 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...  Emerson's Complete Works: Poems - Page 69by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 264 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1847 - 792 pages
...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...And I think it no disgrace To 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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1847 - 244 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 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
...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...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... | |
 | 1857 - 300 pages
...called the latter " Little Prig ; " Bun replied, You are doubtless very big ; THE GEANDFATHEK. 265 But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken...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... | |
 | 1860 - 598 pages
...quarrel; And the Mountain called the Squirrel ' Little Prig.' Bun replied, You are doubtless very big ; But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken...And I think it no disgrace To occupy my place. If I'm not so large as yon, Yon are not so small as I! And not half so spry. I'll not deny you make A... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Allingham - 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... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 pages
...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...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... | |
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