 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
 | Select thoughts, Edwin Davies (D.D.) - 1875 - 858 pages
...ed He was very 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. — Praed. VOICE.— The Best Kind of Every voice has its bell-note, which... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 386 pages
...praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the widow's homelier pottage. At his approach complaints grew mild, And when his hand unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome that they could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Caesar, or of Venus ; From him I learned... | |
 | Lowell (Mass.) - Lowell (Mass.) - 1876 - 174 pages
...has not been more regular in his rising and setting than he has been in his daily round of duties. ui At his approach complaint grew mild ; And when his hand unbarred the shutter, The clammy Ijps of fever smiled The welcome which they could not utter.' " Ko storm has ever raged which he would... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 pages
...grew mild, And when his hand unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome that they could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Cassar, or of Venus ; From him I learned the rule of three, Cats'-cradle, leap-frog, and Quas genus... | |
 | Lowell (Mass.) - Lowell (Mass.) - 1876 - 182 pages
...not been ^ore regular in his rising and setting than he has be«n in his daily round of duties. " ' At his approach complaint grew mild ; And when his hand unbarred the shutter, Tho clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome which they could not utter.' " No storm has ever raged... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...sects ran mad, lie held, in snite of all his learning, That if a man's belief is bad, It will not bo improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to...complaint grew mild. And when his hand unbarred the shnttct The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome that they could not utter. He always had a tale... | |
 | Helen A Hertz - 1879 - 292 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...could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Cffisar or of Venus : From him I learned the rule of three, ' Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and qua; genus;... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 648 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 Quae gtnus : I used to singe his powdered wig,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 650 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 Quae genus : I used to singe his powdered wig,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1881 - 654 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 Quae genus : I used to singe his powdered wig,... | |
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