 twas Venus from her isle, And wondered where she'd left her sparrows. She talked of politics or prayers,— Of Southey's prose, or Wordsworth's sonnets, Of danglers or of dancing bears, Of battles, or the last new bonnets; By candle-light, at twelve o'clock,...  The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 148by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864 - 390 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1830 - 484 pages
...those bright lips had quoted Locke, I might have thought they murmured Little. " Through sunny Bfay, through sultry June, I loved her with a love eternal...praises to the Moon, I wrote them to the Sunday Journal j My mother laugh'd : I soon tound out That ancient ladies have no feeling; Mr fetter frown'd : but... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1831 - 396 pages
...not a tittle ; If those bright lips had quoted Locke, I might have thought they murmured Little. V. Through sunny May, through sultry June, I loved her...My mother laughed;— I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling : My father frowned;—but how should gout VI. She was the daughter of a Dean,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...left her sparrows. She talked of politics or prayers, Of Southcy's prose or Wordsworth's sonnets. Of danglers or of dancing bears, Of battles or the last...a love eternal ; I spoke her praises to the moon, 1 wrote them to the Sunday Journal. My mother laughed; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...tittle, If those bright lips had quoted Locko, I might have thought they murmured Little. Tli rough sunny May, through sultry June, I loved her with a love eternal ; I spoke her praises to the moon, 1 wrote them for the Sunday journal My mother laughed ; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no... | |
 | American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...quoted Locke, I might have thought they murmur'd Little. Through sunny May, through sultry June, J loved her with a love eternal ; I spoke her praises to the moon, 1 wrote them to the Sunday Journal. My mother laugh'd ; 1 soon found out That ancient ladies have no... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 296 pages
...bears, Of battles, or the last new bonnets ; By candle-light, at twelve o'clock, To me it matter'd not a tittle, If those bright lips had quoted Locke,...eternal ; I spoke her praises to the moon, I wrote them for the Sunday Journal. My mother laughed ; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling ;... | |
 | American periodicals - 1866 - 924 pages
...shilling.' ' The Belle of the Ball-room ' is scarcely less felicitous : ' Through sunny May, through snltry June, I loved her with a love eternal ; I spoke her...My mother laughed ; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling : My father frowned ; but how should gout See any happiness in kneeling ? '... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...it matter'd not a tittle, If those bright lips had quoted Locke, I might have thought they murmur'd Little. Through sunny May, through sultry June, I...eternal ; I spoke her praises to the moon, I wrote them for the Sunday Journal. My mother laugh'd ; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling ;... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...it matter'd not a tittle, If those bright lips had quoted Locke, I might have thought they murmur'd Little. Through sunny May, through sultry June, I...eternal ; I spoke her praises to the moon, I wrote them for the Sunday Journal. My mother laugh'd ; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling ;... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...sparrows! She talked of politics or prayers, Of Southey's prose, or Wordsworth's sonnets, Of daggers, or of dancing bears, Of battles, or the last new bonnets;...spoke her praises to the moon, • • I wrote them for the Sunday journal. My mother laughed; I sooh found out That ancient ladies have no feeling. My... | |
| |
