 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
 | Frederic Lawrence Knowles - American poetry - 1902 - 516 pages
...Julius Caesar, or of Venus : From him I learn'd the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Quce 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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1903 - 888 pages
...utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Ca?sar, or of Venus ; From him I learnt the rule of three, or for worldly state ; ^liom they must follow ; on...hose powers shed round him in the common strife, Augustine. Alack ihe change ! in vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trilled, — The level... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1904 - 884 pages
...Ca?sar, or of Venus ; From him I learnt the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and QIM gemu : 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1905 - 682 pages
...had a tale for me Of Julius Caesar, or of Venus ; From him I learnt the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Qua genus: I used to singe his powdered...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 - 1905 - 878 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 the staff he put sach trust in, And make the puppy dance a jig, When he began to quote Augustine. Alack the change !... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1909 - 284 pages
...utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Caesar, or of Venus ; From him I learnt the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Qua genus: I used to...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 - 1909 - 284 pages
...Julius Caesar, or of Venus ; From him I learnt the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Qiue 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... | |
 | Oswald John Fredeick Crawford - 1910 - 240 pages
...had a tale for me Of Julius Caasar, or of Venus ; From him I learned the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Qua genus : I used to singe his powdered...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,... | |
 | A. E. Sharp - English language - 1911 - 264 pages
...company. 3. I yearn to breathe the airs of Heaven. 4. The law of Nature is to give. 5. I used to steal his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in. 6. Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray. 7.... | |
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