The Home Book of Verse: American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2H. Holt, 1918 - 4009 pages |
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Page 1963
... dear ; And the calves of his wicked - looking legs Were more than two feet about , my dear . Oh , the great big Irishman , The rattling , battling Irishman- The stamping , ramping , swaggering , staggering , leathering swash of an ...
... dear ; And the calves of his wicked - looking legs Were more than two feet about , my dear . Oh , the great big Irishman , The rattling , battling Irishman- The stamping , ramping , swaggering , staggering , leathering swash of an ...
Page 2066
... dear , grant one request , Before your boy must go . Oh ! lift me ere my spirit sinks , And ere my senses fail : Place me once more , O mother dear ! Astride the old fence - rail . The old fence - rail , the old fence - rail ! How oft ...
... dear , grant one request , Before your boy must go . Oh ! lift me ere my spirit sinks , And ere my senses fail : Place me once more , O mother dear ! Astride the old fence - rail . The old fence - rail , the old fence - rail ! How oft ...
Page 2093
... dear , " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years , yet we No holiday have seen . " To - morrow is our wedding - day , And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton , All in a chaise and pair . " My sister , and my ...
... dear , " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years , yet we No holiday have seen . " To - morrow is our wedding - day , And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton , All in a chaise and pair . " My sister , and my ...
Page 2139
... that folks should see ; I read it in the story - book , that , for to kiss his dear , Leander swam the Hellespont , and I will swim this here . " And he has leaped into the waves , and crossed The Ballad of the Oysterman 2139.
... that folks should see ; I read it in the story - book , that , for to kiss his dear , Leander swam the Hellespont , and I will swim this here . " And he has leaped into the waves , and crossed The Ballad of the Oysterman 2139.
Page 2153
... dear . Dey rolled in more ash sefen kecks Of foost - rate Lager Beer . Und venefer dey knocks de shpicket in De Deutschers gifes a cheer . I dinks dat so vine a barty Nefer coom to a het dis year . Hans Breitmann gife a barty ; Dere all ...
... dear . Dey rolled in more ash sefen kecks Of foost - rate Lager Beer . Und venefer dey knocks de shpicket in De Deutschers gifes a cheer . I dinks dat so vine a barty Nefer coom to a het dis year . Hans Breitmann gife a barty ; Dere all ...
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