 | Louis Untermeyer - American poetry - 1926 - 412 pages
...both bemoaned their lot; For one had buried his wife, he said, And the other one had not. At last as they came to a village gate, A beggar lay whistling..."Heaven save you, friend! You seem to be happy to-day." " 0 yes, fair sirs," the rascal laughed And his voice rang free and glad, " An idle man has so much... | |
 | Henry Neumann - American literature - 1926 - 272 pages
...both bemoaned their lot ; For one had buried his wife, he said, And the other one had not. At last as they came to a village gate ; A beggar lay whistling..."Heaven save you, friend ! You seem to be happy to-day." "0 yes, fair sirs," the rascal laughed, And his voice rang free and glad, "An idle man has so much... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - American literature - 1927 - 712 pages
...bemoaned their lot; For one had buried his wife, he said, And the other one had not. 11 At last as they came to a village gate, A beggar lay whistling...laughed and rolled On the grass in the soft June air. u The weary couriers paused and looked At the scamp so blithe and gay; And one of them said, "Heaven... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - Readers (Elementary) - 1927 - 520 pages
...bemoaned their lot; For one had buried his wife, he said, And the other one had not. 11 At last as they came to a village gate, A beggar lay whistling...laughed and rolled On the grass in the soft June air. 12 The weary couriers paused and looked At the scamp so blithe and gay ; And one of them said, "Heaven... | |
 | 1888 - 626 pages
...sit, And both bemoaned their lot; For one had buried his wife, he said, And the other one had not. At last they came to a village gate, A beggar lay..."Heaven save you, friend! You seem to be happy to-day." "O yes, fair sirs," the rascal laughed, And his voice rang free and glad; "An idle man has so much... | |
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O yes, fair sirs," the rascal laughed And his voice rang free and glad, " An idle man has so much to do That he never has time to be sad. 
