 ... you For talking so much about Hock ; And her sister, who often amused you By raving of rebels and Rock ; And something which surely would answer, An heiress quite fresh from Bengal; — So though you were seldom a dancer, You'll dance, just for once,...  Poems - Page 172by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1886Full view - About this book
 | 1829 - 660 pages
...sister who often amused you, At Dawlish, by taking your arm ; Miss Manners, who always abused you, By raving of rebels and Rock ; And something which...Though it cannot turn ice in a minute, Grows harder by sullen degrees. Time treads o'er the grave of Affection; Sweet honey is turned into gall:— Perhaps... | |
 | English literature - 1829 - 832 pages
...you were seldom a dancer, You'll dance, just for once, at our Ball. But out on the world ! — from the flowers It shuts out the sunshine of truth ; It...Though it cannot turn ice in a minute, Grows harder by sullen degrees. Time treads o'er the grave of Affection ; Sweet honey is turned into ljall : — Perhaps... | |
 | 1829 - 512 pages
...you were seldom a dancer, You'll dance, just for once, at our Ball. But out on the world ! — from the flowers It shuts out the sunshine of truth ; It blights the ijroen leaves in the bowers, It makes an old age of our youth : And the flow of our feeling, once in... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 292 pages
...surely would answer, An heiress quite fresh from Bengal ; — So, though you were seldom a dancer, But out on the world!—from the flowers It shuts...gall; Perhaps you have no recollection •That ever you danced at our Ball. You once could be pleased with our ballads ;— To-day you have critical ears... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 296 pages
...seldom a dancer, You'll dance, just for once, at our Ball. OUR BALL. But out on the world ! — from the flowers It shuts out the sunshine of truth : It...gall ; Perhaps you have no recollection That ever you danced at our Ball. You once could be pleased with our ballads ; — To-day you have critical ears... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1852 - 324 pages
...you were seldom a dancer, You'll dance, just for once, at our Ball. But out on the world ! — from the flowers It shuts out the sunshine of truth : It...turned into gall ; Perhaps you have no recollection You once could be pleased with our ballads ; — To-day you have critical ears ; You once could be... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - English poetry - 1860 - 336 pages
...Manners, who always abused you, For talking so much about Hock ; And her sister who often amused you, By raving of rebels and Rock ; And something which...into gall; Perhaps you have no recollection That ever you danced at our Ball. You once could be pleased with our ballads ;— To-day you have critical ears... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864 - 454 pages
...though you were seldom a dancer, You'll dance, just for once, at our Ball. But out on the World ! from the flowers It shuts out the sunshine of truth : It...gall ; Perhaps you have no recollection That ever you danced at our Ball ! You once could be pleased with our ballads,To-day you have critical ears ;... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864 - 466 pages
...though you were seldom a dancer, You'll dance, just for once, at our Ball. But out on the World ! from the flowers It shuts out the sunshine of truth : It...leaves in the bowers, It makes an old age of our youth ; VOL. ir. p And the flow of our feeling, once in it, Like a streamlet beginning to freeze, Though... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1865 - 444 pages
...though you were seldom a dancer, You'll dance, just for once, at our Ball. But out on the world !—from the flowers It shuts out the sunshine of truth: It...into gall; Perhaps you have no recollection That ever you danced at our Ball. You once could be pleased with our ballads— To-day you have critical ears... | |
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