Humorous PoemsMacmillan, 1893 - 236 pagina's |
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Pagina 6
... Fig and he went halves , Like Centaurs , in a nag . And he that day had got the grey , Unknown to brother cit ; The horse he knew would never tell , Altho ' it was a tit . A well - bred horse he was , I wis 61 SELECTIONS FROM HOOD.
... Fig and he went halves , Like Centaurs , in a nag . And he that day had got the grey , Unknown to brother cit ; The horse he knew would never tell , Altho ' it was a tit . A well - bred horse he was , I wis 61 SELECTIONS FROM HOOD.
Pagina 18
... knew no bounds , To see the horses " throwing off , " So long before the hounds . For deer must have due course of law , Like , men the Courts among ; Before those Barristers the dogs Proceed to " giving tongue . " And now Old Robin's ...
... knew no bounds , To see the horses " throwing off , " So long before the hounds . For deer must have due course of law , Like , men the Courts among ; Before those Barristers the dogs Proceed to " giving tongue . " And now Old Robin's ...
Pagina 19
... knew had got An eye - tooth to his paunch ! Away , away ! he scudded like A ship before the gale ; Now flew to " hills we know not of , ” Now , nun - like , took the vale . Another squadron charging now , Went off at furious pitch ...
... knew had got An eye - tooth to his paunch ! Away , away ! he scudded like A ship before the gale ; Now flew to " hills we know not of , ” Now , nun - like , took the vale . Another squadron charging now , Went off at furious pitch ...
Pagina 20
... Acteon in the tale , He found himself in stag ! Away they went then , dog and deer , And hunters all away , — The maddest horses never knew Mad staggers such as they ! Some gave a shout , some rolled about , And 20 SELECTIONS FROM HOOD.
... Acteon in the tale , He found himself in stag ! Away they went then , dog and deer , And hunters all away , — The maddest horses never knew Mad staggers such as they ! Some gave a shout , some rolled about , And 20 SELECTIONS FROM HOOD.
Pagina 32
... knew could handle knives ! How Huggins stood when he was rubbed By help and ostler kind , And when they cleaned the clay before , How worse " remained behind . " And one , how he had found a horse Adrift a goodly grey ! And kindly rode ...
... knew could handle knives ! How Huggins stood when he was rubbed By help and ostler kind , And when they cleaned the clay before , How worse " remained behind . " And one , how he had found a horse Adrift a goodly grey ! And kindly rode ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina xviii - O, give her, then, her tribute just, Her sighs and tears, and musings holy ! There is no music in the life That sounds with idiot laughter solely ; There's not a string attuned to mirth, But has its chord in Melancholy.
Pagina 35 - But as they fetched a walk one day, They met a press-gang crew ; And Sally she did faint away, Whilst Ben he was brought to. The boatswain swore with wicked words, Enough to shock a saint, That though she did seem in a fit, 'Twas nothing but a feint. Come, girl...
Pagina 126 - Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms! Now, as they bore him off the field, Said he, "Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-Second Foot!
Pagina 130 - One end he tied around a beam, And then removed his pegs, And, as his legs were off, — of course, He soon was off his legs!
Pagina 169 - A LITTLE fairy comes at night, Her eyes are blue, her hair is brown, With silver spots upon her wings, And from the moon she flutters down. She has a little silver wand, And when a good child goes to bed She waves her hand from right to left, And makes a circle round its head.
Pagina 39 - But could not though he tried : His head was turned, and so he chewed His pigtail till he died. His death, which happened in his berth, At forty-odd befell: They went and told the sexton, and The sexton toll'd the bell.
Pagina 126 - O Nelly Gray! O Nelly Gray! Is this your love so warm ? The love that loves a scarlet coat, Should be more uniform!" Said she, "I loved a soldier once, For he was blithe and brave; But I will never have a man With both legs in the grave! "Before you had those timber toes, Your love I did allow, But then you know, you stand upon Another footing now!
Pagina 192 - East, she turned her West, Staring like Pythoness possest, With streaming hair and heaving breast As one stark mad with grief. This way and that she wildly ran, Jostling with woman and with man — Her right hand held a frying pan, The left a lump of beef.
Pagina 172 - For my part getting up seems not so easy By half as lying. What if the lark does carol in the sky, Soaring beyond the sight to find him out — Wherefore am I to rise at such a fly ? I 'm not a trout.
Pagina 37 - I'd follow him ; But, oh ! — I'm not a fish-woman, And so I cannot swim. " Alas ! I was not born beneath The virgin and the scales, So I must curse my cruel stars, And walk about in Wales.