 She smiled on many just for fun ; I knew that there was nothing in it ; I was the first — the only — one Her heart had thought of for a minute : I knew it, for she told me so In phrase which was divinely moulded. She wrote a charming hand, and oh...  The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 148by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1865Full view - About this book
 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1900 - 588 pages
...taxes were abolished ; She frowned, and every look was sad As if the opera were demolished. She smiled on many just for fun ; I knew that there was nothing...hand, and oh How sweetly all her notes were folded I Our love was like most other loves — A little glow, a little shiver, A rosebud and a pair of gloves,... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck, Frank R. Stockton, Julian Hawthorne - Anthologies - 1901 - 422 pages
...extremely quoted. She laugh'd, and every heart was glad, As if the taxes were abolish 'd ; She frown' d, and every look was sad, As if the opera were demolish'd....hand, and oh ! How sweetly all her notes were folded I Our love was like most other loves — A little glow, a little shiver ; A rosebud and a pair of gloves,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1903 - 328 pages
...before envelopes, was a fine art. Cf. Praed's Belle of the Ball-Roam (Poems, 1864, ii. 148): — u She wrote a charming hand — and oh ! How sweetly all her notes were folded ! " 41,234. Extensive department. This must mean field of operation, as Lofty was not in office. 43>... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 876 pages
...were abolished; She frowned, — and every look was sad, As if the opera were demolished. She smiled on many just for fun, — I knew that there was nothing...divinely moulded; She wrote a charming hand, — and O, How sweetly all her notes were folded! Our love was most like other loves, — A little glow, a... | |
 | Charles Frederick Johnson - English language - 1904 - 380 pages
...jealous : She touched the organ ; I could stand For hours and hours to blow the bellows. She smiled on many, just for fun — I knew that there was nothing...it, for she told me so, In phrase which was divinely molded : She wrote a charming hand, and oh ! Our love was like most other loves, — A little glow,... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - American literature - 1904 - 1196 pages
...taxes were abolished ; She frowned, and every look was sad, As if the Opera were demolished. She smiled on many just for fun — I knew that there was nothing...— the only one — Her heart had thought of for a minuto ; I knew it, for she told me so, In phrase which was divinely moulded ; She wrote a charming... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1864 - 866 pages
...taxes were abolished : She frowned, and every look was sad, Aa if the opera were demolished. She smiled on many just for fun — I knew that there was nothing in it : I wa« the first, the only one, HIT heart hail thought of for a minute. I knew it, for she told me so,... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 616 pages
...were abolished; She frowned, and every look was sad, As if the Opera were demolished. 80 She smiled on many, just for fun, — I knew that there was nothing...— and oh ! How sweetly all her notes were folded ! 88 Our love was like most other loves ; — A little glow, a little shiver, A rose-bud, and a pair... | |
 | John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustin Pyre, Karl Young - English literature - 1911 - 1196 pages
...were abolished ; She frowned, and every look was sad, As if the Opera were demolished. 80 She smiled on many, just for fun, — I knew that there was nothing...of for a minute. — I knew it, for she told me so, 85 In phrase which was divinely molded; She wrote a charming hand, — and oh ! How sweetly all her... | |
 | Brander Matthews - English language - 1911 - 300 pages
...the second and fourth lines, as in this stanza of Praed's " Belle of the Ball-room " : — She smiled on many, just for fun, — I knew that there was nothing...had thought of for a minute, — I knew it, for she had told me BO, In phrase which was divinely molded; She wrote a charming hand, — and oh ! How sweetly... | |
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