 | 1832 - 424 pages
...buildings, and the shops not particu- thus:— he lived in a stall," runs .136 397 * A wood worm Tbat lies in old wood, like a hare In her form, With teeth or with claws, it will bite, It will scratch ; And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because, like a watch, it always... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1834 - 392 pages
...possest, Or sick of obstructions, and pains in her chest. The next is an insect we call a wood- worm, That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With...watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries... | |
 | James Rennie, John Obadiah Westwood - 1835 - 332 pages
...nurses and grandmothers." This vulgar error no doubt gave rise to the following lines of Swift : — " A woodworm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form, With teeth or with claw, it will bite or will scratch ; And chamber-maids christen this worm a death-watch — Because,... | |
 | 1838 - 944 pages
...alluded to the same insect : A wood worm. That lies in old wood, like a bare in her form, With teetb or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids...watch, it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the bonne who are sick, For sure as a gun they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click... | |
 | William Hone - 1841 - 840 pages
...following witty one by Swift, which contains an effectual charm against the omen : — - A wood worm, That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form. With teeth or with claws, it will bite or will •cratch. And chambermaids christen this worm a death watch : Became like a watcL it always cries... | |
 | John Brand - 1842 - 312 pages
...in his invective against wood. It furnishes us, too, with a charm to avert the omen : " A Wood Worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form, With teeth or with claws it will hite, or will scratch, And chamhermaids christen this Worm a Death-Watch: Because, like a watch, it... | |
 | John Brand - 1842 - 306 pages
...in his invective against wood. It furnishes us, too, with a charm to avert the omen; " A Wood Worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form, With teeth or with claws it will hite, or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this Worm a Death-Watch : Because, like a watch, it... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1843 - 452 pages
...house in which it is heard. Thus sings the muse of the witty Dean of St. Patrick on this subject: " A wood-worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in...watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick ! For, sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click,... | |
 | Mary Townsend - 1844 - 260 pages
...dreaded sound. I recollect some amusing lines of Dean Swift's, which I will repeat to you : " A wood worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form, With teeth, or with claws, it will bite, it will scratch, And chamber-maids christen this worm a Death- Watch ; Because, like a watch, it always... | |
 | Robert Hasell Newell - 1845 - 216 pages
...her knell ; The solemn death-watch click'd the hour she died. GAY. Pastoral 6. A wood-worm That lives in old wood, like a hare in her form ; "With teeth...will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen the worm a deathwatch: Because, like a watch, it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house... | |
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That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For,... 
