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" If he speaks of a tax or a duty, If he does not look grand on his knees, If he's blind to a landscape of beauty — Hills, valleys, rocks, waters and trees, If he dotes not on desolate towers, If he likes not to hear the blast blow, If he knows not the... "
The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 221
by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 287 pages
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Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Specimens of Vers de ...

Frederick Locker-Lampson - Anthologies - 1867 - 376 pages
...own Araminta, say " No ! " If he speaks of a tax or a duty, If he does not look grand on his knees, If he's blind to a landscape of beauty, Hills, valleys,...home of his rest ; He must smile — like the sun in his glory On the buds he loves ever the best ; And oh ! from its ivory portal Like music his soft speech...
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Lyra Elegantiarum

Frederick Locker-Lampson - English poetry - 1867 - 410 pages
...own Araminta, say " No ! " If he speaks of a tax or a duty, If he does not look grand on his knees, If he's blind to a landscape of beauty, Hills, valleys,...blast blow, If he knows not the language of flowers, — He must walk — like a god of old story Come down from the home of his rest ; He must smile —...
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The muses of Mayfair, selections from vers de société of the nineteenth ...

London Mayfair - 1874 - 468 pages
...Araminta, say " No J" If he speaks of a tax or a duty, If he does not look grand on his knees, If he 's blind to a landscape of beauty, Hills, valleys, rocks,...home of his rest ; He must smile — like the sun in his glory On the buds he loves ever the best ; 286 A LETTER OF ADVICE. And oh ! from its ivory portal...
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Vers de Société

American poetry - 1875 - 432 pages
...own Araminta, say " No ! " If he speaks of a tax or a duty, If he does not look grand on his knees, If he's blind to a landscape of beauty, Hills, valleys,...desolate towers, If he likes not to hear the blast blow, A LETTER OF ADVICE. If he knows not the language of flowers, — My own Araminta, say " No ! " He must...
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Vers de Société

Charles Henry Jones - American poetry - 1876 - 424 pages
...own Araminta, say " No ! " If he speaks of a tax or a duty, If he does not look grand on his knees, If he's blind to a landscape of beauty, Hills, valleys,...desolate towers, If he likes not to hear the blast blow. A LETTER OF ADVICE. If he knows not the language of (lowers, — My own Araminta, say " No ! " He must...
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The English Poets: Wordsworth to Dobell

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 648 pages
...Araminta, say ' No ! ' If he speaks of a tax or a duty, If he does not look grand on his knees, If he 's blind to a landscape of beauty. Hills, valleys, rocks,...home of his rest ; He must smile — like the sun in his glory On the buds he loves ever the best ; And oh ! from its ivory portal Like music his soft speech...
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Wordsworth to Dobell

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 650 pages
...Araminta, say ' No ! ' If he speaks of a tax or a duty, If he does not look grand on his knees, If he 's blind to a landscape of beauty, Hills, valleys, rocks,...home of his rest ; He must smile — like the sun in his glory On the buds he loves ever the best ; And oh ! from its ivory portal Like music his soft speech...
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Songs of Society, from Anne to Victoria

William Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1880 - 276 pages
...knees, If he's blind to a landscape of beauty, Hills, valleys, rocks, waters, and trees, If he doats not on desolate towers, If he likes not to hear the...home of his rest ; He must smile — like the sun in his glory On the buds he loves ever the best ; And oh ! from its ivory portal Like music his soft speech...
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Songs of Society, from Anne to Victoria

William Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1880 - 274 pages
...desolate towers, If he likes not to hear the blast blow, If he knows not the language of flowers, — He must walk — like a god of old story Come down...home of his rest ; He must smile — like the sun in his glory On the buds he loves ever the best ; And oh ! from its ivory portal Like music his soft speech...
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The Witty and Humorous of the English Poets: With Specimens Arranged in Periods

William Davenport Adams - Poetry - 1880 - 362 pages
...own Araminta, say ' No !' If he speaks of a tax or a duty, If he does not look grand on his knees, If he's blind to a landscape of beauty, Hills, valleys, rocks, waters, and trees, If he doats not on desolate towers, If he likes not to hear the blast blow, If he knows not the language...
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