 | J. D. McClatchy - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 236 pages
...spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with a spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon; Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire; Up to her godly garret after sev'n, There starve and pray, for that's the way... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...spill her solitary tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon; Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire; 20 Up to her godly garret after seven, There starve and pray, for that's the... | |
 | Shari Goldberg - Activity programs in education - 2003 - 190 pages
...spill her solitary tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon; Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon, Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire. . . . Write a poem about what you would do if you lived all alone. What and... | |
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To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon ; Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire ; Up to her godly garret after sev'n,... 
