The cock doth crow ; It is time for the Fisher to rise and go. Fair luck to the Abbot, fair luck to the shrine ! He hath gnawed in twain my choicest line ; Let him swim to the north, let him swim to the south, The Abbot will carry my hook in his mouth... The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 75by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...time for the 6sher to rtse and go. Fair luck to the abbot, fair luck to the shrine ! He hath gnaw'd in twain my choicest line ; Let him swim to the north,...to the south, The abbot will carry my hook in his month !" The abbot had preach'd for many years, With as clear articulation As ever was beard in the... | |
| Civilization - 1846 - 506 pages
...time for the Fisher to rise and go. Fair luck to the Abbot, fair luck to the shrine ! He hath gnawed in twain my choicest line; Let him swim to the north,...made battalions quake, Had roused the zeal of martyrs ; Had kept the Court an hour awake, And the king himself three-quarters : But ever, from that hour,... | |
| Great Britain - 1846 - 502 pages
...time for the Fisher to rise and go. Fair luck to the Abbot, fair luck to the shrine ! He hath gnawed in twain my choicest line ; Let him swim to the north,...preached for many years, With as clear articulation Ae ever was heard in the House of Peers Against Emancipation : His words had made battalions quake,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...fisher to rise and go. Fair luck to the abbot, fair luck to the shrine ! He hath gnaw'd in twain mv choicest line ; Let him swim to the north, let him...abbot will carry my hook in his mouth !" The abbot had preach'd for many years, With as clear articulation As ever was heard in the House of Peers Against... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...time for the Fisher to rise and go. Fair luck to the Abbot, fair luck to the shrine ! He hath gnawed in twain my choicest line ; Let him swim to the north,...made battalions quake, Had roused the zeal of martyrs ; Had kept the Court an hour awake, And the king himself three-quarters : But ever, from that hour,... | |
| Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...rise and go. There was turning of keys, and creaking of locks, As he stalked away with his iron box. The Abbot had preached for many years, With as clear...made battalions quake, Had roused the zeal of martyrs ; Had kept the Court an hour awnke, And the king himself three-quarters : But ever, from that hour,... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1859 - 612 pages
...stalked away with his iron box. " ' Fair luck to the Abbot, fair luck to the shrine ! He hath gnawed in twain my choicest line : Let him swim to the north,...was heard in the House of Peers Against Emancipation ; " But ever from that hour, "t is said, He stammered and he stuttered, As if an axe went through his... | |
| English poetry - 1861 - 304 pages
...rise and go. Fair luek to the Abbot, fair luek to the shrine ! He hath gnaw'd in twain my ehoieest line : Let him swim to the north, let him swim to the south, The Abbot will earrv my hook in his mouth !" The Abbot had preaeh"d for many years, With as elear artieulation As... | |
| Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 pages
...time for the Fisher to rise and go. Fair luck to the Abbot, fair luck'to the shrine! He hath gnawed in twain my choicest line; Let him swim to the north, let him swim to the south,The Abbot will carry my hook in his mouth!" The Abbot had preached for many years, With as clear... | |
| 1863 - 150 pages
...time for the Fisher to rise and go, Fair luck to the Abbot, fair luck to the shrine ! He hath gnawed in twain my choicest line; Let him swim to the north,...made battalions quake, Had roused the zeal of martyrs ; Had kept the court an hour awake, And the king himself three quarters ; But ever, from that hour... | |
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