 | Mary Cecil Hay - 1883 - 318 pages
...found a more apt quotation than Mr. Karne's. ' No,' he laughs, ' nor have been more able '' To pluck the eyes of sentiment, and dock the tail of rhyme,...the voice of melody, and break the legs of time." What a blessing that supper-bell is, for you will have no time to say what you think about my quotations,... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...dressed in lace. Tht Afunc-Grinden. You think they are crusaders, sent From some infernal clime, To pluck the eyes of Sentiment, And dock the tail of Rhyme,...crack the voice of Melody, And break the legs of Time. Ibid. And, since, I never dare to write As funny as I can. The Height of the Ridiculous. When the last... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - Wit and humor - 1884 - 472 pages
...altered in the face; Their discords sting through Burns and Moore, Like hedgehogs dressed in lace. But hark ! the air again is still, The music all is ground, And silence, like a poultice, com To heal the blows of sound ; VOL. V.— WH It cannot be — it is — it is— A hat is going round... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1887 - 596 pages
...crusaders, sent From some infernal clime, To pluck the eyes of Sentiment, And dock the tail of Khyme, To crack the voice of Melody, And break the legs of...still. The music all is ground, And silence, like n poultice, comes To heal the blows of sound ; It cannot be, — it is, — it is, — A hat is going... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889 - 458 pages
...songs seem to have been expressly calculated, like " the music-grinders " of Holmes, — ' ' To pluck the eyes of sentiment, And dock the tail of rhyme,...the voice of melody, And break the legs of time." They were sworn enemies of the Muses ; haters of stage-play literature, profane songs, and wanton sonnets... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889 - 456 pages
...songs seem to have been expressly calculated, like " the music-grinders " of Holmes, — ' ' To pluck the eyes of sentiment, And dock the tail of rhyme,...the voice of melody, And break the legs of time." They were swcrn enemies of the Muses ; haters of stage-play literature, profane songs, and wanton sonnets... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889 - 450 pages
...songs seem to have been expressly calculated, like " the music-grinders " of Holmes, — " To pluck the eyes of sentiment, And dock the tail of rhyme, To crack the Toice of melody, And break the legs of time." They were sworn enemies of the Muses; haters of stage-play... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1891 - 1190 pages
...dressed in lace. The Mnsic-Grinders. Yon think they are crnsaders sent From some infernal clime, To plnck the eyes of sentiment And dock the tail of Rhyme, To crack the voice of Melody And since, I never dare to write As fnnny as I can. The Hdght of the Eidicnlons. When the last reader reads... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 500 pages
...Like hedgehogs dressed in lace. You think they are crusaders, sent From some infernal clime, To pluck the eyes of Sentiment, And dock the tail of Rhyme,...still, The music all is ground, And silence, like, a poidtice, comes To heal the blows of sound ; It cannot be, — it is, — it is, — A hat is going... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 456 pages
...songs seem to have been expressly calculated, like " the music-grinders " of Holmes, — " To pluck the eyes of sentiment, And dock the tail of rhyme,...the voice of melody, And break the legs of time." They were sworn enemies of the Muses; haters of stage-play literature, profane songs, and wanton sonnets;... | |
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You think they are crusaders, sent From some infernal clime, To pluck the eyes of Sentiment, And dock the tail of Rhyme, To crack the voice of Melody, And break the legs of Time. 
