 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1839 - 574 pages
...been of ambergris ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than what building swallows hear away ; Or than those pills which sordid beetles roll, Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. " How did they rivet with gigantic piles, Through the centre their new-catched miles ! And to the stake... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1841 - 378 pages
...land to shore: And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if it had bocn of ambergroeco; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay. Less than...bear away : Or than those pills which sordid beetles rowl. Transfusing into them their dunghill will. He goes on in a strain of exquisite hyperbole :—... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 pages
...each piece Of earth as if it had been of ambergreeco ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay. Lese than what building swallows bear away ; Or than those pills which sordid beetles row!, Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. He goes on in a strain of exquisite hyperbole : —... | |
 | 1844 - 580 pages
...land to shore ; And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if it had been of ambergris ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than what building swallows bear away ; For as with pigmies, who best kills the crane, Among the hungry he that treasures grain, Among the... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 540 pages
...land to shore ; And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if it had been of ambergreece ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...bear away ; Or than those pills which sordid beetles rowl, Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. He goes on in a strain of exquisite hyperbole :—... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 520 pages
...land to shore ; And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if it had been of ambergreece ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...bear away ; Or than those pills which sordid beetles rowl, Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. He goes on in a strain of exquisite hyperbole :—... | |
 | William Alexander Mackinnon - 1846 - 428 pages
...land to shore ; And div'd as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if 't had been of ambergreece ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...bear away ; Or than those pills which sordid beetles rowl, Transfusing into them their dung-hill soul. How did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 pages
...land to shore ; And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if it had been of ambergreece ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...away ; , Or than those pills which sordid beetles rowl, Transferring into them their dunghill soul. How did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 pages
...land to shore ; And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if it had been of ambergreece ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...bear away ; Or than those pills which sordid beetles rowl, Transferring into them their dunghill soul. How did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 pages
...land to shore ; And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if it had been of ambergreece ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than what building swallows bear away ; Or Jhan those pills which sordid beetles rowl, Transferring into them their dunghill soul. How did they... | |
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This indigested vomit of the sea Fell to the Dutch by just propriety. Glad then, as miners who have found the ore, They, with mad labour... 
