 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 140by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1865Full view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...burning. C7 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....shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome that they could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Cœsar or of Venus ; From him I learned... | |
 | American periodicals - 1874 - 898 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...fever smiled The welcome which they could not utter. This is not poetry to move the world ; there is no vehemence of passion in it, but it is true drawing... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnish'd cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the widow's homelier pottage...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. He always... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnish'd cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the widow's homelier pottage...his approach complaint grew mild, And when his hand unbarr'd the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The weleome which they could not utter. He always... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1847 - 838 pages
...burning. And he was kind, and lov'd to sit In ihe low hut or gnrnish'd 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 unbarr'd the shutter, The clammy lips of Fever smiled The welcome, which they... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 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....shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome that they could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Ceesar or of Venus ; From him I learned... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 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....shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome that they could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Csesar or of Venus ; From him I learned... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1854 - 326 pages
...burning. And he was kinds 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...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 :... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1854 - 324 pages
...bad, And he \vas 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 Trhen his hand unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of Fever smiled The welcome which they could not... | |
 | James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 720 pages
...learning, That if a man's belief is bad, It wiH not be unproved by burning. And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the widow's homelier pottage...could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Cassar or of Venus : From him I learned the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Quse genus... | |
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