Alack the change ! in vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trifled ; The level lawn, the trickling brook, The trees I climbed, the beds I rifled : The church is larger than before: You reach it by a carriage entry : It holds three hundred people... The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 134by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1854 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...learned the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Quce genus. I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in, And make the puppy dance a jig When he began to quote Augustine. Alack, the change ! In vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trifled ; The level lawn,... | |
| Edward Moxon (and co.) - Readers - 1882 - 576 pages
...learnt the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Qua genus : I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in, And make the puppy dance a jig, Alack the change ! in vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trifled— The level lawn, the trickling... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 686 pages
...learnt the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Quae genus : I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in, And make the puppy dance a jig, When he began to quote Augustine. Alack the change ! in vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trifled, — The level... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1883 - 544 pages
...learned the rule of three. Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Qu89 genus. I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in And make the puppy dance a jig When he began to quote Augustine. Alack the change ! In vain I look For haunts in which by boyhood trifled ; The level lawn,... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1883 - 734 pages
...learnt the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Quae genus : I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in, And make the puppy dance a jig, When he began to quote Augustine. Alack the change ! in vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trifled, — The level... | |
| James Parton - English poetry - 1884 - 732 pages
...learned the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Qua) genus ; I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in ; And make...trifled ; The level lawn, the trickling brook, The trees I climbed, the beds I rifled : The church is larger than before: You reach it by a carriage entry :... | |
| James Parton - English poetry - 1884 - 732 pages
...learned the rule of three, Oat's cradle, leap-frog, and Quse genus ; I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in ; And make...When he began to quote Augustin. Alack the change I in vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trifled ; The level lawn, the trickling brook, The... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1884 - 654 pages
...learnt the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Quae genus : I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in, And make the puppy dance a jig, When he began to quote Augustine. Alack the change ! in vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trifled,— The level lawn,... | |
| Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1885 - 268 pages
...learnt the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Qiae genus: I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in, And make the puppy dance a jig When he began to quote Augustine. Alack the change ! in vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trifled, — The level... | |
| Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1886 - 878 pages
...learned the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Qua genvf: I used to singe his powdered wig. To steal the staff he put such trust in; And make the puppy dance a jig When he began to quote Augustine. Alack the change! in vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trifled; The level lawn,... | |
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