 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 Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 828 pages
...o'clock, To me it mattered not a tittle; If those bright lips had quoted Locke, 1 31 I might have though t y courteous care, And whose best boast is but to wear...For I have sworn this braid 1 to stain In the bes ladies have no feeling: My father frowned; but how should gout See any happiness in kneeling ? 4°... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 806 pages
...not a tittle; If those bright lips had quoted Locke,2' 31 I might have thought they murmured Little.1 las, so is it ladies have no feeling : My father frowned ; but how should gout See any happiness in kneeling ? 4°... | |
 | American poetry - 1918 - 2030 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 frowned; but how should gout She was the daughter of a dean, Rich,... | |
 | American poetry - 1920 - 1016 pages
...it matte*'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; My... | |
 | Society verse - 1922 - 392 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...praises to the moon, I wrote them to the Sunday Journal; 290 My mother laugh'd; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling; My father frown'd; but... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1926 - 928 pages
...not a tittle; If those bright lips had quoted Locke,2 3: I might have thought they murmured Little.1 ohn Matthews ladies have no feeling : My father frowned ; but how should gout See any happiness in kneeling ? 4°... | |
 | Sir John Collings Squire - English poetry - 1927 - 496 pages
...it mattered 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... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 848 pages
...sparrows. She talked of polities or prayers ; Of Southcy's prose, or Wordsworth's sonnets ; Of daggers > Mf9 for the Sunday Journal. My mother laughed ; I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling ;... | |
 | American fiction - 1902 - 590 pages
...bright lips had quoted Locke, I might have thought they murmured Little. Through sunny May, the rough, sultry June, I loved her with a love eternal; I spoke...Journal. 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 was... | |
 | Sir John Collings Squire - English poetry - 1927 - 492 pages
...it mattered 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... | |
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