 FAIR insect ! that, with threadlike legs spread out, And blood-extracting bill and filmy wing, Dost murmur, as thou slowly sail'st about, In pitiless ears full many a plaintive thing, And tell how little our large veins should bleed, Would we but yield...  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington - Pagina 182door Entomological Society of Washington - 1922Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Henry J. Anderson - 1825 - 506 pagina’s
...10,000 Florentine crowns for this work, which is something more than as many dollars. •to A MUSQUITO. ~FAIR insect ! that with thread-like legs spread out,...In pitiless ears full many a plaintive thing, And tell'st how little our large veins should bleed Would we but yield them freely to thy need ; Unwillingly.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Henry J. Anderson - 1825 - 502 pagina’s
...Florentine crowns for this work, which is something more than as many dollars. TO A MUSQU1TO. FA1R insect ! that with thread-like legs spread out, And...blood-extracting bill, and filmy wing, Dost murmur, as t lion slowly sail'st about, In pitiless ears full many a plaintive thing, And tell'st how little our... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 288 pagina’s
...or ill Dims the bright smile of Nature's face, Thou lov'st to sigh and murmur still. TO A MUSQUITO. FAIR insect ! that, with threadlike legs spread out,...plaintive thing, And tell how little our large veins should bleed, Would we but yield them to thy bitter need. Unwillingly, I own, and, what is worse, Full... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pagina’s
...may our frame consume^ The immortal spirit in the skies may bloom, CXXI. TO A MUSQ.UITO.—Bryant. Dost murmur as thou slowly sail'st about, In pitiless ears full many a plantive thing, Fair insect! that with threadlike wings spread out, And blood-extracting bill, and... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 292 pagina’s
...or ill Dims the bright smile of Nature's face, Thou lov'st to sigh and murmur stilL TO A MUSQUITO. FAIR insect ! that, with threadlike legs spread out,...plaintive thing, And tell how little our large veins should bleed, Would we but yield them to thy bitter need. Unwillingly, I own, and, what is worse, Full... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1846 - 428 pagina’s
...morning dew. » To a Musquito. — NEW YORK REVIEW. FAIR insect, that, with thread-like legs spread oul, And blood-extracting bill, and filmy wing, Dost murmur,...In pitiless ears, full many a plaintive thing, And tell'st how little our large veins should bleed, Would we but yield them freely to thy need ; I call... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 456 pagina’s
...flower On its firm prop, when loaded down with rain Or morning dew. To a Musquito. — NEW YORK REVIEW. FAIR insect, that, with thread-like legs spread out,...In pitiless ears, full many a plaintive thing, And tell'st how little our large veins should bleed, Would we but yield them freely to thy need ; I call... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1847 - 520 pagina’s
...But sometimes return, and in mercy awaken The glories ye showed to his earlier years. TO A MUSQUITO. FAIR insect! that, with threadlike legs spread out, And blood-extracting bill and filmy wing, Does murmur, as thou slowly sail'st about, In pitiless ears full many a plaintive thing, And tell how... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1851 - 380 pagina’s
...return, and in mercy awaken . * * The glories ye showed to his earlier years. • TO A MUSQUITO. I FAIR insect! that, with threadlike legs spread out, And blood-extracting bill and filmy wing, Does murmur, as thou slowly sail'st about, In pitiless ears full many a plaintive thing, And tell how... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1852 - 388 pagina’s
...sometimes return, and in mercy awaken The glories ye showed to his earlier years. . . 'TO A MUSQUITO. FAIR insect! that, with threadlike legs spread out, And blood-extracting bill and filmy wing, Does murmur, as thou slowly sail'st about, In pitiless ears full many a plaintive thing, And tell how... | |
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