COME, take up your hats, and away let us haste To the Butterfly's ball, and the Grasshopper's feast; The trumpeter Gadfly has summoned the crew, And the revels are now only waiting for you. Parley's Magazine - Page 1121837Full view - About this book
| John Huddlestone Wynne - Advice columns - 1807 - 744 pages
...ball and the Grasshopper's feast : The trumpeter Gad-fly has summon'd the crew, And the revels ar« now only waiting for you. On the smooth shaven grass by the side -of a wood, Beneath a bioad oak, which for ages had stood, S«e the children of earth, and the tenants of air, To an ev'ning's... | |
| 1806 - 448 pages
...Composed by Mr. EoscoE/or his Children, and ordered to be tet to Music by her MAJESTY. Come, take op your hats, and away let us haste To the Butterfly's...See the children of earth, and the tenants of air, To an evening's amusement together repair. And there came the Moth, with her plumage of down, And the... | |
| 1807 - 406 pages
...let us hafte To the Butterfly's ball, and the Grafshopper's feaft* Trie trumpeter Gadfly has Aimmon'd the crew, And the revels are now only waiting for you. On the Imooth-fhaven graft, by the fide of a wood, Ikncuth a broad oak, which for ages had flood, See the... | |
| 1811 - 430 pages
...hopper's Fex»t : The trumpeter Gad-fly has summon'd the c:ew. And the levels are now only w»i ting for you. On the smooth shaven grass by the side of a wood, Beneath a b'iiad oak wbich for ages had stood See the children of earth, and the ten. ants of air, To an evening's... | |
| English poetry - 1811 - 592 pages
...let us haste To the Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feast: The trumpeter Gad-fly has summon'd the crew, And the revels are now only waiting for you. On the smooth-shaven grass by the side of a wood, Beneath a broad oak which for ages has stood, See the children... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...ROGERS. Some account of the habits and food of caterpillars has already been given in our last volume On the smooth shaven grass by the side of a wood,...See the children of earth, and the tenants of air, To an ev'mng's amusement together, repair ; And there came the Beetle, so Mind and so black, Who carried... | |
| Anecdotes - 1820 - 438 pages
...FeasL COMPOSED BY MR. ROSCOE. Come, take up your hats, and away let us haste To the Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feast ; The trumpeter Gadfly...See the children of earth, and the tenants of air, To an evening's amusement together repair. And there came the Beetle, so blind and so black, Who carried... | |
| William Roscoe - 1821 - 202 pages
...woe. THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL. COME, take up your hats, and away let us haste To the Butterfly's ball, and the Grasshopper's feast; The trumpeter Gadfly...grass, by the side of a wood, Beneath a broad oak that for ages had stood, See the children of earth, and the tenants of air, For an evening's amusement... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
...let us haste To the Butterfly 'shall and the Grasshopper's feast; The trumpeter Gadfly has summon'd the crew, And the revels are now only waiting for...side of a wood, Beneath a broad oak which for ages has stood, See the children of earth and the tenants of air To an evening's amusement together repair.... | |
| James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...orphan-boy. Mus THE BUTTERFLY S BALL. COME take up your hats, and away let us haste To the butterfly's ball and the grasshopper's feast ; The trumpeter gadfly...for you. On the smooth shaven grass by the side of the wood, Beneath a broad oak that for ages has stood, See the children of earth and the tenants of... | |
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