The Home Book of Verse: American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2H. Holt, 1918 - 4009 pages |
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Page 2101
... heard , --- Poor Hodge , who suffered by a thick black beard , That seemed a shoe - brush stuck beneath his nose : With cheerfulness the eighteen pence he paid , And proudly to himself in whispers said , " This rascal stole the razors ...
... heard , --- Poor Hodge , who suffered by a thick black beard , That seemed a shoe - brush stuck beneath his nose : With cheerfulness the eighteen pence he paid , And proudly to himself in whispers said , " This rascal stole the razors ...
Page 2119
... heard him as she heard him not , And steered the stots about . John Grumlie's wife cam hame at e'en , A weary wife and sad , And burst into a laughter loud , And laughed as she'd been mad : While John Grumlie swore by the light o ' the ...
... heard him as she heard him not , And steered the stots about . John Grumlie's wife cam hame at e'en , A weary wife and sad , And burst into a laughter loud , And laughed as she'd been mad : While John Grumlie swore by the light o ' the ...
Page 2140
... heard her father's step , and in he leaps again ! Out spoke the ancient fisherman : “ Oh , what was that , my daughter ? " 66 ' Twas nothing but a pebble , sir , I threw into the water . " " And what is that , pray tell me , love , that ...
... heard her father's step , and in he leaps again ! Out spoke the ancient fisherman : “ Oh , what was that , my daughter ? " 66 ' Twas nothing but a pebble , sir , I threw into the water . " " And what is that , pray tell me , love , that ...
Page 2144
... heard such a terrible curse ! But what gave rise To no little surprise , Nobody seemed one penny the worse ! The day was gone , The night came on , The monks and the friars they searched till dawn ; When the sacristan saw , On crumpled ...
... heard such a terrible curse ! But what gave rise To no little surprise , Nobody seemed one penny the worse ! The day was gone , The night came on , The monks and the friars they searched till dawn ; When the sacristan saw , On crumpled ...
Page 2205
... 19 , 1836 By the rude bridge that arched the flood , Their flag to April's breeze unfurled , Here once the embattled farmers stood , And fired the shot heard round the world . • The foe long since in silence slept ; Alike Concord Hymn 2205.
... 19 , 1836 By the rude bridge that arched the flood , Their flag to April's breeze unfurled , Here once the embattled farmers stood , And fired the shot heard round the world . • The foe long since in silence slept ; Alike Concord Hymn 2205.
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