 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
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1881 - 426 pages
...PLEA. Ami he waa kind, ami loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, A;.'l praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the widow's homelier pottage: At his approach complaint grew rnild; And when his hand unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome which they... | |
 | Edward Moxon (and co.) - Readers - 1882 - 580 pages
...bad, 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 Csesar, or of Venus ; From him I learnt the rule of three, Cat's cradle, leap-frog, and Qua genus :... | |
 | Great thoughts - 1882 - 742 pages
...Kind-Hearted 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:...unbarred the shutter. The clammy lips of fever smiled The weleome that they could not utter. — Pracd. VOICE.— The Best Kind of Every voice has its bell-note,... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, 486 481 At his approach complaint grew mild, And when his...shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome that they could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Cesar or of Venus ; From him I learned... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 686 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,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1883 - 734 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,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1883 - 544 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 Caesar or of Venus ; From him I learned... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1884 - 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,... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1885 - 272 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 Qiae genus: I used to singe his powdered wig,... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - English literature - 1886 - 316 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...tale for me Of Julius Caesar, or of Venus; From him I learnt the rule of three, I used to singe his powdered wig, To steal the staff he put such trust in,... | |
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