 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
..." It is my wedding day j' An.) folks would gape and stare, t If wife should dine at Edmonton, And J should dine at Ware !" So turning to his horse, he said, "I a>n in basic to dinej TwsiS for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for miae." Ah ! luckless... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...torn Thus show'd his ready wit, " My head is twice as big as year's, They therefore needs must fit. " But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon your...turning to his horse, he said, " I am In haste to dine; T was for your pleasure yon came here, You shall go back for mine." Ah, luckless speech, and bootless... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1830 - 374 pages
...his turn Thus show'd his ready wit, My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your...well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John, it is my wedding day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poets, English - 1831 - 576 pages
...MB. MOOBE. " January 2d, 1820. "MT in AH MOORE, " • To-day it is my wedding-day, And all the folks would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.' " Here 'sa happy new year ! but with reason I beg you '11 permit me to say — Wish me many returns... | |
 | E. Johnson - 1830 - 270 pages
...world's verdict, than John Gilpin was with that of his own world—Cheapside; when he observed, that " All the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And he should dine at Ware *." It may be observed that people do not, as might be expected, attach this... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 478 pages
...dd ugly. EPIGRAM ON HIS WEDDING-DAY. JANUARY 2, 1820. TO-DAY it is my wedding-day, And all the folks would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton And I should dine at Ware. ON THE SAME SUBJECT. HEBE'S a happy new year! hut with reason I beg you'll permit me to say — 454... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 622 pages
...TO MR. MOORE. "January 2d, I820. : MY DEAR MOURE, " ' To-day it is my wedding-day, And all the folks would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware-' Or thus, " Here 'sa happy new year ! hut with reason " My this present writing is to direct you that,... | |
 | 1831 - 472 pages
...Mr. Moore. " January 2nd, 1830. "Мт DEAR MOORE, " ' To-day it is my wedding-day, And all the folks would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.' Or MM*— " Here's a happy new year ! but with reason I bes you'll permit me to say — Wish me many... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - English letters - 1831 - 572 pages
...LETTER CCCLH. TO MR. MOORE. " January 2d, 1820. " ' To-day it is my wedding-day, - And all the folks would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.' Or thus,— " Here 'sa happy new year ! but with reason I beg you 'll permit me to say — Wish me... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...turn Thus showed his ready wit; " My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your...dine at Ware." So, turning to his horse, he said, " 1 am in haste to dine; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here. You shall go back for mine." Ah! luckless... | |
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My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit " But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, — " It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare,... 
