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... Poems - Page 71by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1847 - 244 pages
...in together To make up a year, And a sphere. 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 very pretty squirrel track ; Talents differ ; all is well and wisely put;... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...in together, To make up a year And a sphere. 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 very pretty squirrel track ; Talents differ; all is well and wisely put; If... | |
| Robert Aspland - 1847 - 792 pages
...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 very pretty squirrel track ; Talents differ ; all is well and wisely puf; If I cannot carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut." As we were about to put aside... | |
| John Russell Bartlett - Americanisms - 1848 - 456 pages
...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 ?" " Why, I'm kinder sorter... | |
| 1876 - 396 pages
...in together To make up a year And a sphere ; 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 very pretty squirrel -track. Talents diifer ; all is well and wisely put... | |
| Children's poetry - 1857 - 300 pages
...To make up a year And a sphere. And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. If I 'm not so huge as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry : 1 '11 not deny you make A yery pretty squirrel track ; Talents differ ; all is well and wisely put... | |
| William Allingham - English poetry - 1860 - 316 pages
...in together To make up a year, And a sphere. 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 very pretty squirrel-track ; Talents differ ; all is well and wisely put... | |
| 1860 - 600 pages
...in together, To make up a year And a sphere. 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 very pretty squirrel track ; Talents differ ; all is wisely put ; If I cannot... | |
| English literature - 1860 - 598 pages
...the archest of turns in the curling tail. His faith in himself is enough to move a mountain. " If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I." That puts things in a different light to what the Mountain has been accustomed to. As some one said... | |
| Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 pages
...in together To make up a year, And a sphere. 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 very pretty squirrel track. Talents differ ; all is well and wisely put... | |
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