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 400 pages
...Consol'd him and dispell'd his fears ; He left his bed, he trod the floor, He 'gan in haste the draw'rs explore, The lowest first, and without stop The rest in order to the top. For 'tis a troth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In ev'ry... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 244 pages
...Consoled him, and dispell'd his fears; He left his bed, he trod the floor, He 'gan in haste the drawers explore, The lowest first, and without stop The rest...thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right. Forth skipp'd the cat, not now replete As erst with airy self-conceit,... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - Art - 1828 - 448 pages
...been her mother's;" adding that Cowper was perfectly correct in his assertion upon things mislaid— " For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever...is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In ev'ry cranny,—but the right." Mrs. Nollekens, "My dear Nolly, you had no occasion to have wasted the writing-paper... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - Artists - 1829 - 416 pages
...her mother's ;" adding that Cowper was perfectly correct in his assertion upon things mislaid — " For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever...thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny, — but the right." Mrs. Nollekens. " My dear Nolly, you had no occasion to have wasted... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 412 pages
...Consoled him and dispell'd his fears : He left his bed, he trod the floor, He 'gan in haste the drawers explore, The lowest first, and without stop The rest...thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right. Forth skipp'd the cat, not now replete As erst with airy self-conceit,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 410 pages
...Consoled him and dispell'd his fears : He left his bed, he trod the floor, He 'gan in haste the drawers explore, The lowest first, and without stop The rest...thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right. Forth skipp'd the cat, not now replete As erst with airy self-conceit,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...Consoled him and dispelled his fears ; He left his bed, he trod the floor, He 'gan in haste the drawers explore, The lowest first, and without stop The rest...well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost, "\Ve seek it, ere it conic to light, In every cranny but the right. Forth skipped the cat, not now... | |
 | Epictetus, Samuel Croxall, John Gay, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Jean de La Fontaine, Ignacy Krasicki, James Merrick, Charles Denis, John Tapner - Animals - 1832 - 388 pages
...Consoled him, and dispell'd his fears ; He left his bed, he trod the floor, He 'gan, in haste, the drawers explore ; The lowest first, and, without stop, The rest in order, to the top. For 'tis a truth unknown to most, That whatsoever thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but... | |
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