Amusing poetry, ed. by S. BrooksGilbert & Rivington, 1857 |
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... tears they cried , ' Count Everhard is dead . ' " A tear upon my face fell down , And waking with a start , I found my head was resting on A Würtembergian heart ! " A woodman ' mid the forest - shade Had COUNT EVERHARD . 21.
... tears they cried , ' Count Everhard is dead . ' " A tear upon my face fell down , And waking with a start , I found my head was resting on A Würtembergian heart ! " A woodman ' mid the forest - shade Had COUNT EVERHARD . 21.
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... cried the count , " bold - hearted friend , Receive the prize now thine to share ; And nobly earn'd ! " But list the end- The count a lofty soul might bear , But higher feelings swell'd the breast Of the brave man , so meanly drest ...
... cried the count , " bold - hearted friend , Receive the prize now thine to share ; And nobly earn'd ! " But list the end- The count a lofty soul might bear , But higher feelings swell'd the breast Of the brave man , so meanly drest ...
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... cried ; " " Tis several centuries ago Since that poor stripling died ; He would not use my nostrums , See , shaveling , here they are ! These put to flight ail human ills , These conquer death , -unfailing pills ; And I'm the inventor ...
... cried ; " " Tis several centuries ago Since that poor stripling died ; He would not use my nostrums , See , shaveling , here they are ! These put to flight ail human ills , These conquer death , -unfailing pills ; And I'm the inventor ...
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... cried ; " there's not a doubt : What could my ears have been about ? " She had forgot , that as fools think , The bell is ever sure to chink . BON GAULTIER . Alice Brand . MERRY it is in the good green THE MARRIAGE BELLS . 45.
... cried ; " there's not a doubt : What could my ears have been about ? " She had forgot , that as fools think , The bell is ever sure to chink . BON GAULTIER . Alice Brand . MERRY it is in the good green THE MARRIAGE BELLS . 45.
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... What's that ? " he cries . " O nothing but a speck . " " A speck ! " " Ay , ay ; ' tis not enough to pain me , Perhaps the collar's mark by which they chain me . " " Chain you , you say ! Run you not 60 THE WOLF AND THE DOG .
... What's that ? " he cries . " O nothing but a speck . " " A speck ! " " Ay , ay ; ' tis not enough to pain me , Perhaps the collar's mark by which they chain me . " " Chain you , you say ! Run you not 60 THE WOLF AND THE DOG .
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Page 140 - She saw her brother Peterkin Roll something large and round Which he beside the rivulet In playing there had found; He came to ask what he had found That was so large and smooth and round. Old Kaspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by: And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh "'Tis some poor fellow's skull," said he, "Who fell in the great victory.
Page 83 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!
Page 207 - That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where a rock could rear its head. He went to the windows of those who slept, And over each pane, like a fairy, crept; Wherever he breathed, wherever he...
Page 84 - I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze And white waves heaving high; And white waves heaving high, my boys, The good ship tight and free — The world of waters is our home, And merry men are we.
Page 210 - HE that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires ; As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away. But a smooth and steadfast mind, Gentle thoughts and calm desires, Hearts with equal love combined, Kindle never-dying fires. Where these are not, I despise Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes.
Page 142 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun : But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. 'Great praise the Duke of Marlbro* won And our good Prince Eugene;' 'Why 'twas a very wicked thing !' Said little Wilhelmine; 'Nay . . nay . . my little girl,' quoth he, 'It was a famous victory.
Page 184 - Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day, the hour ; Now, frowning, smiling, for the hundredth time, The nurse, that ancient lady, preached decorum ; And, in the lustre of her youth, she gave Her hand, with her heart in it, to FRANCESCO.
Page 184 - She was an only child ; from infancy The joy, the pride of an indulgent sire. Her mother dying of the gift she gave, That precious gift, what else remain'd to him ? The young Ginevra was his all in life, Still as she grew, for ever in his sight ; And in her fifteenth year became a bride, Marrying an only son, Francesco Doria, Her playmate from her birth, and her first love.
Page 94 - The first is to tell him there in that stead, With his crowne of golde so fair on his head, Among all his liege-men so noble of birth, To within one penny of what he is worth.
Page 175 - No STIR in the air, no stir in the sea: The ship was still as she could be; Her sails from heaven received no motion; Her keel was steady in the ocean. Without either sign or sound of their shock, The waves flowed over the Inchcape Rock; So little they rose, so little they fell, They did not move the Inchcape Bell. The...