 Where are my friends? I am alone, No playmate shares my beaker; Some lie beneath the churchyard stone, And some before the Speaker, And some compose a tragedy, And some compose a rondo; And some draw sword for liberty, And some draw pleas for John Doe.  The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 222by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1866Full view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1861 - 850 pages
...type. Schools and School-fellows is at least as good as Hood's Ode to Clapham Academy : " Where arc my friends ? — I am alone, No playmate shares my...compose a rondo ; And some draw sword for liberty, And sonic draw picas for John Doe. " Tom Mill was used to blacken eyes, Without the fear of Sessions ;... | |
 | 1865 - 620 pages
...and another had committed forgery, arid found his way to Portland. It reminded one of Praed's lines: "Where are my friends? I am alone ; No playmate shares my beaker : Some He beneath the churchyard stone, And some — before the Speaker." The home-brewed ale of Westbury... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 586 pages
...the books, The glories and disgraces, The voices of dear friends. the looks Of old familiar faces. Where are my friends ? — I am alone, No playmate...pleas for John Doe. Tom Mill was used to blacken eyes, Charles Medler loathed false quantities, As much as false professions ; Now Mill keeps order in the... | |
 | Mortimer Collins - Authors, English - 1879 - 290 pages
...another had committed forgery, and found his way to Portland. It reminded one of Praed's lines : — " Where are my friends ! I am alone ; No playmate shares...churchyard stone, And some — before the Speaker." The home-brewed ale of Westbury deserves commendation; it is strong, and has a wholesome flavour. The... | |
 | Edward James Mortimer Collins - 1879 - 296 pages
...another had committed forgery, and found his way to Portland. It reminded one of Praed's lines : — " Where are my friends ! I am alone ; No playmate shares...churchyard stone, And some — before the Speaker." The home-brewed ale of Westbury deserves commendation; it is strong, and has a wholesome flavour. The... | |
 | Mortimer Collins - Authors, English - 1879 - 292 pages
...Portland. It reminded one of Praed's lines : — " Where are my friends ! I am alone ; No jilaymate shares my beaker : Some lie beneath the churchyard stone, And some — before the Speaker." The home-brewed ale of Westbury deserves commendation; it is strong, and has a wholesome flavour. The... | |
 | Edward Moxon (and co.) - Readers - 1882 - 580 pages
...all!" Now feasting on a cheese and flitch, — Now drinking from the pewter ; Now leaping over Chalvey ditch Now laughing at my tutor. Where are my friends...used to blacken eyes Without the fear of sessions ; Now Mill keeps order in the land, A magistrate pedantic ; And Medlar's feet repose unscanned Beneath... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - English literature - 1886 - 316 pages
..." Now feasting on a cheese and flitch, — Now drinking from the pewter ; Now leaping over Chalvey ditch, Now laughing at my tutor. Where are my friends...Speaker ; And some compose a tragedy, And some compose a rondeau ; And some draw sword for Liberty, And some draw pleas for John Doe. Tom Mill was used to blacken... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - English literature - 1886 - 316 pages
..." Now feasting on a cheese and flitch, — Now drinking from the pewter ; Now leaping over Chalvey ditch, Now laughing at my tutor. Where are my friends...Speaker ; And some compose a tragedy, And some compose a rondeau ; And some draw sword for Liberty, And some draw pleas for John Doe. Tom Mill was used to blacken... | |
 | English periodicals - 1886 - 508 pages
...story, and of most of those then present I may say regretfully with Praed — " Where are my friends 1 I am alone : No playmate shares my beaker : Some lie...churchyard stone, And some — before the Speaker." Since then I have mixed with all sorts and conditions of men, but I have never again been present at... | |
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