 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
 | 1861 - 584 oldal
...and then he would quote two or three stanzas from Hood's humorous poem, " Morning Meditations :" " Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes...sun upon the upland lawn.' Well ! — he died young. So here I'll lie, my morning calls deferring, Till something nearer to the stroke of noon ; A man that's... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 482 oldal
...grumbling for a reason, quaintly begs Wherefore should master rise before the hensHave laid their eggs ? Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes in the east awaken 2° A fig, say I, for any streaky part, Excepting bacon. An early riser Mr. Gray has drawn, Who used... | |
 | 1862 - 252 oldal
...their eggs. Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint blushes in the eastern waken ? A fig I say for any streaky part Excepting bacon. An early riser...sun 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... | |
 | Angus Macpherson - 1862 - 156 oldal
...matter-of-fact friend mentally ejaculating — " Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint blushes in the East awaken ? ' A fig,' say I, ' for any streaky part. Excepting bacon. So here I'll lie, my morning walk deferring, Till something nearer to the stroke of noon : A man that's... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1863 - 298 oldal
...smell of sweet herbs at the morning prime — Only lie long enough, and bed becomes A bed of time. " Why from a comfortable pillow start, To see faint...fig, say I, for any streaky part, Excepting bacon ! " This is all very well for pleasantry. But it remains a sober truth, that those who have spent the... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1864 - 522 oldal
...grumbling for a reason, quaintly begs Wherefore should master rise before the hens Have laid their eggs 7 Why from a comfortable pillow start To see faint flushes in the e;ist awaken '? A fig, say I, for any streaky part, Excepting bacon. An early riser Mr. Gray has drawn,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1867 - 468 oldal
...grumbling for a reason, quaintly begs Wherefore should master rise before the Kens 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... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1867 - 586 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... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 oldal
...grumbling for a reason, quaintly begs Wherefore should master rise before the hens Have laid their eggs ? An early riser Mr. Gray has drawn, Who used to haste...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... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 oldal
...reason, quaintly begs "Wherefore should master rise before the hens Have laid their eggs t An early rifer Mr. Gray has drawn, Who used to haste the dewy grass...the upland lawn " — Well — he died young ! With charwomen such early hours agree, And sweeps that,carn betimes their bit and sup ; But I'm no climbing... | |
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