Hips and haws, or, Double acrostics, by various authors, ed. by A.P.A.1871 |
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... comes the tug of war . ' I. Would that all battles were as bloodless ! 2. Of the lizard tribe . 6 3. More rogue than fool . ' 4. Beware its bite . ' 5. A declaration . 6. What my second would be glad to take . 7. A repeater . 8 ...
... comes the tug of war . ' I. Would that all battles were as bloodless ! 2. Of the lizard tribe . 6 3. More rogue than fool . ' 4. Beware its bite . ' 5. A declaration . 6. What my second would be glad to take . 7. A repeater . 8 ...
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... Come , let me hang around your neck this charm ; ' Twill guard you , so they say , from every harm . 3. Amongst the many streams which fall , This is the finest of them all— So , at least , all the Yankees cry : The truth of it I'll not ...
... Come , let me hang around your neck this charm ; ' Twill guard you , so they say , from every harm . 3. Amongst the many streams which fall , This is the finest of them all— So , at least , all the Yankees cry : The truth of it I'll not ...
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... Than the fell engine the French are using now . 5. Why ! What's this I feel ? It comes like a blast ; I'll put up with most things , but not with my last . B 17 ' The woods and vales of England : is DOUBLE ACROSTICS . 17.
... Than the fell engine the French are using now . 5. Why ! What's this I feel ? It comes like a blast ; I'll put up with most things , but not with my last . B 17 ' The woods and vales of England : is DOUBLE ACROSTICS . 17.
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... comes ! she comes ! Like flash of flame Can lovers ' footsteps fly . ' 6. ' Why dost thou pine within , and suffer dearth , Painting thy outward walls so costly gay ? ' 69 ' Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! ' 1. 62 DOUBLE ACROSTICS .
... comes ! she comes ! Like flash of flame Can lovers ' footsteps fly . ' 6. ' Why dost thou pine within , and suffer dearth , Painting thy outward walls so costly gay ? ' 69 ' Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! ' 1. 62 DOUBLE ACROSTICS .
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... Come buy ! come buy ! ' 8. And one was crowned with with flame . ' as 9. I'll put a girdle round the earth in forty minutes . ' 10. Lame , but a cunning workman . II . As good as an ell . 12. A decree . 13. A treasure that had to be ...
... Come buy ! come buy ! ' 8. And one was crowned with with flame . ' as 9. I'll put a girdle round the earth in forty minutes . ' 10. Lame , but a cunning workman . II . As good as an ell . 12. A decree . 13. A treasure that had to be ...
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Page 25 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but nature more...
Page 49 - Within thy hearing, or thy head be now Pillowed in some deep dungeon's earless den; O miserable Chieftain! where and when Wilt thou find patience! Yet die not; do thou Wear rather in thy bonds a cheerful brow: Though fallen thyself, never to rise again, Live, and take comfort. Thou hast left behind Powers that will work for thee; air, earth, and skies; There's not a breathing of the common wind That will forget thee; thou hast great allies; Thy friends are exultations, agonies, And love, and man's...
Page 16 - Look, where he comes ! Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Page 32 - I pray thee peace. I will be flesh and blood; For there was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently, However they have writ the style of gods And made a push at chance and sufferance.
Page 63 - Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen; No grazing cattle, through their prickly round, Can reach to wound ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves appear.
Page 89 - His hat was off, his vest apart, To catch heaven's blessed breeze; For a burning thought was in his brow, And his bosom ill at ease: So he leaned his head on his hands, and read The book between his knees.
Page 89 - What sudden chance is this, quoth he, That I to love must subject be, Which never thereto would agree, But still did...
Page 10 - And doubtful joys the father move, And tears are on the mother's face, As parting with a long embrace She enters other realms of love ; Her office there to rear, to teach, Becoming as is meet and fit A link among the days, to knit The generations each with each...
Page 35 - I'll tell the signs by which you may The wandering shepherdess discover. " Coquet and coy at once her air, Both studied, though both seem neglected ; Careless she is with artful care, Affecting to seem unaffected.
Page 92 - From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire ; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world...