| 1793 - 810 pages
...it no tempefts needs to fear, Which way foe'er it blow it : And fomewhat fouthward tow'rd the noon a Whence lies a way up to the moon, And thence the Fairy can as foon Pafs to the earth below it. The walls of fpiders legs are made, Well morticed and finely laid,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 692 pages
...it no tempests needs to fear, Which, way soe'er it blow it: And somewhat southward tow'rd the noon Whence lies a way up to the Moon, And thence the fairy...Pass to the Earth below it. 'The walls of spiders' leg» are made, Well mprticed and finely laid, He was the master of his trade, It curiously that builded... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 420 pages
...And somewhat southward tow'rd the noon, Whenee lies a way up to the Moon, And thenee the fairy ean as soon Pass to the Earth below it. The walls of spiders' legs are made, Well mortieed and finely laid, He was the master of his trade, It euriously that builded : The windows of... | |
| Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - Devon (England) - 1836 - 416 pages
...poetical beings as if he were the chosen laureate of their race, thus describes their royal dwelling : "The walls of spiders legs are made, ' Well morticed...builded: The windows of the eyes of cats, And for a roof, instead of slats, Is cover'd with the skins of bats, With moonshine that are gilded." And then... | |
| Robert Walsh - Serial publications - 1836 - 536 pages
...solidity of structure mightily remind us of the faery palace described by old Michael Drayton :— " The walls of spiders' legs are made,. Well morticed...and finely laid, He was the master of his trade, It curiouslie that builded: The windows of the eyes of cats, And for the roof, instead of slats, Is cover'd... | |
| Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - Devon (England) - 1838 - 410 pages
...poetical beings as if he were the chosen laureate of their race, thus describes their royal dwelling : " The walls of spiders legs are made, ' Well morticed...builded : The windows of the eyes of cats, And for a roof, instead of slats, Is cover'd with the skins of bats, With moonshine that are gilded." And then... | |
| Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1844 - 846 pages
...it no tempests needs to fear, Which way soe'er it blow it : And somewhat southward tow'rd the noon, repair. They know what spirit brews the stormful day, And heartles Paaa to the earth below it. The walls of spiders' legs are made, Well morticed and finely laid; He... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 280 pages
...That it no tempest needs to fear, Which way soe'er it blow it: And somewhat southward tow'rd the noon, Whence lies a way up to the moon, And thence the Fairy...curiously that builded: The windows of the eyes of cats: (because they see best at night) Here also is a fairy bed, very delicate, from the same poet's Muse's... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...That it no tempest needs to fear, Which way soe'er it blow it: And somewhat southward tow'rd the noon, Whence lies a way up to the moon, And thence the Fairy...curiously that builded: The windows of the eyes of cats : (because they see best at night) Here also is a fairy bed, very delicate, from the same poet's Muse's... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...That it no tempest needs to fear, Which way soe'er it blow it: And somewhat southward tow'rd the noon, Whence lies a way up to the moon, And thence the Fairy...curiously that builded : The windows of the eyes of cats: (because they see best at night) And for the roof instead of slats Is cover'd with the skins of bats... | |
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