 | England - 1851 - 786 pages
...bed. 2M You're sitting on your window-seat, Beneath a cloudless moon ; You hear a sound that seems to wear The semblance of a tune, As if a broken fife...should seem to be A very dismal place, Your ' auld acquamtance,' all at once Is altered in the face — Bnt hark ! the air again is still, The mnsic all... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...seems to wear The semblance of a tune, As if a broken fife should strive To drown a crack'd bassoon. And nearer, nearer still, the tide Of music seems...place ; Your "Auld acquaintance," all at once, Is alter'd in the face ; Their discords sting through BUBNS and MOORE, Like hedgehogs dress'd in lace.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...strive To drown a crack'd bassoon. And nearer, nearer still, the tide Of music seems to come, There 's something like a human voice, And something like a...place ; Your "Auld acquaintance," all at once. Is alter'd in the face ; Their discords sting through BUHKS and MOOHE, Like hedgehogs dress'd in lace.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1845 - 538 pages
...seems to wear The semblance of a tune, As if a broken fife should strive To drown a crack'd bassoon. And nearer, nearer still, the tide Of music seems...like a drum; You sit, in speechless agony, Until your car is numb. Poor "Home, sweet home" should seem to be A vorv dismal place ; Your "Auld acquaintance,"... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 pages
...To drown a cracked bassoon. And nearer, nearer still, the tide Of music seems to come, • There 's something like a human voice, And something like a...acquaintance," all at once, Is altered in the face ; Their discords sting through Burns and Moore, Like hedgehogs dressed in lace. You think they are... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Medicine in literature - 1850 - 310 pages
...the tide Of music seems to come, There 's something like a human voice, And something like a drum ; Poor " home, sweet home," should seem to be A very...acquaintance," all at once, Is altered in the face ; Their discords sting through Burns and Moore, Like hedgehogs dressed in lace. You think they are... | |
 | Scotland - 1851 - 856 pages
...to bed. You're sitting on your window-seat, Beneath л cloudless moon ; You hear a sound that seems to wear The semblance of a tune, As if a broken fife...auld acquaintance/ all at once Is altered in the face — But hark ! the air again is still, The music all is ground ; It cannot be — it is — it is —... | |
 | England - 1851 - 792 pages
...American Poets. You're sitting on your window-seat, Beneath a cloudless moon ; You hear a sound that seems to wear The semblance of a tune, As if a broken fife...ear is numb. Poor 'home, sweet home,' should seem tobe A very dismal place, Your ' anld aequamtance,' all at once Is altered in the face — But hark... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Literature, Modern - 1851 - 320 pages
...strive To drown a cracked bassoon. And nearer, nearer still, the tide Of music seems to come, There 's something like a human voice, And something like a...acquaintance," all at once, Is altered in the face ; Their discords sting through Burns and Moore, Like hedgehogs dressed in lace. You think they are... | |
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You're sitting on your window-seat, Beneath a cloudless moon ; You hear a sound that seems to wear The semblance of a tune, As if a broken fife should strive To drown a cracked bassoon. And nearer, nearer still, the tide Of music seems to come ; There's... 
