 Then hey! — for the ripple of laughing rhyme ! When the brain gets as dry as an empty nut, When the reason stands on its squarest toes, When the mind (like a beard) has a " formal cut,"— There is place and enough for the pains of prose ; But whenever...  Literary bye-hours, by H.A. Page - Pagina 40door Alexander Hay Japp - 1881 - 232 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Belgravia - 1878 - 546 pagina’s
...Rosalind-face at the casement shows, Then hey ! — for the ripple of laughing rhyme ! When the brain gets dry as an empty nut, When the reason stands on its...beard) has a ' formal cut,' — There is place and to spare for the pains of prose ; But whenever the May-blood stirs and glows, And the young year draws... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1878 - 832 pagina’s
...Rosalind-face at the casement shows, Then hey ! — for the ripple of laughing rhyme ! When the brain gets dry as an empty nut, When the reason stands on its...beard) has a ' formal cut, ' — There is place and to spare for the pains of prose ; But whenever the May-blood stirs and glows, And the young year draws... | |
 | 1878 - 758 pagina’s
...Rosalind-face at the casement shows, Then he}' ! — for the ripple of laughing rhyme ! When the brain gets dry as an empty nut, When the reason stands on its...beard) has a ' formal cut,' — There is place and to spare for the pains of prose ; But whenever the May-blood stirs and glows, And the young year draws... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1878 - 462 pagina’s
...J(& ('31 ^n Novem'3er fogs, m December snows, <^r^ When the North Wind howls, and the doors are shut, There is place and enough for the pains of prose ; — But whenever a scent from the whitethorn blows, And the jasmine-stars to the lattice climb, And a Rosalind-face... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1878 - 236 pagina’s
...and rut, In November fogs, in December snows, When the North Wind howls, and the doors are shut, — There is place and enough for the pains of prose ; But whenever a scent from the whitethorn blows, And the jasmine-stars to the lattice climb, And a Rosalind-face... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1878 - 416 pagina’s
...mire and rut, *n November fogs, in December snows, When the North Wind howls, and the doors are shut, There is place and enough for the pains of prose ; — But whenever a scent from the whitethorn blows, And the jasmine-stars to the lattice climb, And a Rosalind-face... | |
 | 1880 - 918 pagina’s
...North Wind howls, and the doors are shut, — There is place and enough for the pains of prose ; Uut whenever a scent from the whitethorn blows, And the...to the " golden prime," And Sir Romeo sticks in his car a rose, — Then hey! — for the ripple of laughing rhyme ! In a theme where the thoughts have... | |
 | 1880 - 784 pagina’s
...and rut, In November fogs, in December snows, When the North Wind howls, and the doors are shut, — There is place and enough for the pains of prose ; But whenever a scent from the whitethorn blows, And the jasmine-stars to the lattice climb, And a rosalind-face... | |
 | Alexander Hay Japp - 1881 - 286 pagina’s
...pendant-strut, In a changing quarrel of " Ayes " and " Noes," In a starched procession of " If" and " But," — There is place and enough for the pains of prose ; But whenever a soft glance softer grows, And the light hours dance to the trysting-time, And the secret is told... | |
 | Poetic reader - 1881 - 252 pagina’s
...pedant-strut In a changing quarrel of " Ayes " and " Noes," In a starched procession of " If" and " But," — There is place and enough for the pains of prose ; But whenever a soft glance softer grows, And the light hours dance to the trysting-time, And the secret is told... | |
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