 Grizzling hair the brain doth clear — Then you know a boy is an ass, Then you know the worth of a lass, Once you have come to Forty Year. Pledge me round, I bid ye declare, All good fellows whose beards are...  Fraser's Magazine - Page 2441846Full view - About this book
 | Clarence Edward Andrews, Milton Oswin Percival - English poetry - 1924 - 624 pages
...Common grow and wearisome, ere Ever a month was pass'd away? The reddest lips that ever have kiss'd, The brightest eyes that ever have shone, May pray...whisper and we not list, Or look away and never be miss'd, Ere yet ever a month is gone. Gillian's dead, God rest her bier, — How I loved her twenty... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 408 pages
...good fellows whose beards are gray, — Did not the fairest of the fair Common grow ami wearisome ore Ever a month was past away? The reddest lips that...list, Or look away and never be missed, — Ere yet ever a month is gone. Gillian 's dead! God rest her bier, — How I loved her twenty years syne I Marian... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 310 pages
...jests and sings so well as to be fitted for more serious company — The reddest lips that ever were kissed, The brightest eyes that ever have shone, May...not list, Or look away and never be missed Ere yet ever a month is gone. But the man who could stop his caricature to write verses of that quality was... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Poetry - 2006 - 342 pages
...All good fellows whose beards are gray* Did not the fairest of the fair Common grow and wearisome ere The reddest lips that ever have kissed, The brightest...not list, Or look away, and never be missed, Ere yet ever a month is gone. Gillian's dead, God rest her bier, How I loved her twenty years syne! Marian's... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1106 pages
...singing of midnight strains, Under Bonnybell's window-panes, — Wait till you come to forty year. h, and bend up every spirit To his full height ! — On, on, you noblest English, Whose blood is fet ever a month is gone. Gillian 's dead ! God rest her bier, — How I loved her twenty years syne !... | |
 | 1879 - 484 pages
...have come to Forty Year. Pledge me round , I bid ye declare , All good fellows whose beards are grey, Did not the fairest of the fair Common grow and wearisome...not list, Or look away, and never be missed, Ere yet ever a month is gone. Gillian's dead, God rest her bier, How I loved her twenty years syne ! Marian's... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 848 pages
...beards are gray, Did not the fairest of the fair Common grow and wearisome ere Ever a month was passed ?(C A ? ? C .z@{@_:>B BuAvAwA ever a month is gone. Gillian 's dead, God rest her bier, How I loved her twenty years syne ! Marian... | |
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