Twelve years ago I was a boy, A happy boy, at Drury's. Twelve years ago ! — how many a thought Of faded pains and pleasures Those whispered syllables have brought From memory's hoarded treasures ! The fields, the farms, the... The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 221by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1866Full view - About this book
| 1829 - 660 pages
...has regenerated France. SCHOOL AND SCHOOLFELLOWS. " Floreat Etona." TWELVE years ago I made a mock I wrote delightful sapphics; I knew the streets of Rome and Troy, Of filthy trades and traffics; I wonder'd what they meant by stock, I supp'd with Fates and Furies;—... | |
| English literature - 1829 - 832 pages
...SCHOOLFELLOWS. t FJorcat Etona." TWELVE years ago I made a mock Of filthy trades and traffics ; I wonder'd what they meant by stock, I wrote delightful sapphics ; I knew the streets of Rome and Troy, I supp.'d with Fates and Furies ; — Twelve years ago I was a boy, A happy boy, at Drury's. Twelve years... | |
| Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 296 pages
...they meant by stock ; • I wrote delightful sapphics : I knew the streets of Rome and Troy, I supp'd with fates and furies ; Twelve years ago I was a boy,...Twelve years ago ! — how many a thought Of faded paints and pleasures Those whispered syllables have brought From memory's hoarded treasures ! The fields,... | |
| Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 292 pages
...I'm not a lover now! a SCHOOL AND SCHOOL-FELLOWSTWELVE years ago I made a mock Of filthy trades and traffics : I wondered what they meant by stock ; I...sapphics : I knew the streets of Rome and Troy, I supp'd with fates and furies ; Twelve years ago I was a boy, A happy boy, at Drury's. Twelve years... | |
| Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 296 pages
...a lover now ! r • SCHOOL AND SCHOOL-FELLOWS, TWELVE years ago I made a mock Of filthy trades and traffics : I wondered what they meant by stock ; I wrote delightful sapphics : I knew the streets oi» Rome and Troy, I supp'd with fates and furies ; , Twelve years ago I was a boy, A happy boy, at... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...what they meant by stock ; I wrote delightful sapphies : I knew the streets of Rome and Troy, I supp'd with fates and furies ; Twelve years ago I was a boy,...Twelve years ago ! — how many a thought Of faded paints and pleasures Those wlu'sperM syllables have brought From memory's hoarded treasures ! The fields,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...what they meant by stock ; I wrote delightful sapphies : I knew the streets of Rome and Troy, I supp'd with fates and furies ; Twelve years ago I was a boy,...Twelve years ago ! — how many a thought Of faded paints and pleasures Those whisper'd syllables have brought From memory's hoarded treasures ! The fields,... | |
| Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1852 - 324 pages
...I'm not a lover now ! SCHOOL AND SCHOOL-FELLOWS. TWELVE years ago I made a mock Of filthy trades and traffics : I wondered what they meant by stock ; I wrote delightful sapphics : I knew the streets of Kome and Troy, I supp'd with fates and furies ; Twelve years ago I was a boy, A happy boy, at Drury's.... | |
| James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 720 pages
...Of filthy trades and traffies : I wondered \vhat they meant by stock ; I wrote delightful Sapphies : I knew the streets of Rome and Troy, I supped with...From memory's hoarded treasures ! The fields, the forms, the beasts, the books, The glories and disgraces, The voices of dear friends, the looks Of old... | |
| James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 700 pages
...SCHOOL AND SCHOOL-FELLOWS. W. MACKWORTH PRAED, TWELVE years ago I made a mock Of filthy trades and traffics: I wondered what they meant by stock; I wrote...I was a boy, A happy boy at Drury's. Twelve years ago!—how many a thought Of faded pains and pleasures, Those whispered syllables have brought From... | |
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