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" THE SNAIL. To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The Snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there, house and all Together. Within that house secure he hides, When danger imminent betides Of storm, or other harm besides Of weather. "
The life and letters of William Cowper - Page 386
by William Cowper - 1809
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The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr: With ..., Volume 2

William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 452 pages
...too hard to feel ; Not her alone that censure fits, Nor thou alone hast lost thy wits. The Snail. Xo grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The Snail sticks...As if he grew there, house and all together; Within Nemo miser nisi comfaratus. fuit infelix adeo ! quis perditus aeque ! Conqueritur maesto carmine tristis...
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The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1803 - 456 pages
...too hard to feel; Not her alone that censure fits, Nor thou alone hast lost thy wits. The Snail. 1 O grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The Snail sticks...fall, As if he grew there, house and all together. Nemo miser nisi comparatus. QUIS fuit infelix adco ! quis perditus aeque ! Conqueritur maesto carmine...
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The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1803 - 442 pages
...Corydone, Strophon. Si tua cum reliquis confertur amica puellis, Nou ea vel sola est ferreai tuve miser ^ Within that house secure he hides, When danger imminent betides Of storm, or other harm besides Give but his horns the slightest touch, His self-collecting power ib such, He shrinks into his house,...
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The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr: With ..., Volume 4

William Hayley - 1806 - 488 pages
...tua cum reliquis confertur amica puellis, Non ea vel sola est ferrea, tuve miser. 384 THE SNAIL. J- O grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The Snail sticks...betides Of storm, or other harm besides of weather. Give but his horns the slightest touch, His self-collecting power is such, He shrinks into his house, with...
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The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley ..., Volume 4

William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...puellis, Non ea vel sola est ferrea, tuve miser. 383 THfi SNAIL. AO grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wallj The Snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he...Of storm., or other harm besides of weather. Give but his horns the slightest touch, His self-collecting power is such, He shrinks into his hoilsei,...
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The Life and Letters of William Cowper, Esq: With Remarks on ..., Volume 4

William Hayley - 1812 - 450 pages
...Si tua cum reliquis confertur amica puellis, Non ea vel sola est ferrea, tuve miser. 359 THE SNAIL. To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The Snail sticks...betides Of storm, or other harm besides Of weather. Give but his horns the slightest touch, His self-collecting power is such, He shrinks into his house, with...
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Poems, Volume 3

William Cowper - 1815 - 434 pages
...hospitium. Limacem, qxmcumque siet, quacumque moretur, Siquis cum qurerat, dkeris esse domi. THE SNAIL. To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The Snail sticks...betides Of storm, or other harm besides Of weather. Give but his horns the slightest touch. His self-collecting power is such, • He shrinks into his house,...
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Anecdotes of Remarkable Insects: Selected from Natural History, and ...

Joseph Taylor - Insects - 1817 - 266 pages
...like horn. COWPER gives the following pretty description of this animal : — The SNAIL. WITHIN his house secure he hides, When danger imminent betides Of storm, or other harm besides Of weather. Give but his horns the slightest touch, His self-collecting power is such, He shrinks into his house with...
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Poems, Volume 3

William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 400 pages
...hospitium. Limacem, quacumque siet, quacumque moretur, Siquis eum quaerat, dixeris esse domi. THE SNAIL. To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The Snail sticks...betides Of storm, or other harm besides Of weather. Give but his horns the slightest touch, His self-collecting power is such, He shrinks into his house, with...
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The Minor Poems of William Cowper of the Inner Temple

William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...; Not her alone that censure fits, Nor thou alone has lost tby wits. 1>AKT II. , E XXI. THE SNAIL. To grass, or leaf, or fruit or wall, The Snail sticks...betides Of storm, or other harm besides Of weather. Give but his horns the slightest touch, His self-collecting power is such, He shrinks into his house with...
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