 Go, from the creatures thy instructions take; learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; learn from the beasts the physic of the field; thy arts of building from the bee receive ; learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; learn of the little...  Pictorial Calendar of the Seasons, ... - Page 64edited by - 1854 - 567 pagesFull view - About this book
 | M. Montagu - Bible - 1851 - 624 pages
...for, when wafted along the smooth surface of the water by the wind filling its arm-sails * ' Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, ' Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.' Pope. Essay on Man. iii. 177— 8. and the concavity of its shell, it presents exactly... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1851 - 790 pages
...mankind to the providence of God, as the true source of all their wisdom, says beautifully — Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. It is easy to parody these lines, so as to give them an accommodation and suitableto... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plow, the worm to weave ; Learn fe ; To second, Arbuthnot '. thy art and care, And teach, the bein driving gale. Here too all forms of social union find, And hence let Reason, late, instruct mankind... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pages
...Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Here too all forms of social union find, And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind... | |
 | Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 pages
...receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; REASON INSTRUCTED BY INSTINCT. 67 Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Here too all forms of social union find, And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 336 pages
...wants the common mother crown'd, She pour'd her acorns, herbs, and streams around. [No III.] " Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale." ESSAY ON MAN, Ep. iii. lines 177, 178. [Page 8s0. Did here the trees with ruddier burdens... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...field; The art of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale." Pope. How empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it mends the life, and guides... | |
 | William Herbert - 1853 - 234 pages
...; Thy arts of building from the bee receive, Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Sweet bird, that shun'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy ; — Doors... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Here too all forms of social union find, And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind... | |
 | William Riley Halstead - American fiction - 1894 - 292 pages
...The arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn from the mole to plow, the worm to weave ; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Here, too, all forms of social union find, And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind.'... | |
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