 | American periodicals - 1866 - 848 pages
...was past expression ; — But that was thirty years ago. ' Yon grew a matron plump and comely, Yon dwelt in fashion's brightest blaze ; My earthly lot...homely ; But I too had my festal days. No merrier eves have ever glistened Around the hearth-stone's wintry glow, Than when my youngest child was christened... | |
 | 1860 - 860 pages
...the children mine. My own young flock, in fair progression, Made up a pleasant Christmas row: My joy in them was past expression;— But that was thirty...was far more homely; But I too had my festal days. D No merrier eyes have ever glistened Than when my youngest child was christened;— Around the hearth-stone's... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1861 - 334 pages
...them was past expression ',— But that was thirty years ago. Tou grew a matron plump and comely, Tou dwelt in fashion's brightest blaze ; My earthly lot...was twenty years ago. Time passed. My eldest girl was married, And I am now a grandsire grey ; One pet of four years old I've carried Among the wild-flowered... | |
 | English literature - 1866 - 566 pages
...the children mine. My own young flock, in fair progression, Made up a pleasant Chrisnnas row : My joy in them was past expression ; — But that was thirty years ago. " You grew a matron plump and comely, Yon dwelt in fashion's brightest blaze ; My earthly lot was far more homely ; But I too had my festal... | |
 | 1867 - 874 pages
...the children mine. My own young flock, in fair progression, Made up a pleasant Christmas row : My joy in them was past expression ; — But that was thirty...was twenty years ago. Time passed. My eldest girl was married, And I am now a grandsire grey : One pet of four years old I've carried Among the wild-flowered... | |
 | Frederick Locker- Lampson - 1867 - 380 pages
...the children mine. My own young flock, in fair progression, Made up a pleasant Christmas row : My joy in them was past expression ; — But that was thirty...too had my festal days. No merrier eyes have ever glisten'd Around the hearth-stone's wintry glow, Than when my youngest child was christen'd : — But... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 pages
...the children mine. My own young flock, in fair progression Made up a pleasant Christmas row : My joy in them was past expression ; — But that was thirty...too had my festal days. No merrier eyes have ever glisten'd Around the hearth-stone's wintry glow, Then when my youngest child was christen'd : But that... | |
 | Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...the children mine. My own young flock, in fair progression, Made up a pleasant Christmas row; My joy in them was past expression ; But that was thirty...a matron, plump and comely, You dwelt in fashion's blaze; My earthly lot was far more homely, But I, too, had my festal days. No merrier eyes have ever... | |
 | London Mayfair - 1874 - 468 pages
...pleasant Christmas row : My joy in them was past expression, — • But that was thirty years ago. 266 YEARS AGO. You grew a matron plump and comely, You...hearthstone's wintry glow, Than when my youngest child was christened,But that was twenty years ago. Time past ; my eldest girl was married, And I am now a grand... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - English literature - 1875 - 488 pages
...the children mine. My own young flock, in fair progression, Made up a pleasant Christmas row : My joy in them was past expression, — But that was thirty...was twenty years ago. Time passed. My eldest girl was married, And I am now a grandsire gray ; One pet of four years old I've carried Among the wild-flowered... | |
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Oh, then I thought my heart was breaking — But that was forty years ago. And I lived on, to wed another ; No cause she gave me to repine ; And when I heard you were a mother, I did not wish the children mine. My own young flock, in fair progression... 
