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Page 1960
“ Why , then , " says his rev'rence , “ you sin - blinded owl , Give back to the man that you stole from his fowl : For if you do not , ' t will be worse for your sowl , Paddy O'Rafther . " Says Paddy , “ I asked him to take it - ' tis ...
“ Why , then , " says his rev'rence , “ you sin - blinded owl , Give back to the man that you stole from his fowl : For if you do not , ' t will be worse for your sowl , Paddy O'Rafther . " Says Paddy , “ I asked him to take it - ' tis ...
Page 1989
John Keats ( 1795-1821 ) “ GIVE ME ALE ” WIEN as the chill Sirocco blows , And Winter tells a heavy tale ; When pyes and daws and rooks and crows Sit cursing of the frosts and snows ; Then give me ale . Ale in a Saxon rumkin then ...
John Keats ( 1795-1821 ) “ GIVE ME ALE ” WIEN as the chill Sirocco blows , And Winter tells a heavy tale ; When pyes and daws and rooks and crows Sit cursing of the frosts and snows ; Then give me ale . Ale in a Saxon rumkin then ...
Page 1997
“ The poor man alone , When he hears the poor moan , Of his morsel a morsel will give , Well - a - day . " Thomas Holcroft ( 1745-1809 ) " A REASON FAIR TO FILL MY GLASS ” I've oft been asked by prosing souls And men of sober tongue ...
“ The poor man alone , When he hears the poor moan , Of his morsel a morsel will give , Well - a - day . " Thomas Holcroft ( 1745-1809 ) " A REASON FAIR TO FILL MY GLASS ” I've oft been asked by prosing souls And men of sober tongue ...
Page 2011
Unknown GIVE ME THE OLD OLD wine to drink ! Ay , give the slippery juice That drippeth from the grape thrown loose Within the tun ; Plucked from beneath the cliff Of sunny - sided Teneriffe , And ripened ' neath the blink Of India's sun ...
Unknown GIVE ME THE OLD OLD wine to drink ! Ay , give the slippery juice That drippeth from the grape thrown loose Within the tun ; Plucked from beneath the cliff Of sunny - sided Teneriffe , And ripened ' neath the blink Of India's sun ...
Page 2013
For I give for the asking The fire of my father , the Sun , And the strength of my mother , the Earth . Inspiration in essence , I am wisdom and wit to the wise , His visible muse to the poet , The soul of desire to the lover ...
For I give for the asking The fire of my father , the Sun , And the strength of my mother , the Earth . Inspiration in essence , I am wisdom and wit to the wise , His visible muse to the poet , The soul of desire to the lover ...
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| Title | The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2 The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Author | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Compiled by | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1918 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 4009 pages |
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