 My little boy asked me Thus, once on a time; And moreover he tasked me To tell him in rhyme. Anon at the word, There first came one daughter, And then came another, To second and third The request of their brother, And to hear how the water Comes down...  Readings - Page 1751888 - 197 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...another, To second and third The request of their hrother; And to hear how the water Comes down at Lodore, With its rush and its roar, As many a time They had seen it before. So 1 told them in rhyme, For of rhymes I had store; And 'twas in my vocation For their recreation That... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 840 pages
...another, To second and third The request of their brother, And to hear how the Watei Comes down at Lodore, With its rush and its roar, As many a time...before. So I told them in rhyme, For of rhymes I had ¡Логе ; And 'twas in my vocation For their recreation That so I should sing; Because I was Laureate... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 70 pages
...another, To second and third The request of their brother. And to hear how the Water Comes down at Lodore, With its rush and its roar, As many a time...vocation For their recreation That so I should sing ; 35 Because I was Laureate To them and the King. From its sources which well In the Tarn on the fell... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1845 - 848 pages
...another, To second and third The request of their brother, And to hear how the water Comes down at Lodore, With its rush and its roar. As many a time...told them in rhyme, For of rhymes I had store : And 'twas in my vocation For their recreation That so I should sing ; Because I was Laureate To them and... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Lake District (England) - 1846 - 318 pages
...request of their brother. And to hear how the water Comes down at Lodorc, With its rush and its war, As many a time They had seen it before ; So I told them in rbyme, For of rbymes I had store And 'twas in my vocation For their recreation, That so I should sing,... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...another, To second and third The request of their brother, And to hear how the water Comes down at Lodore, With its rush and its roar, As many a time...told them in rhyme, For of rhymes I had store ; And 'twas in my vocation For their recreation That so I should sing ; Because I was Laureate To them and... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 208 pages
...request of their brother, And to hear how the water Comes down at Lodore, With its rush and its row, As many a time They had seen it before. So I told them in rhyme, For of rhymes I had store : And 'twas in my vocation For their recreation That so I should sing, Because I was Laureate To them and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 488 pages
...another, to second and third The request of their brother, and to hoar how the water Comes down at Lodore, with its rush and its roar, As many a time...sing, Because I was Laureate * to them and the king. Q. From its sources which well in the tarn on the fell ; From its fountains in the mountains, its rills... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 490 pages
...another, to aecoud and third The request of their brother, and to hoar how the water Comes down at Lodore, with its rush and its roar, As many a time...told them in rhyme, for of rhymes I had store ; And 'twas in my vocation for their recreation That so I should aing, Because I was Laureate * to them and... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...another, To second and third The request of their brother, And to hear how the Water Comes down at Lodore, With its rush and its roar, As many a time...told them in rhyme, For of rhymes I had store ; And 'twas in my vocation For their recreation That so I should sing ; 35 Because I was Laureate To them... | |
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