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" The full-formed brood, impatient of their cell. Start from their trance, and burst their silken shell, Trembling awhile they stand, and scarcely dare To launch at once upon the untried air. At length assured, they catch the favouring gale, And leave their... "
Lepidoptera Britannica;: sistens digestionem novam insectorum Lepidopterorum ... - Page xxiii
by Adrian Hardy Haworth - 1803 - 609 pages
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Poems

Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English poetry - 1777 - 156 pages
...of a kinder fky. D z When When vernal fun-beams pierce their dark retreat The heaving tomb diftends with vital heat ; The full-form'd brood impatient of their cell Start from their trance, and burft their filken fhell ; Trembling awhile they ftand, and fcarcely dare To launch at once upon the...
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Poems

Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1792 - 442 pages
...influence of a kinder fky. When vernal fun-beams pierce their dark retreat The heaving tomb diftends with vital heat; The full-form'd brood, impatient of their cell, Start from their trance, and burft their filken fhell ; Trembling awhile they ftand, and fcarcely dare To launch at once upon the...
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(VIII, 364 p.)

Thomas Smith - 1810 - 394 pages
...sky ; W.hen vernal sunbeams pierce their dark retreat, The heaving tomb distends vrith vital beat, The full-form'd brood impatient of their cell , Start from their trance and burst their silken shell . Mrs, BABBAULD. DES INSECTES EN GÉNÉRAL. CETTE classe d'animaux est considérée par quelques naturalistes...
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The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various ..., Volume 1

Richard Lobb - Nature study - 1817 - 430 pages
...vernal sunbeams pierce their dark retreat, The heaving tomb distends with vital heat ; The lull-formed brood, impatient of their cell, Start from their trance,...To launch at once upon the untried air: At length assured, they catch the favouring gale, And leave their sordid spoils, and high in ether sail, BARBAUU>»...
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Poetry for Children: Consisting of Short Pieces to be Committed to Memory

Children's poetry, English - 1820 - 190 pages
...sleep. Entomb'd beneath the filmy web they lie, And wait the influence of a kinder sky. 28 Insects. When vernal sun-beams pierce their dark retreat, The...vital heat ; The full-form'd brood, impatient of their eel], Start from their trance and burst their silken shell; Trembling awhile they stand, and scarcely...
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Universal Science Or the Cabinet of Nature and Art, Comprising ..., Volume 1

Alexander Jamieson - Natural history - 1821 - 448 pages
...insect-race—ordain'd to keep And wait the influence of a kinder sky; Entomb'd beneath the filmy web they lie, When vernal sun-beams pierce their dark retreat, The...stand, and scarcely dare To launch at once upon the untry'd air— At length assurYl they catch the fav'ring gale, And leave their sordid spoils, and high...
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The English Reading Book in Verse: Adapted to Domestic and to School Education

William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...INSECTS. Mrs. Uarbaulcl. OBSERVE .the insect race, ordain'd to keep The lazy sabbath of a half year's sleep ; Entomb'd beneath the filmy web they lie, And...stand, and scarcely dare, To launch, at once, upon the untry'd air. At length assur'd, they catch the favouring gale, And leave their sordid spoils, and high...
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The Natural History of Remarkable Insects: With Their Habits and Instincts

Animal welfare - 1822 - 184 pages
...filmy web they lie, Ajiil wait the influence of a kinder »hy. When vernal sun-beams pierce their darV retreat^ The heaving tomb distends with vital heat...impatient of their cell/ Start from their trance, and bnrst their silken shell. Trembling awhile they stand, and scarcely dare To launch at once upon the...
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The Book of Nature Laid Open: In a Popular Survey of the Phenomena and ...

Rev. W. Hutton - Natural history - 1822 - 306 pages
...vernal sunbeams pierce the dark retreat The heaving tomb distends with vital heat; • The full-formed brood, impatient of their cell, Start from their trance, and burst their silken shell.'' In each change not only their form and structure, but their very nature and appetite undergo a complete...
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The perennial calendar, and companion to the almanack, revised and ed. [or ...

Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...vernal sunbeams pierce their dark retreat, The heaving tomb distends with vital heat; The fullformed brood, impatient of their cell, Start from their trance,...Trembling, awhile they stand, and scarcely dare To launch1 at once upon the untried air : At length asiured, they catch the favouring gale, And leave...
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