 When here I'd sit, as now I'm sitting, In this same place — but not alone. A fair young form was nestled near me, A dear dear face looked fondly up, And sweetly spoke and smiled to cheer me — There's no one now to share my cup. I drink it as the Fates...  Punch - Page 671849Full view - About this book
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - England - 1905 - 344 pages
...nestled near me. A dear, dear face looked fondly up, And sweetly spoke and smiled to cheer me — There's no one now to share my cup. " I drink it as the Fates...drain it In memory of dear old times. Welcome the wine, whate'er the seal is ; And sit you down and say your grace With thankful heart, whate'er the... | |
 | City and town life - 1905 - 408 pages
...nestled near me, A dear, dear face looked fondly up, And sweetly spoke and smiled to cheer me — There's no one now to share my cup. I drink it as the Fates...drain it In memory of dear old times. Welcome the wine, whate'er the seal is ; And sit you down and say your grace With thankful heart, whate'er the... | |
 | H. W. McVickar, Harry Whitney McVickar - 1905 - 248 pages
...to blame, and the thing is done. It was the choice of two evils, and I think I chose the lesser. " ' I drink it as the fates ordain it. Come, fill it, and ' " He broke off suddenly. " Strange that I should remember that line. How it brings back Carstairs.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Ballads, English - 1906 - 332 pages
...nestled near me, A dear, dear face looked fondly up, And sweetly spoke and smiled to cheer me —There's no one now to share my cup. I drink it as the Fates...drain it In memory of dear old times. Welcome the wine, whate'er the seal is ; And sit you down and say your grace With thankful heart, whate'er the... | |
 | American wit and humor - 1906 - 168 pages
...separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them. I drink it as the fates ordain it. Come fill it and have done with rhymes. Fill up the lovely glass and drain it In memory of dear old times. The Lily of France may fade, The Thistle and... | |
 | American poetry - 1907 - 398 pages
...near me, A dear, dear face looked fondly up, And sweetly spoke, and smiled to cheer me — There's no one now to share my cup. I drink it as the Fates...drain it In memory of dear old times. Welcome the wine, whate'er the seal is, And sit you down and say your grace With thankful heart whate'er the meat... | |
 | 1907 - 668 pages
...nestled near me, A dear, dear face looked fondly up, And sweetly spoke and smiled to cheer me — There's no one now to share my cup ! I drink it as the Fates ordain it. Come, fill it, and have done with rimes ; Fill up the lonely glass and drain it In memory of dear old times. Welcome the wine, whate'er... | |
 | Europe - 1908 - 554 pages
...alone. A fair young form was nestled near me, And sweetly spoke and smiled to cheer me — There's no one now to share my cup. ****** I drink it as the...drain it In memory of dear old times. Welcome the wine, whate'er the seal is; And sit you down and say your grace With thankful heart, whate'er the meal... | |
 | William Francis Collier - American literature - 1908 - 632 pages
...spoke and smiled to cheer me —There's no one now to share my cup. SPECIMEN OF THACKERAY'S POETRY. 489 I drink it as the Fates ordain it. Come, fill it,...drain it In memory of dear old times. Welcome the wine, whate'er the seal is ; And sit you down and say your grace With thankful heart, whate'er the... | |
 | Charles Welsh - Quotations, Irish - 1908 - 136 pages
...! 'Tis all we have to prize. A cup to the dead already, — Hurrah for the next that dies ! I drink as the fates ordain it, Come fill it, and have done with rhymes ; Fill up the glass and drain it In memory of dear old times. If wishing damns us, you and I Are damn'd to all our... | |
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