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" And there came the Beetle, so blind and so black, Who carried the Emmet, his friend, on his back ; And there was the Gnat, and the Dragon-fly too ; With all their relations, green, orange, and blue. "
The Poetical Register, and Repository of Fugitive Poetry for ... - Page 421
1811
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The Peacock "at Home."

Catherine Ann Turner Dorset - 1854 - 40 pages
...Beneath a broad oak that for ag-es had stood, Saw the children of earth and the tenants of air For an evening's amusement together repair. And there...carried the Emmet, his friend, on his back ; And there was the Gnat and the Dragon-fly too, With all their relations, green, orange, and blue. And there came...
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The Standard First[-fifth] Reader ...

Epes Sargent - 1857 - 320 pages
...See the children of earth, and the tenants of air, For an evening's amusement together repair : 3. And there, came the Beetle, so blind and so black,...too, And all their relations, green, orange and blue. 4. And there came the Moth, in his plumage of down, And the Hornet, in jacket of yellow and brown,...
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The Standard Fourth Reader for Public and Private Schools: Containing a ...

Epes Sargent - 1855 - 348 pages
...See the children of earth, and the tenants of air, For an evening's amusement together repair : 8. And there came the Beetle, so blind and so black,...too, And all their relations, green, orange and blue. 4. And there came the Moth, in his plumage of down, And the Hornet, in jacket of yellow and brown,...
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A Poetry Book for National Schools. Illustrated with ... Engravings

Poetry Book, Poetry book - 1856 - 136 pages
...Beneath a broad oak that for ages has stood, See the children of earth, and the tenants of air, For an evening's amusement together repair. And there...carried the Emmet, his friend, on his back; And there was the Gnat, and the Dragon-fly too, With all their relations, green, orange, and blue. And there...
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The Standard Fourth Reader for Public and Private Schools: Containing a ...

Epes Sargent - 1857 - 350 pages
...stood, See the children of earth, and the tenants of air, For an evening's amusement together regair: 3. And there came the Beetle, so blind and so black,...too, And all their relations, green, orange and blue. 4. And there came the Moth, in his plumage of down, And the Hornet, in jacket of yellow and brown,...
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The Primary Standard Speaker

Epes Sargent - 1857 - 164 pages
...wood, Beneath a broad oak that for ages has stood, See the children of earth and the tenants of air For an evening's amusement together repair. And there...carried the Emmet, his friend, on his back ; And there was the Gnat, and the Dragonfly too, With all their relations, green, orange, and blue. And there came...
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Book of poetry for the young

Book - 1858 - 124 pages
...Beneath a broad oak that for ages has stood, See the children of earth, and the tenants of air, For an evening's amusement together repair. And there...carried the Emmet, his friend, on his back ; And there was the Gnat and the Dragon-fly too, With all their relations, green, orange, and blue. And there came...
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A Third[-fourth] Class Reader

George Stillman Hillard - 1859 - 202 pages
...wood, Beneath a broad oak that for ages has stood, See the children of earth and the tenants of air For an evening's amusement together repair. And there...carried the emmet, his friend, on his back ; And there was the gnat, and the dragonfly too, 'With all their relations, green, orange, and blue. And there...
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The first (-sixth) 'Standard' reader, Volume 3

James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 168 pages
...Beneath a broad oak, which for ages had stood, See the children of earth, and the tenants of air, For an evening's amusement together repair : And there...green, orange, and blue. And there came the Moth, in his plumage of down, And the Hornet, in jacket of yellow and brown, Who with him the Wasp his companion...
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The Children's journal

302 pages
...Beneath a broad oak, which for ages had stood, Fee the children of earth, and the tenants of air, For an evening's amusement together repair. And there...; And there came the Gnat, and the Dragonfly too, With all their relations, green, orange, and blue. And there came the Moth, in his plumage of down,...
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