 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 Csesar, or of Venus ; From him I learnt the rule of three, Cat's...  The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 140by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864 - 390 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 588 pages
...Julius Caesar or of Yenus : From him I learned 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 Augustin. Alack the change ! in vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trifled ; The level lawn,... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 586 pages
...utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julins Caesar or of Venus : From him I learned 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 Augustin. Alack the change ! in vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trifled ; The level lawn,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...Julius Cresar or of Venus ; From him I learned the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Quae maceti for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity, so it was, That villano Ami make the puppy dance a jig When he began to quote Augustine. Alack, the change ! In vain I look... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1872 - 582 pages
...Julius Caesar or of Venus; From him I learned the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Quse genus; I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal...trifled; The level lawn, the trickling brook, The church is larger than before, You reach it by a carriage entry; It holds three hundred people more,... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...Julius Cresar or of Venus ; From him I learned the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Quœ envy L Tue trees I climbed, the beds I rifled I The church is larger than before, You reach it by a carriage... | |
 | Living voices - English poetry - 1873 - 588 pages
...Julius Cassar, or of Venus ; From him I learned 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 Augustin. Alack the change ! in vain I look For haunts in which my boyhood trifled — The level lawn,... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 pages
...Julius Cassar, or of Venus ; From him I learned the rule of three, Cats'-cradle, leap-frog, and Quas genus ; I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal...puppy dance a jig When he began to quote Augustine. W. Mackmorth Praed. OTHER TIMES, OTHER MANNERS. HARRY BAYI.IS (Hood's " Hal Baylis"), a great (albeit... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1883 - 866 pages
...Julius Ceesar or of Venus ; From him I learned the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and QUÍB genus ; I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal...put such trust in, And make the puppy dance a jig \\ Ьгн he began to quote Augustine. That Praed should have gathered so little fame is the more remarkable... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...Julius Cœsar or of Venus; From him I learned the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leap-frog, and Qua yeniu. I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in, And make the puppy dance ajig When he began to quote Augustine. TWENTY-EIGHT AND TWENT Y-NINE. 443 Alack, the change ! In vain... | |
 | Miles Gerald Keon - Irish fiction - 1879 - 284 pages
...fall. Heart merit wanting, mount we ne'er so high, Our height is but the gibbet of our name." Y00NG. " Alack, the change ! in vain I look For haunts in which...trickling brook, The trees I climbed, the beds I rifled." PKAED. sjs CUTHBERT noticed that, even while declaiming against the pilgrimages made in posthumous... | |
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