 Don't interrupt my game; I'll taste it, if I must, to-morrow." The MUSE of Pindus thither came, And wooed him with the softest numbers That ever scattered wealth and fame Upon a youthful poet's slumbers ; Though sweet the music of the lay, To CHILDHOOD...  The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 322by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864Full view - About this book
 | 1829 - 436 pages
...Sorrow," He said — " don Ч interrupt my game; I'll taste it, if 1 must, to-morrow." The muse of Pindue thither came, And wooed him with the softest numbers...." do send away That noisy woman with the fiddle." Then Wisdom stole his bat and ball. And taught him, with mcst sage endeavour, Why bubbles rise, and... | |
 | New York (N.Y.) - 1839 - 226 pages
...Sorrow, ' He cried ' Don't interrupt my game; I prythce, call again to-morrow.' The muse of Pindus hither came, And wooed him with the softest numbers That...Upon a youthful poet's slumbers. Though sweet the lyre and sweet the lay, To childhood it was all a riddle; ' Good gracious!' cried he,' send away That... | |
 | William Chambers - Literature - 1837 - 352 pages
...beldame muttered "Sorrow," He said — " Don't interrupt my game, I'll taste it, if I must, to-morrow." The Muse of Pindus thither came, And wooed him with...the softest numbers That ever scattered wealth and (hint;, B 209 Upon a youthful poet's slumbers; Though sweet the music of the lay, To Childhood it was... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Recitations - 1844 - 302 pages
...beldame muttered " Sorrow," He said — " Don't interrupt my game, I'll taste it, if I must, to-morrow." The muse of Pindus, thither came, And wooed him with..." do send away That noisy woman with the fiddle." Then wisdom stole his hat and ball, And taught him with most sage endeavor, Why bubbles rise and acorns... | |
 | Seba Smith - Gift books - 1846 - 216 pages
...said — " Don't interrupt my game, I'll taste it, if I must, to-morrow." The muse of Pindus hither came And wooed him with the softest numbers That ever..." do send away That noisy woman with the fiddle." Then Wisdom stole his bat and ball, And taught him, with most sage endeavor, Why bubbles rise, and... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers (Secondary) - 1851 - 288 pages
...beldame muttered -'Sorrow," He said, " Don't interrupt my game' ; I'll taste it, if I must, to-morrow." The Muse of Pindus thither came, And wooed him with...scattered wealth and fame, Upon a youthful poet's slumbers : DUTCH SHIPMASTER AND RUSSIAN COTTAGER. 77 Though sweet the music of the lay, To Childhood it was... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1855 - 348 pages
...of bitter water ; Poor Childhood b&de her tell her name, And when the beldame muttered " Sorrow," 4. The Muse of Pindus" thither came, And wooed him with...of the lay, To Childhood it was all a riddle, And, " 0 ! " he cried, " do send away That noisy woman with the fiddle ! " 5. Then Wisdom stole his bat... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1856 - 286 pages
...beldame muttered ''Sorrow," He said, " Don't interrupt my game'; I'll taste it, if I must, to-morrow." The Muse of Pindus thither came, And wooed him with the softest numbers Though sweet the music of the lay, To Childhood it was all a riddle; And, " Oh," he cried, " do send... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 426 pages
...beldame muttered " SORROW," He said, — "Don't interrupt my game; I'll taste it, if I must, to-morrow." The MUSE of Pindus thither came, And wooed him with..." do send away That noisy woman with the fiddle." Then WISDOM stole his bat and ball, And taught him with most sage endeavour, 'Why bubbles rise, and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1857 - 350 pages
...Childhood bade her tell her name, And when the beldame muttered " Sorrow," 4. The Muse of Pindus1 ' thither came, And wooed him with the softest numbers...of the lay, To Childhood it was all a riddle, And, " O ! " he cried, " do send away That noisy woman with the fiddle ! " 5. Then Wisdom stole his bat... | |
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