 | 1899 - 628 pages
...in order to say two things — first, that despite Swift's laughter at the fear of this insect — That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form, With teeth and with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch, Because,... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 808 pages
...with the witty vivacity of Swift, who furnishes, moreover, a charm to avert the omen — " A Wood Worm That lies in old wood, like a Hare in her form, With...will scratch. And Chambermaids christen this Worm a Death Watch : Because like a Watch it always cries click : Then woe be to those in the House who are... | |
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - 1902 - 466 pages
...noises." following amusing, as well as practical, charm to avert the fatal omen : — " A wood worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form ; With...will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen the worm a death-watch : Because like a watch, it always cries click : Then woe be to those in the... | |
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - 1902 - 490 pages
...as well as practical, charm to avert the fatal omen : — " A wood worm That lies in old wood, 'ike a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen the worm a death-watch : Because like a watch.it always cries click : Then woe be to those in the house... | |
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - 1902 - 480 pages
...wrote the following amusing, as well as practical, charm to avert the fatal omen : — " A wood worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with clawa it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen the worm a death-watch : Because like... | |
 | Vincent Stuckey Lean - 1903 - 478 pages
...Goody Dobson died. Gay, The Shepherd's Week, " Friday, or the Dirge." The next is an insect we call 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, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost If the maggot cries click... | |
 | Frank F. Gibson - 1904 - 222 pages
...erroneously describes the "death watch" as " a worm " or "a maggot " : — THE DEATH-WATCH. 37 " A wood worm, That lies in old wood like a hare in her form, With...will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm 'death watch'; Because like a watch it always cries ' click.' For sure as a gun they will give up the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1914 - 476 pages
...CONCLUSION. 114. St. Matthew xxv. 1-13. 117. death-watch : a species of wood-boring beetle. Cf. Swift: Chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch, Because like a watch it always cries click 1 The sound was superstitiously regarded as a forewarning of death. 157. Job iii. 17. THE LOTOS-EATERS.... | |
 | 1915 - 460 pages
...their tappings, known as the ''death watch," prompted Swift to write the following lines: "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 chambermaids christen this worm a death watch ; Because like a watch it always... | |
 | A. M. Altson - 1922 - 28 pages
...following lines in a satirical r.oem, " Wood* an Insect," written in 1725. . . . i>n infect we call a wood-worm, That lies in old wood, like a hare in...And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch; Kecause like a watch it always cries click; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick For, sure... | |
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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,... 
