 If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud; Or dogs, we might play till it ended in blood : So foul and so fierce are their natures; But Thomas and William, and such pretty names, Should be cleanly and harmless as doves or as lambs, Those lovely sweet...  Education in the Nineteenth Century - Side 22redigeret af - 1901 - 274 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John Green - 1878 - 354 sider
...open cage, When they play all in love, without anger and rage; How much may we learn from the sight! 2 If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud, Or dogs, we might play till it ended in blood; ^ HI.—The Bate. guntolb So foul and so fierce are their natures; But Thomas and William, and such... | |
 | John Green - 1879 - 330 sider
...cage, When they play all in love, without anger and rage ; How much may we learn from the sight ! 3. If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud, Or dogs,...in blood ; So foul and so fierce are their natures ; Tht Ant or Emnttt. But Thomas and William, and such pretty names, Should be cleanly and harmless... | |
 | John Green - 1879 - 326 sider
...cage, When they play all in love, without anger and rage ; How much may we learn from the sight ! i. If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud, Or dogs,...in blood ; So foul and so fierce are their natures ; Th* Ant or F,mm*t. But Thomas and William, and such pretty names, Should be cleanly and harmless... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1881 - 824 sider
...open cage, When they play all in love, without anger or rage, How much we may learn from the sight ! But Thomas, and William, and such pretty names, Should...or as lambs, Those lovely sweet innocent creatures. Not a thing that we do, nor a word that we say, Should injure another in jesting or play ; For he 's... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1881 - 368 sider
...eagles eat the same ! Moreover, Watts forgets grace, occasionally, for chance, as in the couplet:— If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud, Or dogs, we might play till it ended in blood, 80 foul and so fierce are their natures. But Thomas and William, and such pretty names, Should be cleanly... | |
 | Illustrated poems - 1885 - 368 sider
...rage, How much may we learn from the sight ! If wo had been ducks, we might dabble in mud ; ( )r dogM, we might play till it ended in blood : So foul and...as lambs, Those lovely, sweet, innocent creatures. Not a thing that we do, nor a word that we say, Should injure another in jesting or play ; For he's... | |
 | 1890 - 588 sider
...And let us see how he handles it. He first parts company with his subject and descends to doggerel. If we had been ducks we might dabble in mud Or dogs...fierce are their natures. But Thomas and William and sucli pretty names Should be cleanly and harmless as doves or as lambs, Those lovely sweet innocent... | |
 | 1890 - 494 sider
...And let us see how he handles it. He first parts company with his subject and descends to doggerel. If we had been ducks we might dabble in mud Or dogs we might play till it ended 1n blood, So foul and so fierce are their natures. But Thomas and William and such pretty names Should... | |
 | Newton Marshall Hall - 1906 - 518 sider
...open cage, When they play all in love, without anger or rage, How much we may learn from the sight! If we had been ducks, we might dabble in mud ; Or...as lambs, Those lovely, sweet innocent creatures. Not a thing that we do, nor a word that we say, Should injure another in jesting or play, For he 's... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1914 - 382 sider
...have been some hearty laughter, Watts joining in it, when he read aloud for the first time : — " But Thomas and William and such pretty names Should...or as lambs Those lovely sweet innocent creatures." 1 Works i., 272. . * Works i.. 300. L The sluggard : — " 'Tis the voice of the sluggard : I heard... | |
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