 Have laid their eggs ? Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes in the east awaken? A fig, say I, for any streaky part, Excepting bacon. An early riser Mr. Gray has drawn, Who used to haste the dewy grass among, To meet the sun upon the...  Littell's Living Age - 12. oldal1849Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 oldal
...Wherefore should master rise before the hens Have laid their eggs ? Why from a comfortable pillow start lo see faint flushes in the east awaken ? A fig, say...dewy grass among, ' To meet the sun upon the upland lawji," — Well, — he died young. With charwomen such early hours agree, And sweeps that earn betimes... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 oldal
...grumbling for a reason, quaintly begs Wherefore should master rise before the hens Have laid their eggs ? Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes...the upland lawn," — Well, — he died young. With charwomen such early hours agree, And sweeps that earn betimes their bit and sup ; But I 'm no climbing... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1880 - 538 oldal
...for a reason, quaintly begs " Wherefore should master rise before the hen. Have laid their eggs ? " Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes...the upland lawn " — Well — he died young. With charwomen such early hours agree, And sweeps, that earn betimes their bit and sup ; But I'm no climbing... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1882 - 474 oldal
...for a reason, quaintly begs " Wherefore should master rise before the hens Have laid their eggs ]" Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes in the east awaken I A fig, say I, for any streaky part, Excepting bacon. An early riser Mr. Gray has drawn, Who used... | |
 | Thorpe Talbot - 1883 - 386 oldal
...to the glorious loveliness of the eastern sky. Mr. Paget retorted with a quotation from Hood : — ' "Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint...sun upon the upland lawn, Well — he died young." \ But of course it is of no mortal use trying to convince a woman against her will. Poetry cannot do... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1883 - 382 oldal
...grumbling for a reason, quaintly "Wherefore should master rise before the hens Have laid their eggs ? "Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint...grass among, "To meet the sun upon the upland lawn," — "Well,—he died young. "With charwomen such early hours agree, And sweeps that earn betimes their... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1887 - 476 oldal
...in the east awaken ? A fig, say I, for any streaky part, Excepting bacon. An early riser, Mr. Grey has drawn, Who used to haste the dewy grass among,...agree, And sweeps that earn betimes their bite and sup, But I'm no climbing boy, and will not bo All up — all up. So here I'll lie, rny morning calls... | |
 | Henry Fitz Randolph - 1887 - 332 oldal
...appear Besprinkled by the rosy-fingered girl; What then, — if I prefer my pillow-beer To early pearl ? Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes...the upland lawn ' — Well — he died young. With charwomen such early hours agree, And sweeps that earn betimes their bit and sup ; But I' m no climbing... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 460 oldal
...grumbling for a reason, quaintly Wherefore should master rise before the hens Have laid their eggs? Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes...the upland lawn," — Well, — he died young. With charwomen such early hours agree, And sweeps that earn betimes their bit and sup ; But I 'm no climbing... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 oldal
...grumbling for a reason, quaintly begs Wherefore should master rise before the hens Have laid their eggs ? Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes...upon the upland lawn," Well — he died young. With charwomen such early hours agree, And sweeps that earn betimes their bit and sup; But I'm no climbing... | |
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