 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...supply The 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 I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. 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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...supply The 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 I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. 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... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1847 - 792 pages
...following Fable, in transcribing which we italicise some curious rhymes and an exquisite Americanism : " The Mountain and the Squirrel Had a quarrel, And the...And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as 1 , And not half so spry. I'll not deny you make A... | |
 | 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...And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. 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... | |
 | 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...And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. 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... | |
 | 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...And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. 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... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 pages
...that she 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 I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. 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... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1863 - 390 pages
...dress that she was wed in, That her spirit might have rest. A. Tennyson THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQUIRREL THE mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel, And the...And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. 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... | |
 | 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...And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. 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... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1863 - 386 pages
...spirit might have rest. A. Tennyson THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQUIRREL ' I '"HE mountain and the squirrel JL Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter '...And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. 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... | |
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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... 
