 That mouldering chest was noticed; and 'twas said By one as young, as thoughtless as Ginevra, "Why not remove it from its lurking-place?" 'Twas done as soon as said; but on the way It burst , it fell ; and lo , a skeleton , With here and there a pearl,...  Italy, a Poem - Page 97by Samuel Rogers - 1842 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Women - 1822 - 634 pages
...then went to strangers. Full fifty years were past, anrl all forgotten, When on an idle day, a day of search, 'Mid the old lumber in the gallery, That mouldering chest was noticed ; and 'twas taid By one as young, as thoughtless as Ginevra, " Why not remove it froqj its lurking place ?'' 'Twos... | |
 | England - 1822 - 932 pages
...— then went to strangers. Full fifty years were past, and all forgotten, When on an idle day, a day of search Mid the old lumber in the Gallery, That...thoughtless as Ginevra, " Why not remove it from its lurkingplace ?" 'Twas done as soon as said ; but on the way It burst, it fell ; and lo, a skeleton,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Italy - 1822 - 178 pages
...— then went to strangers. Full fifty years were past, and all forgotten, When on an idle day, a day of search Mid the old lumber in the Gallery, That...thoughtless as Ginevra, " Why not remove it from its lurking-place?" 'Twas done as soon as said ; but on the way It burst, it fell ; and lo, a skeleton,... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...— then went to strangers. Full fifty years were past, and all forgotten, When on an idle day, a day of search Mid the old lumber in the gallery, That...thoughtless as Ginevra, " Why not remove it from its lurking-place ?' 'Twas done as soon as said ; but on the way It burst, it fell ; and lo ! a skeleton... | |
 | English literature - 1823 - 508 pages
...tenantless— then went to strangers. Full fifty years were past, and all forgotten, When on an idle day, a day of search Mid the old lumber in the gallery, That...thoughtless as Ginevra, " Why not remove it from its lurking-place ?" 'Twas done as soon as said ; but on the way It burst, it fell ; and lo, a skeleton,... | |
 | Tobias Merton - 1824 - 488 pages
...fifty years were past, and all forgotten, When on an idle day, a day of search, 'Mid the old lumber on the gallery, That mouldering chest was noticed : and...thoughtless as Ginevra, " Why not remove it from its larking place?" Twas done as soon as said : but on the way It burst, it fell ; and, lo! a skeleton,... | |
 | Ebenezer Mack - Cats - 1824 - 292 pages
...then went to strangers. « Full fifty years had pass'd, and all forgot, When, on an idle day, a day of search 'Mid the old lumber in the gallery, That mouldering chest was notic'd ; and 'twas saif By one as young, as thoughtless as Genevra, " Why not remove it from its lurking... | |
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 382 pages
...fifty years 'were past and all forgotten, When on an idle day, a day of search, 'Mid the old lumher in the gallery, That mouldering chest was noticed;...from its lurking place?' 'Twas done as soon as said ; hut on tne way It hurst, it fell ; and lo! a skeleton, With here and there a pearl, an emerald- stone,... | |
 | 1827 - 492 pages
...When on an idle day, a day of search 'Mid tile old lumber in the gallery,' That mouldering chest waa noticed ^ and, 'twas said By one as young, as thoughtless as Ginevra, ' Whj not remove it from its lurking place?' 'Twas done as soon as said ; but on the way It burst —... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...then went to strangers. Fuji fifty years were past, and all forgotten, When on an- idle day, a day of search Mid the old lumber in the gallery, That...Ginevra, " Why not remove it from its lurking place ?" T was done as soon as said ; but on the way It burst, it fell ; and lo, a skeleton, With here and... | |
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