 Who collects all my food, and with wonderful knack, Throws it into a net which I keep at my back ; And, though heels over head it arrives in a trice, It is sent up to table all proper and nice. I am spoken of sometimes as if I were glass, But then it...  Woodworth's Youth's Cabinet - Page 371856Full view - About this book
 | 1835 - 656 pages
...Throws it into a net which 1 keep at my back ; And, though heels over head it arrives, in a trice It is sent up to table all proper and nice. I am spoken...pass. A blow makes me run, though I have not a limb; Like many more couples, my paitnor and I At tunes will look cross at each other, or shy : Yet still,... | |
 | James Glassford - Charades - 1835 - 162 pages
...Throws it into a net which I keep at my back ; And, though heels over head it arrives, in a trice It is sent up to table all proper and nice. I am spoken...limb ; Though I neither have fins nor a bladder I swim. Like many more couples, my partner and I At times will look cross at each other or shy : Yet... | |
 | Periodicals - 1837 - 260 pages
...Throws it into a net which I keep at my back; And, though heels over head it arrives, in a trice It is sent up to table all proper and nice. I am spoken...limb ; Though I neither have fins, nor a bladder, I swim. Like many more couples, my partner and I, At times will look cross at each other, and shy ; Yet... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pages
...Throws it into a net which I keep at my back ; And though heels over head it arrives in a trice, It is sent up to table all proper and nice. I am spoken...limb ; Though I neither have fins nor a bladder I swim. Like many more couples, my partner and 1 At times will look cross at each other or shy : Yet... | |
 | 1837 - 538 pages
...Throws it into a net which I keep at my back ; And, though heels over head it arrives, in a trice It is sent up to table all proper and nice. I am spoken...as if I were glass, But then it is false, and the triek will not pass. A blow makes me ran though I have not a limb ; • • • • Though I neither... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...Throws it into a net, which I keep at my back ; And though heels over head it arrives, in a trice It is sent up to table all proper and nice. I am spoken...run, though I have not a limb ; Though I neither have fins,nor a bladder, I swim. Like many more couples, my partner and I At times will look cross at each... | |
 | Readings - English poetry - 1843 - 466 pages
...nice. But then it is false, and the trick will not pass. I am spoken of sometimes as if I were glass, A blow makes me run though I have not a limb; Though I neither have fins, nor a bladder, I swim. Like many more couples, my partner and I, At times will look cross at each and shy; Yet still,... | |
 | Amusing poetry - 1857 - 266 pages
...Throws it into a net which I keep at my back ; And, though heels over head it arrives, in a trice It is sent up to table all proper and nice. I am spoken...limb ; Though I neither have fins nor a bladder, I swim. Like many more couples, my partner and I At times will look cross at each other and shy ; Tet... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 280 pages
...Throws it into a net which I keep at my back ; And, though heels over head it arrives in a trice, It is .sent up to table all proper and nice. I am spoken...limb ; Though I neither have fins nor a bladder, I swim. Like many more couples, my partner and I, At times will look cross at each other, and shy ; Yet... | |
 | 1883 - 494 pages
...be next • I'm piercing and clear, I'm heavy and dull, Expressive and languid, contracted and lull. A blow makes me run, though I have not a limb Though I neither have fins nor a bladder I swim! Like many more couples, my partner and I At times will look cross at each other, and shy Yet... | |
| |
