 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
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...Of Southey's prose, or Wordsworth's sonnets, Of daggers, or of dancing bears, Of battles, or the kst new bonnets ; By candle-light, at twelve o'clock,...eternal ; I spoke her praises to the moon, I wrote them for the Sunday journal. VOL. I. I My mother laughed ; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1852 - 330 pages
...bright lips had quoted Locke, I might have thought they murmured Little. Through sunny May, thnough sultry June, I loved her with a love 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 ;... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1854 - 326 pages
...If those bright lips had quoted Locke, I might have thought they murmured Little. Through sunny*May, through sultry June, I loved her with a love 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 ;... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 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...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. My... | |
 | James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 700 pages
...dancing 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,...with a love eternal; I spoke her praises to the moon, My mother laughed; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling; My father frown'd; but how... | |
 | Stories - 1858 - 274 pages
...it matter'd not a tittle, If those bright lips had quoted Locke, I might have thought they murumr'd Little. Through sunny May, through sultry June, I...eternal; I spoke her praises to the moon, I wrote them fur the 'Sunday Journal.' My mother laugh'd; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling:... | |
 | Literature - 1859 - 558 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 ;... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864 - 466 pages
...romancing; She was our queen, our rose, pur star; And then she danced — O Heaven, her dancing! .VOI. II. L Dark was her hair, her hand was white; Her voice was...love eternal ; I spoke her praises to the moon, I tyrote them to the Sunday Journal : My mother laughed ; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1865 - 444 pages
...dancing bears, Of battles, or the last new bonne's; By candle-light, at twelve o'clock, To me it matter'd not a tittle, If those bright lips had quoted Locke,...My mother laughed ; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling; My father frown'd; but how should gout See any happiness in kneeling ? She... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1866 - 438 pages
...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...My mother laughed ; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling ; My father frown'd ; but how should gout See any happiness in kneeling? She... | |
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