 As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than...  Locksley Hall, and The Talking Oak - Page 25by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1877 - 88 pagesFull view - About this book
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...? having loved me to decline — Me I for him, a drivelling idiot, but with longer purse than mine. He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something as the mutton shoulder unrelieved by onion sauce. What is this ? his eyes are blackened 1 think not... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1869 - 664 pages
...having loved me to decline — Jiff ! for him, a drivelling idiot, bnt with longer purse than mine. He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something as the mutton shoulder unrelieved by onion sauce. What is this? his eyes are blackened ! think not... | |
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...narrower heart than mine ! As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down....wine. Go to him : it is thy duty : kiss him : take his hand in thine. It may be my lord is weary, that his brain is overwrought : Sootho him with thy finer... | |
 | 1842 - 610 pages
...sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with a clown. And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down....wine, Go to him : it is thy duty : kiss him : take his hand in thine. It may be my lord is weary, that his brain is overwought : Soothe him with thy finer... | |
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...narrower heart than As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down....dog, a little dearer than his horse. What is this 1 his eyes are heavy: think not they are glazed with wine. Go to him: it is thy duty: kiss him: take... | |
 | 1843 - 418 pages
...sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down....wine. Go to him : it is thy duty : kiss him : take his hand in thine. It may be my lord is weary, that his brain is overwrought: Soothe him with thy finer... | |
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...sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is: thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down....wine. Go to him : it is thy duty : kiss him : take his hand in thine. It may be my lord is weary, that his brain is overwrought : Soothe him with thy finer... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down....eyes are heavy: think not they are glazed with wine. Goto him: itisthyduty: kisshim: take his hand in thine. It may be my lord is weary, that his brain... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is: thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down....horse. What is this? his eyes are heavy: think not thej are glazed with wine. Go to him — it is thy duty : kiss him : take hi« hand in thine. It may... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...sympathise with clay. As the husband is, the wife is : thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down....little dearer than his horse. What is this? his eyes nre heavy: think not they are glazed with wine. Go to him — it is thy duty : kiss him : take his... | |
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