Could you on this fair mountain leave to feed, And batten on this moor? Ha!- have you eyes? You cannot call it love; for at your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble, And waits upon the judgment: and what judgment Would step from this to... Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 235edited by - 1861Full view - About this book
| British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...Here is your husband ; like a mildew'd ear, Blasting his wholesome brother. Have you eyes ? Could yon on this fair mountain leave to feed, And batten on this moor ? Ha ! have you eyes ? You cannot call it, love : for, at your age, The hey-day in the blood is tame,... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...Here is your husband; like a mildew'd ear, Blasting his wholesome brother. Have you eyes? Could you on this fair mountain leave to feed, And batten* on this moor? Ha! have you eyes? You cannot call it, love; for, at your age, The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's... | |
| John Trotter Brockett - Dialect literature, English - 1825 - 296 pages
...the same manner ; " at the old bat," as formerly. BATTEN, to feed, to bring up, to thrive. Could you on this fair mountain leave to feed, and batten on this moor. — S!iak. Hamlet. " The wife a good church going and a battening to the bairn" is a toast at christenings.... | |
| George Croly - 1825 - 160 pages
...credulity. What is there in England for which an American should envy her ?" " Have you eyes ! Could you on this fair mountain leave to feed, And batten on this moor ! — Ha, have you, eyes !" I disdain to draw the conclusion. Arrangements with the Popish Clergy.... | |
| English drama - 1826 - 508 pages
...Here is your husband, like a mildew'd ear, Blasting his wholesome brother. Have you eyes ? Could you on this fair mountain leave to feed, And batten on this moor ? Ha ! have you eyes ? You cannot call it love : for, at your age, The hey-day in the blood is tame,... | |
| Theology - 1826 - 590 pages
...says, " what is there in England for which an American should envy her ? ' Have you eyes, Could you on this fair mountain leave to feed, And batten on this moor ? Ha! have you eyes ?'" It is impossible not to admire the amiable disposition which dictated these... | |
| John Trotter Brockett - English language - 1829 - 368 pages
...battening to the bairn" is a common toast at the gossip's feast on the birth of a child. Could you on this fair mountain leave to feed, and batten on this moor. — Sftak. Hamlet. BATTEN, or BATTIN, *. the straw of two sheaves folded together. I have been referred... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...Here is your husband ; like a mildew'd ear. Blasting his wholesome brother. Have you eyes ? Could you on this fair mountain leave to feed, And batten" on this moor ? Ha ! have you eyes ? You cannot call it, love : for, at your age, The heyday in the blood is tame,... | |
| Lady Morgan (Sydney) - France - 1830 - 584 pages
...shadows and gigantic proportions ; " look upon this picture and on this," and then, if you have eyes, " on this fair mountain leave to feed, and batten on this moor," if you can. Many of the pictures of H. Vernet tell stories delightful thus to read, in all the glow... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1831 - 522 pages
...Here is your husband ; like a mildew'd ear, Blasting his wholesome brother. Have you eyes? Could you on this fair mountain leave to feed, And batten* on this moor ? Ha ! have you eyes 7 You cannot call it, love : for, at your age, The hey-day in the blood is tame,... | |
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