 | Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 176 pages
...The caitiff eyes your steps aloof, and oft Lies perdue in a nook or gloomy cave, Prompt to enchant some inadvertent wretch With his unhallow'd touch....watchful eye Lies nightly brooding o'er a chinky gap, Protending her fell claws, to thoughtless mice Sure ruin. So her disembowel'd web Arachne, in a hall... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...detain him, till, in form Of money, Pallas sets the captive free. Beware, ye debtors, when he walks, beware, Be circumspect; oft, with insidious ken ,...watchful eye Lies nightly brooding o'er a chinky gap , Protending her fell claws , to thoughtless mice Sure ruin. So her disembowel'd web , Arachne, in... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...the captive free. Beware, ye debtors, when ye walk beware, Be circumspect 3 oft with insidious ktfn This caitiff eyes your steps aloof, and oft Lies perdue...vermin sworn •An everlasting foe, with watchful t-ye Lies nightly brooding o'er a cliiuky gap, Protending her feli claws, to thoughtless mice Sure... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...unhallow'd touch. So (poets slug). Grimalkin, to domestic vermin sworn An everlasting fue, with.watchful eye Lies nightly brooding o'er a chinky gap, Portending her fell claws, to thoughtless mir« Sure ruin. So her disembowell'd web Arachnc in a hall or kitchen spreads, Obvious to vagrant... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 512 pages
...captive free. Beware ye debtors ! when ye walk, beware, Be circumspect ; oft with insiduous ken The caitiff eyes your steps aloof, and oft Lies perdue...watchful eye Lies nightly brooding o'er a chinky gap, Protending her fell claws, to thoughtless mice Sure ruin. So her disembowell'd web Arachne, in a hall... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 518 pages
...coercive chains, In durance strict detain him, till, in form Of money, Pallas sets the captive free. With his unhallow'd touch. So (poets sing) Grimalkin,...watchful eye Lies nightly brooding o'er a chinky gap, Protending her fell claws, to thoughtless mice Sure rain. So her disembowel'd web Arachne, in a hall... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 490 pages
...This caitiff eyes your steps aloof, and oft Lies perdue in a nook or gloomy cave, Prompt to enchant some inadvertent wretch With his unhallow'd touch. So, poets sing, Grimalkin, to domestic verm\n sworn Their bultv " Cant f°es, and ,„ I W°°<1 ~ ._ . .HI res antique laudis et artis jpgredior,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 654 pages
...The caitiff eyes your steps aloof, and oft Lies perdue in a nook or gloomy cave, Prompt to enchant some inadvertent wretch With his unhallow'd touch. So (poets sing) Grimalkin, to domestic vernvn sworn An everlasting foe, with watchful eye Lies nightly brooding o'er a chinky gap, 380 Protending... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1812 - 876 pages
...Splendid Shilling there is a happy imitation of this simile • « i. — i. So poets sing Grimalkin, 1o domestic vermin sworn An everlasting foe, with watchful eye, Lies nightly brooding o'er a chinky gap Protending her fell claws, to thoughtless mice Sure ruin.——" V. 422. • • • onslaught.] A... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...Lies perdue in a nook, or gloomy cave, Prompt to enchant some inadvertent wretch With his uuhallow'd touch. So (poets sing) Grimalkin, to domestic vermin...watchful eye Lies nightly brooding o'er a chinky gap, Protending her fell claws, to thoughtless mice Sure ruin. So her disembowell'd web Arachne in a hall... | |
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Arachne in a hall or kitchen spreads, Obvious to vagrant flies ; she secret stands Within her woven cell ; the humming prey, Regardless of their fate, rush on the toils Inextricable... 
