 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...crush the snail That crawls at ev'ning in the public path;"' But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, And charg'd perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...may crush the snail That crawls at ev'ning in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, And charg'd perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and... | |
 | 1802 - 302 pages
...crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path ; 565 But he that has humanity, forewam'd. Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, And charg'ltperhaps with venom, that intrudes,, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes 570 A a Sacred to neatness... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 420 pages
...may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path ; But be that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, And charg'd perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 424 pages
...may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, And charg'd perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and... | |
 | 1805 - 622 pages
...Will tread aside, and let tile reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, And charg'd perhaps with venom, that intrudes A visitor unwelcome, into scenes, Sacred to neatness and repose, th'akove, The chamber, or refectory, may die: A necessary act incurs no blame. l4ot so, when held within... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...may crush the snail, That crawls at evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside and let the reptile live. The creeping...vermin, loathsome to the sight; And charged perhaps with yenpm, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose, the alcove, The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 404 pages
...perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die: A necessary...incurs no blame. Not so when, held within their proper bound**, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious iie There... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...may crush the snail That crawls at ev'ning in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight, And charg'd perhaps with venom, that intrudes, A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...may crush the snail, That crawls at evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forwarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin loathsome to the sight, And charg'd perhaps with venom, that intrudes A visitor unwelcome, into scenes Sacred to neatness and repose,... | |
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Though graced with polished manners and fine sense (Yet wanting sensibility), the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread... 
