 My stomach is not ruled by other men's, And grumbling for a reason, quaintly begs Wherefore should master rise before the hens Have laid their eggs ? Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes in the east awaken ? A fig, say I, for any streaky...  Temple Bar - Pagina 4231861Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1849 - 648 pagina’s
...grumbling for a season, quaintly begs — Wherefore should miser rise before the hens Have laid their egge. Why from a comfortable pillow start, To see faint...sun upon the upland lawn — Well — he died young. With chairwomen such early hours agree, And sweeps that earn betimes their bite and sap, But I 'm no... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1847 - 302 pagina’s
...grumbling for a reason, quaintly begs Wherefore should master rise before the hens Have laid their eggs ? Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes...upon the upland lawn " — Well — he died young. With charwomen such early hours agree, And sweeps, that earn betimes their bit and sup ; But I 'm no... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1847 - 314 pagina’s
...grumbling for a reason, quaintly begs Wherefore should master rise before the hens Have laid their eggs ? Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes...grass among, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn "Well—he died young. With charwomen such early hours agree, And sweeps, that earn betimes their hit... | |
 | 1853 - 458 pagina’s
...for a season, quaintly begs — Wherefore should miser rise before. the hens Have laid their eggs. Why from a comfortable pillow start, To see faint...streaky part, Excepting bacon. An early riser, Mr. Grey has drawn, Who used to haste the dewy grass among, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn — Well... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pagina’s
...grumbling for a reason, quaintly begs Wherefore should master rise before the hens Have laid their eggs ? Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes...upon the upland lawn," — Well — he died young. With charwomen such early hours agree, And sweeps that earn betimes their bit and sup ; But I 'm no... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1856 - 358 pagina’s
...grumbling for a reason, quaintly begs Wherefore should master rise before the hens Have laid their eggs ? Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes...upon the upland lawn " — Well — he died young. With charwomen such early hours agree, And sweeps that earn betimes their bit and sup ; But I 'm no... | |
 | 1856 - 518 pagina’s
...for a season, quaintly begs — Wherefore should miser rise before the hens Have laid their eggs ? Why from a comfortable pillow start, To see faint...sun upon the upland lawn — Well— he died young. With chairwomen such early hours agree, And sweeps that earn betimes their bite and sup ; But I'm no... | |
 | 1857 - 468 pagina’s
...grumbling for a reason, quaintly begs Wherefore should master rise before the hens Have laid their eggs? Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes...grass among, “To meet the sun upon the upland lawn “— Well—he died young. With charwomen such early hours agree, And sweeps that earn betimes their... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1861 - 586 pagina’s
...stanzas from Hood's bumorous poem, " Morning Meditations :" " Why from a comfortable pillow start To sec faint flushes in the east awaken? A fig, say I, for...streaky part, Excepting bacon. An early riser, Mr. Oray, has drawn, — Who used to haste the dewy grass among, — ' To meet the sun upon the upland... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 pagina’s
...rise before the hens Have laid their eggs. Why from a comfortable pillow start, To see faint Hushes in the east awaken ? A fig, say I, for any streaky part, Excepting bacon. An early riser, Mr. Grey has drawn, Who used to haste the dewy grass among To. meet the sun upon the upland lawn — Well... | |
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