 | 1823 - 746 pagina’s
...but they get in a pother, And jostle and cross, and run foul or each other. Oft Poverty greets them with mendicant looks, And Care pushes by them o'erladen with crooks, And Strife s grating wheels try between them to pass, Or Stubbornness blocks up the way on her ass.Then... | |
 | 1823 - 762 pagina’s
...but they get in a pother, And jostle and cross, and run foul of each other. Oft Poverty greets them with mendicant looks, And Care pushes by them o'erladen with crooks, And Strife s grating wheels try between them to pass, Or Stubbornness blocks up the way on her ass. Then... | |
 | 1836 - 352 pagina’s
...care, scattering mire, will rudely push by, Or strife's grating wheels try between them to pass, While stubbornness blocks up the way on her ass. Then the banks are so high on the left and the right, That all distant beauties are hid from our sight ; And hence you'll allow... | |
 | 1862 - 670 pagina’s
...foul of each other. Oft Poverty meets them with mendicant looks ; And Care pushes by them, o'erladcn with crooks : And Strife's grazing wheels try between...them to pass ; And Stubbornness blocks up the way on an ass. Then the banks are so high, to the left hand and right, That they shut up the beauties around'... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 pagina’s
...mendicant look», And Care pushes by them, with o'erladen crooks, And Strife's jarring wheels Btrive between them to pass, And Stubbornness blocks up the way on her ass. Then Ihe banks ore so high, both to left hand and right, That they shut out the beauties nround from the... | |
 | Bridal gift - 1848 - 244 pagina’s
...mendicant looks, And Care pushes by them with o'er-laden crooks, And Strife's jarring wheels strive between them to pass, And Stubbornness blocks up the way on her ass. Then the banks are so high, both to left hand and right, That they shut out the beauties around from the sight; And hence you 'll... | |
 | 1907 - 684 pagina’s
...e'en then 'tis a chance but they get in a pother. And jostle and cross and run foul of each other. Then the banks are so high, to the left hand and right....they shut up the beauties around them from sight. From time immemorial, and until a recent period — as late as 1840 in Shropshire — the sole method... | |
 | John Wilson, James Hogg, John Gibson Lockhart - 1854 - 522 pagina’s
...but they get in a pother, And jostle and cross, and run foul of each other. Oft Poverty greets them with mendicant looks. And Care pushes by them o'erladen with crooks, And Strife's grating wheels try between them to pass, Or Stubbornness blocks up the way on her ass. Then the banks... | |
 | John Wilson, John Gibson Lockhart - 1854 - 532 pagina’s
...but they get in a pother, And jostle and cross, and run foul of each other. Oft Poverty greets them with mendicant looks, And Care pushes by them o'erladen with crooks, And Strife s grating wheels try between them to pass, Or Stubbornness blocks up the way on her ass. Then... | |
 | Stella (Cousin.), Henrietta Camilla Jenkin - 1859 - 312 pagina’s
...jostle, and cross, and run foul of each other. * By the Rev. T. Marriott. " Oft poverty greets them with mendicant looks And care pushes by them o'erladen with crooks, And strife's grating wheels try between them to pass, And stubbornness blocks up the way on her ass. " Then the... | |
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tis so long, it is not very wide, For two are the most that together can ride ; And e'en... 
