 There is a stone there, that whoever kisses, Oh! he never misses to grow eloquent. 'Tis he may clamber to a lady's chamber, Or become a member of parliament: A clever spouter he'll sure turn out, or An out-and-outer, "to be let alone," Don't hope to hinder...  Popular Songs of Ireland - Page 143edited by - 1839 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Seely Hart - English literature - 1872 - 654 pages
...BLARNEY-STONE. There is a stone there, That whoever kisses, Oh ! he never mieses To become eloquent. 'Tie ho may clamber To a lady's chamber, Or become a member Of Parliament: A clever spouter, He '11 sure turn out, or An out-and-outer, To be let alone; Don't hope to hinder him, Or to bewilder... | |
 | William Hemstreet - Europe - 1875 - 262 pages
...seeming frail one outside. The legend runs: "There is a stone there, That, whoever kisses, Oh ! he never misses To grow eloquent. 'Tis he may clamber,...lady's chamber, Or become a member Of Parliament." TIM BUCKLEY. Descending the long, rude, spiral^ stone stairway, and each paying a shilling to the woman... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 286 pages
...'em shine ! There is a stone there That whoever kisses, O, he never misses To grow eloquent; 'T is he may clamber To a lady's chamber, Or become a member Of Parliament: A clever spouter He 'll soon turn out, or An out-and-outer, " To be let alone. " Don't hope to hinder him, Or to bewilder... | |
 | James Montgomery Bailey - Great Britain - 1878 - 486 pages
...his neck. One verse of the ditty reads, — " There is a stone there, That whoever- kisses, Oh I he never misses To grow eloquent : 'Tis he may clamber...lady's chamber, Or become a member Of Parliament." It became a popular poem ; and so many flocked there, that the name of the little village became a... | |
 | Charles Anderton Read - 1879 - 390 pages
...lines. To avoid this fate here they are : — There is a stone there, That whoever kisses, Oh ! he never misses To grow eloquent; 'Tis he may clamber...become a member Of parliament. A clever spouter He'll soon turn out, or An out-and-outer, To be let alone. Don't hope to hinder him, Or to bewilder him,... | |
 | David W. Semple - Europe - 1879 - 390 pages
...stone, to which old Father Prout alludes thusly : " There is a stone there, That whoever kisses, Oh ! he never misses, To grow eloquent. 'Tis he may clamber...lady's chamber, Or become a member Of Parliament. Or, as he puts it again : "A clever spouter, He'll sure turn out, or An out and outer To be let alone... | |
 | American literature - 1880 - 844 pages
...Castle. Who has not heard of the Blarney stone? "There is a stone there, That whoever kisses, O, he never misses To grow eloquent; 'Tis he may clamber,...Parliament. A clever spouter He'll sure turn out, 01 An out and outer To be let alone! Don't hope to hinder him, Or to bewilder him ; Sure he's a pilgrim... | |
 | Francis Sylvester Mahony - Authors, Irish - 1881 - 564 pages
...genre d'églogue. Je n'aurais POS d'égaux. VI There is a stone there, That whoever kisses, Oh ! he never misses To grow eloquent. 'Tis he may clamber...parliament : A clever spouter He'll sure turn out, or An out-and-outer, " To be let alone," Don't hope to hinder him, Or to bewilder him ; Sure he's a pilgrim... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...classic teacher, In every feature I'd make 'em shine. There is a stone there that whoever kisses, Oh, he music of the waves, Beating on these hollow caves...emboss, Overgrown with eldest moss ; The rude port soon turn out, or An ont-and-outer, to be let alone : Don't hope to hinder him, or to bewilder him,... | |
 | Francis Sylvester Mahony - Authors, Irish - 1881 - 556 pages
...genre d'eglogue. JL' n'aurais pas d tgaux. VI There is a stone there, That whoever kisses, Oh ! he never misses To grow eloquent. 'Tis he may clamber...chamber, Or become a member Of parliament : A clever suouter He'll sure turn out, or An out-and-outer, 14 To be let alone," Don't hope to hinder him, Or... | |
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