 Grew lovelier from her pencil's shading; She botanized ; I envied each Young blossom in her boudoir fading; She warbled Handel ; it was grand — She made the Catalan!  Lillian, and Other Poems - Page 141by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1852 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1830 - 482 pages
...could stand For hours and hours to blow the bellows. " She kept an album, too, at home, Well till'd with all an album's glories : Paintings of butterflies...Famine and to Slaughter ; And autographs of Prince Leboo, And recipes for Elder Water. " And she was flatter'd, worshipp'd, bored ; Her steps were watch'd,... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1831 - 388 pages
...could stand For hours and hours to blow the bellows. IX. She kept an Album too at home, Well filled with all an Album's glories ; Paintings of butterflies, and Rome, Patterns for trimmings, Persian stories ; Soft songs to Julia's cockatoo, Fierce odes to Famine and to Slaughter... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...tilled with all an album's glories, — Paintings of butterflies and Home, Patterns for trimmings, Persian stories. Soft songs to Julia's cockatoo. Fierce...famine and to slaughter. And autographs of Prince Loboo, And recipes for elder-water. And she was flattered, worshipped, bored ; Her steps were watched,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...an album's glories ; Paintings of butterflies and Home ; Pattern for «Dimming ¡ Persian storica ; Soft songs to Julia's cockatoo ; Fierce odes to famine and to slaughter, And autographs of Prince Le Boo, And recipes for elder- water. And she was flattered, worshipped, bored, Her steps were watched,... | |
 | American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...grand — She made the Catalani jealous ; She touch'd the organ, I could stand For hours and hours to blow the bellows. She kept an album, too, at home,...famine and to slaughter; And autographs of Prince Leboo, And recipes for elder water. And she was flatter'd, worshipp'd, bored; Her steps were wateh'd,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...they to love's sensations 1 Black eyes, fair forehead, clustering locks, Such wealth, such honours, Cupid chooses; He cares as little for the stocks,...Prince Laboo, And recipes of elder water. And she was flattcr'd, worshipp'd, bored, Her steps were watch'd, her dress was noted, Her poodle dog was quite... | |
 | Caroline Howard Gilman - Quotations - 1848 - 320 pages
...aye more than all, The faults she cannot find. EBE.VEZER ELLIOTT. 36. She keeps an Album Well filled with all an album's glories, Paintings of butterflies and Rome, Patterns for trimmings, Persian stories ; Soft sonnets to her cockatoo, Fierce odes to famine and to slaughter,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...I could stand For hours and hours and blow the bellows. She kept an Vbum, too, at home, Well filled with all an album's glories; Paintings of butterflies...famine and to slaughter, And autographs of Prince Le Boo, • t And recipes for elder-water. And she was nattered, worshiped, bored, Her steps were watched,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...could stand For hours and hours and blow the bellows. She kept an album, too, at home, Well filled with all an album's glories ; Paintings of butterflies...famine and to slaughter, And autographs of Prince Le Boo, And recipes for elder-water. And she was nattered, worshipped, bored, Her steps were watched,... | |
 | James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 700 pages
...Through sunny May, through sultry June, I loved her with a love eternal; I spoke her praises to the moon, My mother laughed; I soon found out That ancient ladies...And recipes of elder water. And she was flatter'd, worship'd, bored, Her poodle dog was quite adored, Her sayings were extremely quoted. She laugh'd,... | |
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