 And there he hung till he was dead As any nail in town, — • % For though distress had cut him up, It could not cut him down...  Poems - Page 72de Thomas Hood - 1881Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1827 - 452 pages
...His heart so heavy got — And life was such a burden grown. It made him take a knot ! So round bis melancholy neck A rope he did entwine. And for his...Line! One end he tied around a beam. And then removed bin pegs, And, as his legs were off, of course, He soon was off his legil And there he hung till he... | |
 | 1826 - 622 pages
...Nelly Gray, His heart so heavy got — And life was such a burthen grown, It made him take a knot ! So round his melancholy neck A rope he did entwine,...Enlisted in the Line ! One end he tied around a beam, v And then removed his pegs. And, as his legs were off, — of course, He soon was off his legs ! And... | |
 | 1826 - 570 pages
...Nelly Gray, His heart so heavy got — And life was such a burthen grown, It made him take a knot ! So round his melancholy neck, A rope he did entwine,...life, Enlisted in the line ! One end he tied around the beam, And then removed his pegs, And, as his legs wore off, — of course, He soon was off his... | |
 | 1826 - 590 pages
...from Nelly Gray, His heart so heavy got— And life was such a burthen grown, It made him take a knot! So round his melancholy neck A rope he did entwine, And, for liis second time in life. Enlisted in the Line ! One end he tied around a heam. And then removed his... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1847 - 314 pages
...from Nelly Gray, His heart so heavy got— And life was such a burthen grown, It made him take a knot! So round his melancholy neck, A rope he did entwine,...tied around a beam, And then removed his pegs, And there he hung, till he was dead As any nail in town,— For, though distress had cut him up, It could... | |
 | 1853 - 458 pages
...from Nelly Gray, His heart so heavy got, And life was such a burden grown, It made him take a knot! So round his melancholy neck, A rope he did entwine,...for his second time in life, Enlisted in the Line ! C— THE HAT REGAINED. REJECTED ADDRESSES. PAT JENNINGS in tho upper gallery sat, But, leaning forward,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...his melancholy neck A rope he did entwinc\ And for the second time in life, Enlisted in the Line. 13. One end he tied around a beam, And then removed his pegs\ And, as his legs were off, of course, lie soon was off his legs. 14. And there he hung till he was dead As any nail in town^: For though... | |
 | 1853 - 456 pages
...got, And life was such a burden grown, It made him take a knot I For Ben he was a soldier bold, Ac. So round his melancholy neck A rope he did entwine,...And, for his second time in life, Enlisted in the Une \ One end he tied aronnd a beam, And then removed his pegs ; And, as his legs were off, of course... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pages
...from Nelly Gray, His heart so heavy got, And life was such a burthen grown, It made him take a knot ! So round his melancholy neck A rope he did entwine,...his pegs, And, as his legs were off, — of course, And there he hung, till he was dead As any nail in town, — For, though distress had cut him up, It... | |
 | James Parton - 1856 - 700 pages
...from Nelly Gray, His heart so heavy got, And life was such a burden grown, It made him take a knot ! So round his melancholy neck A rope he did entwine,...beam, And then removed his pegs, And, as his legs were off—of course, He soon -was off his legs! And there he hung, till he was dead As any nail in town—... | |
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