 And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the widow's homelier pottage: At his approach complaint grew mild; And when his hand unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled...  The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 140edited by - 1865Full view - About this book
 | A. E. Sharp - English language - 1911 - 249 pages
...the widow's homelier pottage. 16. At his approach complaint grew mild ; And when his hand unbarr'd the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome which they could not utter. 17. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Csesar, or of Venus; From him I learnt the rule of three.... | |
 | Society verse - 1922 - 355 pages
...burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the widow's homelier pottage:...grew mild; And when his hand unbarred the shutter, 270 The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome which they could not utter. He always had a tale for... | |
 | George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - English poetry - 1923 - 825 pages
...kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, 75 And share the widow's homelier pottage. At his approach...they could not utter. He always had a tale for me s1 Of Julius Caesar, or of Venus; From him I learnt the rule of three, Cat's-cradle, leapfrog, and... | |
 | Leslie J. Francis - Clergy - 1989 - 237 pages
...107. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the widow's homelier pottage:...fever smiled The welcome which they could not utter. WlNTHROPMACKWORTH PRAED (1802—1839) 108. He ceases now the feeble help to crave Of man; and silent... | |
 | George Sampson - Literature - 1919 - 288 pages
...burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the widow's homelier pottage:...for me Of Julius Caesar, or of Venus ; From him I learnt the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Quee genus: I used to singe his powdered wig,... | |
 | 1865
...burning. " And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the widow's homelier pottage...He always had a tale for me Of Julius Caesar or of Venue ; From him I learnt the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap frog, and Qua genus : I used to singe... | |
 | ...conjectures." "And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the widow's homelier pottage...fever smiled The welcome which they could not utter." § 3. The Catholic Poets. While poets like Praed might belong to almost any age, the group which has... | |
 | REV H. HASTINGS WELD - 1869
...fruit shall give to thee. BETIIUNE. AT his approach, complaint grew mild, And when his hand unbarr'd the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome which they could not utter. PRAED. I SAW one man, armed simply with God's "Word, Enter the souls of many fellow-men, And pierce... | |
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