 At his approach complaint grew mild, And when his hand unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome which they could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Caesar or of Venus : From him I learned the rule of three, Cat's...  The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 179by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - English literature - 1886 - 316 pages
...utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Caesar, or of Venus; From him I learnt the rule of three, I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff...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,... | |
 | 1888 - 1022 pages
...Cat's-cradlc, leap-frog, and Quœ депнв: I used to singe his powder'd wig, ч To steal the stuff 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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1889 - 118 pages
...I learnt the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Qua; gemís: I used to singe his powder'd wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in, And make the puppy dance a jig, When he began to quote Augustine. Alack TAlack the change! in vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood triflcdThe level... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - English poetry - 1889 - 406 pages
...him I learnt the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Qua genus : I used to singe his powder'd 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,... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan - English poetry - 1891 - 452 pages
...him I learnt the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Qua genus: I used to singe his powder'd 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,... | |
 | Austin Dobson, Frederick Locker-Lampson, Winthrop Mackworth Praed - English poetry - 1892 - 92 pages
...I learnt the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Qua genii s : I used to singe his powder'd wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in, And make the puppy dance a jig, When he began to quote Augustine. • •>*, " LIKE A STREAM WHICH RUNS WITH RAPID CHANCE FROM ROCKS TO ROSES." Alack the... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1893 - 696 pages
...Julius Caesar, or of Venus ; From him I learnt the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Quae genus : I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal...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,... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 464 pages
...Caesar, or of Venus ; From him I learnt the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Quœgenta: I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff...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,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1894 - 862 pages
...Julius Caesar, or of Venus ; From him I learnt the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Quae genus : I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal...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,... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - English poetry - 1895 - 810 pages
...I learn'd the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Qtue genus. I used to singe his powder'd 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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