 Alack the change ! in vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trifled ; The level lawn, the trickling brook, The trees I climbed, the beds I rifled : The church is larger than before: You reach it by a carriage entry : It holds three hundred people...  The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 134by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1854 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...learned the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Quos genus ; I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in, And make the puppy dance a jig When he began to quote Augustine. That Praed should have gathered so little fame is the more remarkable as, when alive, he... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...learn M the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, end Quae Genus; I used to singe his powderM wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in ; And make...trifled ; The level lawn, the trickling brook, The trees I climbed, the beds I rifled : The church is larger than before ; You reach it by a carriage entry... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...learn'd the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Quas Genus; I used to singe his powder'd wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in ; And make...trifled ; The level lawn, the trickling brook, The trees I climbed, the beds I rifled : The church is larger than before ; You reach it by a carriage entry... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...learned the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leap-fAjg, and Quae genus; I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in And make the puppy dance a jig When he began to quote Augustine. Alack the change ! In vain I For haunts in which my boyhood trifled ; The level lawn, the... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...steal the staff he put such trust in And make the puppy dance a jig When he began to quote Augustine. Alack the change ! In vain I look For haunts in which...trifled ; The level lawn, the trickling brook, The trees I climbed, the beds I rifled ! The church is larger than before, You reach it by a carriage entry;... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...learned the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Qua genus ; I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in, And make the puppy dauce a jig When he began to quote Augustine. Alack the change ! In vain I look For haunts in which... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...learned the rule of three, Cat's-cradle. leap-frog, and Quse genus; I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in And make the puppy dance a jig When he began to quote Augustine. Alack the change ! In vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trifled ; The level lawn,... | |
 | James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 700 pages
...learned the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Quse genus; I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in; And make...trifled; The level lawn, the trickling brook, The trees I climbed, the beds I rifled: The church is larger than before: You reach it by a carriage entry :... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 436 pages
...learned the Rule of Three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Quso genus ; I used to singe his powder'd wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in ; And make...change! in vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trifled,The level lawn, the trickling brook, The trees I climbed, the beds I rifled: The church is... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 426 pages
...learned the Rule of Three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Quse genus ; I used to singe his powder'd wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in ; And make the puppy dance a jig, Alack the change ! in vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trifled,The level lawn, the trickling... | |
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