 Perchance thou deem'st it were a thing To wear a crown, — to be a king ! And sleep on regal down ! Alas ! thou know'st not kingly cares ; Far happier is thy head that wears That hat without a crown...  The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood - Page 228by Thomas Hood - 1854 - 472 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1824 - 624 pages
...speed ! And one that curvets in and out, Reining his fellow Cob about, — Would I were in his sletd! Yet he would gladly halt and drop That boyish harness...swop With this world's heavy van — To toil, to tug. О little fool ! While thou canst be a horse at school To wish to be a man ! Perchance thou dcem'st... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1824 - 598 pages
...„,•>.! -, And one that curvets in and oat, ,, " . (l )„ ,4 , Reining his fellow Cob about, — Would 1 were in his steed ! i/ Yet he would gladly halt and drop That boyish harness off, to swop Im Ч io •<!.. With this world's heavy van- • ' « "•""* ' *l "" • "" ""' Totoil, to tug. Olittlefool!... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1826 - 360 pages
...speed ! And one that curvets in and out, Reining his fellow Cob about,— Would I were in his steed / Yet he would gladly halt and drop That boyish harness...world's heavy van— To toil, to tug. O little fool! Whilst thou canst be a horse at school, To wish to be a man ! Perchance thou deem'st it were a thing... | |
 | Edward Mason Crossfield - Voyages and travels - 1831 - 322 pages
...who have never profited by experience, and yet, through the appearance ot A which the mer' CHAPTER I. Yet he would gladly halt, and drop That boyish...heavy van ; — To toil, to tug — O little fool ! Whilst thou canst be a horse at school, To wish to be a man ! Ode to Clapham Academy. It is wonderful... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 pages
...speed ! And one that curvets in and out, Reining his fellow Cob about, — Would I were in his steed ! Yet he would gladly halt and drop That boyish harness...thou canst be a horse at school To wish to be a man ! Perchance thou deem'st it were a thing To wear a crown, — to be a king ! And sleep on regal down... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1847 - 256 pages
...speed ! And one that curvets in and out, Reining his fellow Cob about, — Would I were in his steed ! Yet he would gladly halt and drop That boyish harness...thou canst be a horse at school To wish to be a man ! Perchance thou deem'st it were a thing To wear a crown, — to be a king ! And sleep on regal down... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1854 - 424 pages
...speed ! And one that curvets in and out, Reining his fellow Cob about, — Would I were in his steed! Yet he would gladly halt and drop That boyish harness...thou canst be a horse at school To wish to be a man ! Perchance thou deem'st it were a thing To wear a crown, — to be a king ! And sleep on regal down... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pages
...speed ! And one that curvets in and out, Reining his fellow-cob about, Would I were in his steed ! With this world's heavy van — To toil, to tug. O little fool ! While thou can be a horse at school To wish to be a man ! Perchance thou deem'st it were a thing To wear a crown,... | |
 | James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 720 pages
...who stoop The marble taw to speed l And one that curvets in and out, Reining his fellow-cob about, Yet he would gladly halt and drop That boyish harness...van — To toil, to tug. O little fool ! While thou can be a horse at school To wish to be a man ! Perchance thou deem'st it were a thing To wear a crown... | |
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