 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...shortness of our days, And promise, on thy Founder's truth, Long morrow to this mortal youth. FABLE. THE mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel; And the...If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry. I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel track ; Talents differ; all... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...shortness of our days, And promise, on thy Founder's truth. Long morrow to this mortal youth. FABLE. THE mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel, And the...If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry : I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel track ; Talents differ ; all... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1848 - 456 pages
...provincialisms of Somersetshire. In a Fable by RW Emerson, " The Mountain and the Squirrel," Squirrel says : If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry. She is as spry as a cricket. — Margaret, p. 58. " How are you, Jeremiah... | |
 | 1876 - 396 pages
...correct account of all that wo have done. — Children's Treasury. THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQJJIEEEL. The Mountain and the Squirrel Had a quarrel, And the...If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry : I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel -track. Talents diifer ; all... | |
 | 1857 - 300 pages
...poor Wagtail ! see, That the Hawk was made for thee ? J. MONTGOMERY. THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQUIRREL. THE Mountain and the Squirrel Had a quarrel, And the...Little Prig ; " Bun replied, You are doubtless very big ; THE GEANDFATHEK. 265 But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together, To make up a... | |
 | William Allingham - 1860 - 316 pages
...all is she ! HOOD. FABLE. r| "'HE Mountain and the Squirrel J. Had a quarrel, And the former call'd the latter " Little Prig : Bun replied, " You are...If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry : I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel-track ; Talents differ ; all... | |
 | 1860 - 600 pages
...production of humour. " The Mountain and the Squirrel Had a quarrel ; And the Mountain called the Squirrel ' Little Prig.' Bun replied, You are doubtless very...If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I ! And not half so spry. I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel track ; Talents differ ; all... | |
 | 1860 - 598 pages
...production of humour. " The Mountain and the Squirrel Had a quarrel; And the Mountain called the Squirrel ' Little Prig.' Bun replied, You are doubtless very...disgrace To occupy my place. If I'm not so large as yon, Yon are not so small as I! And not half so spry. I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 pages
...was wed in, That her spirit might have rest. A. Tennyson LXV THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQUIRREL A fable The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel, And the...If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry : I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel track. Talents differ ; all... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...spirits ! the prize is before ye, A crown never fading, a kingdom of glory ! K FABLE. — Emerson. THE Mountain and the Squirrel Had a quarrel, And the...If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry : I'll not deny you make A very pretty squirrel-track ; Talents differ ; all... | |
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The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter 'Little Prig; Bun replied, 'You are doubtless very big; But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together, To make up a year And a sphere. And I think it no disgrace... 
