The Home Book of Verse: American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2H. Holt, 1918 - 4009 pages |
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Page 1960
... Give back to the man that you stole from his fowl : For if you do not , ' twill be worse for your sowl , Paddy O'Rafther . " Says Paddy , " I asked him to take it - ' tis thrue As this minit I'm talkin ' , your riv'rince , to you ; But ...
... Give back to the man that you stole from his fowl : For if you do not , ' twill be worse for your sowl , Paddy O'Rafther . " Says Paddy , " I asked him to take it - ' tis thrue As this minit I'm talkin ' , your riv'rince , to you ; But ...
Page 1989
... GIVE ME ALE " WHEN 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 , Such as will " Give Me Ale " 1989.
... GIVE ME ALE " WHEN 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 , Such as will " Give Me Ale " 1989.
Page 1997
... give , Well - a - day . " Thomas Holcroft [ 1745-1809 ] " A REASON FAIR TO FILL MY GLASS " I'VE oft been asked by ... gives Life's picture's mellow made ; The fading light then brightly lives , And softly sinks the shade : Some happier ...
... give , Well - a - day . " Thomas Holcroft [ 1745-1809 ] " A REASON FAIR TO FILL MY GLASS " I'VE oft been asked by ... gives Life's picture's mellow made ; The fading light then brightly lives , And softly sinks the shade : Some happier ...
Page 2011
... 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 ! Peat ...
... 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 ! Peat ...
Page 2013
... 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 , The genius of ...
... 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 , The genius of ...
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