 | Charles Henry Jones - American poetry - 1876 - 424 pages
...— ( Imitated from the German. of Wege**r•) 394 PRAED. THE BELLE OF THE BALL-ROOM. "\/"EARS — years ago, — ere yet my dreams Had been of being...witty, — Ere I had done with writing themes, Or yawn'd o'er this infernal Chitty ; — Years — years ago, — while all my joy Was in my fowling-piece... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 562 pages
...[.801-1839.l THE BELLE OF THE BALL. YEARS, years ago, ere yet my dreams Had heen of being wise and witty; Ere I had done with writing themes, Or yawned...infernal Chitty, — Years, years ago, while all my joys Were in my fowling-pieee and filly ; In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 618 pages
...donjon tower, Non li scordar di me, Non li scordar di me ! ROBERT BULWHR LYTTON. THE BELLE OF THE BALL. YEARS, years ago, ere yet my dreams Had been of being...infernal Chitty, — Years, years ago, while all my joys Were in my fowling-piece and filly, — In short, while I was yet a boy, 1 fell in love with Laura... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1880 - 276 pages
...plan, And Cecil ends what Bunbury began. CATHERINE M. FANSHAWE. THE BELLE OF THE BALL-ROOM. EARS — years ago, — ere yet my dreams Had been of being...fowling-piece and filly, — In short, while I was yet"a boy, I fell in love with Laura Lily. I saw her at the County Ball : There, when the sounds of... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1880 - 282 pages
...plan, And Cecil ends what Bunbury began. CATHERINE M. FANSHAWE. THE BELLE OF THE BALL-ROOM. EARS — years ago, — ere yet my dreams Had been of being...fowling-piece and filly, — In short, while I was yet~a boy, I fell in love with Laura Lily. I saw her at the County Ball : There, when the sounds of... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1880 - 264 pages
...ends what Bunbury began. CATHERINE M. FANSHAWE. THE BELLE OF THE BALL-ROOM. EARS—years ago,—ere yet my dreams Had been of being wise or witty,—...writing themes, Or yawned o'er this infernal] Chitty ;— Years—years ago,—while &11 my joy . „. Was in my fowling-piece ancHilfy,-—"* - '. In short,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1882 - 984 pages
...Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED. THE BELLE OF THE BALL. YEARS, years ago, ere yet my dreams Had been of being...infernal Chitty,— Years, years ago. while all my joys Were in my fowling-piece and filly; In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1883 - 544 pages
...love), is as true as if it had been written in prose by Jane Austen. THE BELLE OP THE BALL. Tears, years ago, ere yet my dreams Had been of being wise...infernal " Chitty," Years, years ago, while all my joys Were in my fowling-piece and filly, In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - History - 1883 - 382 pages
...WINTHEOP MACKWORTH PRAED. [1801 -1839.] THE BELLE OF THE BALL. YEARS, years ago, ere yet my dreams Or yawned o'er this infernal Chitty, — Years, years ago, while all my joys Had been of being wise and witty; £re I had done with writing themes, Were in my fowling-piece... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1885 - 272 pages
...coiffure exclusivement, d, peu prfcs commc on mesure le poisson entre queue ct tGte.'" — LA BRUYEKE. YEARS — years ago, — ere yet my dreams Had been...Years — years ago, — while all my joy Was in my i'owling-piece and filly, — In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with J aura Lily. I saw... | |
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Were in my fowling-piece and filly; In short, while I was yet a boy, I fell in love with Laura Lilly. I saw her at the County Ball; There, when the sounds of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet in that old hall Of hands across and... 
