 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
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...mattered not a tittle, If those bright lips had quoted Locke, I might have thought they inurmurrtl Little. Through sunny May, through sultry June, I...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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 pages
...Venus from her isle, 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 frowned ; but how should gout See any happiness in kneeling ? She... | |
 | Charles Henry Jones - American poetry - 1876 - 424 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...moon, I wrote them to the Sunday Journal : My mother laugh'd; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling : My father frown'd ; but how should... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1883 - 866 pages
...dancing I 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... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1879 - 722 pages
...sparrows. She talked, — of politics or prayers, — Or Southey's prose, or Wordsworth's sonnets, — Of danglers — or of dancing bears, Of battles — or...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 ? She... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - Poetry - 1880 - 362 pages
...popular : She talk'd, — of politics or prayers, — Or Southey's prose, or Wordsworth's sonnets, — Of danglers — or of dancing bears, Of battles — or...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 ? .... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1880 - 276 pages
...She talked, — of politics or prayers, — • Of Southey's prose or Wordsworth's sonnets, — Of danglers — or of dancing bears, Of battles — or...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? She... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1880 - 282 pages
...sparrows. She talked, — of politics or prayers, — Of Southey's prose or Wordsworth's sonnets, — Of danglers — or of dancing bears, Of battles — or...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 frowned ; but how... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1880 - 264 pages
...prayers,— Of Southey's prose or Wordsworth's sonnets,— Of danglers—or of dancing bears, Of battles—or the last new bonnets,— By candlelight, at twelve...with a love eternal; I spoke her praises to the moon, My .mother laughed; I soon found out |1rbatancient'!adies have no feeling. My father frowned ; but... | |
 | C. A. M. Burdett - Blank-books - 1880 - 356 pages
...pin. Anonymous. Ne'er mind her pretty, lying tongue, But tent the language o' her e'en. Ramsay. Junes. Through sunny May, through sultry June, I loved her...eternal ; I spoke her praises to the moon, I wrote them for the Sunday Journal. Winthrop M. Praed. Yet love is not confined to tender ages, But, like small-pox,... | |
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