The Acorn was shocked at this rude salute, And lay for a moment abashed and mute ; She never before had been so near This gravelly ball, the mundane sphere ; And she felt for a time at a loss to know How to answer a thing so coarse and low. Rural Repository - Page 2001882Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 1832 - 548 pages
...restless bough ?" The acorn was shocked at this rude salute, And lav for a moment abashed and route j She never before had been so near This gravelly ball, the mundane sphere ; And she felt for a wliilc perplexed to know How to answer a thing; so low ; But to give reproof ot a nobler sort Than... | |
| 1833 - 250 pages
...sight, and under the sod ! I am a pebble ! but who art thou, Rattling along from the restless bough ?' The acorn was shocked at this rude salute, And lay...gravelly ball, the mundane sphere, And she felt for a while perplexed to know How to answer a thing so low. But to give reproof of a nobler sort Thau the... | |
| 1833 - 252 pages
...eight, and under the sod ! I am a pebble ! but who art thou, Rattling along from the restless bough ?' The acorn was shocked at this rude salute, And lay...moment, abashed and mute. She never before had been fo near This gravelly ball, the mundane sphere, And she felt for a while perplexed to know How to answer... | |
| Hannah Flagg Gould - 1835 - 264 pages
...sight, and under the sod! I am a Pebble ! but who art thou, Rattling along from the restless bough?" The Acorn was shocked at this rude salute, And lay...How to answer a thing so coarse and low. But to give reproof of a nobler sort Than the angry look, or the keen retort, At length she said, in a gentle tone,... | |
| Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 pages
...under the sod ! I am a Pebble ! but who art thou, Rattling along from the restless bough V The Acom was shocked at this rude salute, And lay for a moment...gravelly ball, the mundane sphere ;— And she felt for a while perplexed to know *How to answer a thing so low. Iv. But to give reproof of a nobler sort Than... | |
| John Keese - 1840 - 300 pages
...sight, and under the sod ! I am a Pebble ! but who art thou, Rattling along from the restless bough?" The Acorn was shocked at this rude salute, And lay...How to answer a thing so coarse and low. But to give reproof of a nobler sort Than the angry look, or the keen retort, At length she said, in a gentle tone... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 pages
...from the restless bough f" The acorn was shock'd at this rude salute, And lay for a moment abash'd and mute ; She never before had been so near This...How to answer a thing so coarse and low. But to give reproof of a nobler sort Than the angry look or the keen retort, At length she said, in a gentle tone,... | |
| John Keese - 1840 - 302 pages
...sight, and under the sod ! I am a Pebble ! but who art thou, Rattling along from the restless bough?" She never before had been so near This gravelly ball,...felt for a time at a loss to know How to answer a tiling so coarse and low. But to give reproof of a nobler sort Than the angry look, or the keen retort,... | |
| John Keese - 1840 - 304 pages
...sight, and under the sod ! I am a Pebble ! but who art thou, Rattling along from the restless bough I" The Acorn was shocked at this rude salute, And lay for a moment abashed and mute ; THE PEBBLE AND THE ACORN. 69 She never before had been so near This gravelly ball, the mundane sphere... | |
| George Merriam - 1841 - 308 pages
...and under the sod ! I am a Pebble! but who art thou, Rattling along from the restless bough ? " 3. The Acorn was shocked at this rude salute, And lay...been so near This gravelly ball, the mundane sphere j And she felt for a time at a loss to know How to answer a thing so coarse and low. 4. But to give... | |
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