| English essays - 1823 - 536 pages
...pain We sigh midst the right and the wrong ; — And then we go round them again ! THE NIGHT PIECE. Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee ; The shooting stars...eyes glow Like sparks of fire, befriend thee ! No will-o'-th'-wisp mislight thee ; Nor snake, nor slow-worm, bite thee ; But on, on thy way, Not making... | |
| English literature - 1837 - 540 pages
...collection in which they appear. What a wild fresh beauty we find in the following stanzas : — " Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars...thee, And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. " No Will-o'-the-wisp mislight thee, Nor snake nor slow- worm bite... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...into another strain, and with a charming air of gallantry, cave Herrick's « NightPiece to Julia ;» Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars...thee, And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. No Will o' th' Wisp mislight thee; Nor snake or slow-worm bite thee;... | |
| Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...him at night-time, and they suit them still better than his English ones. Their lights the glow-worms lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee; And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow, Like the sparks of fire befriend thee. It may not be generally known that the male spider is supplied with... | |
| 1824 - 486 pages
...him at night-time, and they suit them still better than his English ones. Their lights the glow-worms lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee; And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow, lake the sparks of fire befriend thee. It may not be generally known that the male spider is supplied... | |
| Cupid - 1826 - 252 pages
...hand, being led round, by two ladies, into her presence chamber. THE NIGHT PIECE, TO JULIA. BY HERKICK. Her eyes, the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars...! And the Elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee! . No Will-o'-th'-Wisp, mis-light thee ; Nor snake or slow-worm bite... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...ye may, go marry ; For having lost but once your prime. You may for ever tarry. THE NIGHTLY CHARM. HER eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars...; And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. No Will o' th' Wisp mislight thee ; Nor snake nor slow-worm bite... | |
| Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 pages
...into another strain, and with a charming air of gallantry, gave Herrick's " Night Piece to Julia:" Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars...thee, And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. No Will o' th' Wisp mislight thee ; Nor snake or glow-worm bite... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English periodicals - 1834 - 680 pages
...first couplet, is the same as the other common measure of Anacreon : — Their eyes the glow worms lend thee. The shooting stars attend thee, And the elves also Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of are, befriend thee. He ge mclaina pine!, I'm. i de dendre auten, Pinei thalavsa d'auras,... | |
| 1839 - 56 pages
...acceptable to every lover ol the ideal and the beautiful. EH c. THE NIGHT PIECE, TO JULIA. BY HEBBICK. Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee. The shooting stars...; And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee. No Will-o,-th,- Wisp mis-light thee — No snake or slow- worm bite... | |
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