 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...matron learn'd to love the sound That frightened her before. [1] Grisly — dreadful — hideous, p A favourite the ghost became, And 'twas his fate to thrive ; And long he lived, and spread his fame, And kept the joke alive. For many a laugh went through the vale, And some... | |
 | James Thomson - 1842 - 440 pages
...floor : The matron learn'd to love the sound That frighten'd her hefore. A favourite the Ghost hecame ; And, 'twas his fate to thrive : And long he liv'd...some conviction too : — Each thought some other gohlin tale, Perhaps, was just as true. THB FRENCH MARINER. A BALLAD AN old French Mariner am I, Whom... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1845 - 288 pages
...stranger in, And rear'd him as their own. His little hoofs would rattle round Upon the Cottage floor: The Matron learn'd to love the sound That frighten'd...laugh went through the Vale; And some conviction too : — Bach thought some other Goblin tale, Perhaps, was just as true. THE FRENCH MARINER. A BALLAD.... | |
 | Reciter - 1848 - 262 pages
...rear'd him as their own. His little hoof would rattle round Upon the cottage floor ; The matron learn d to love the sound That frighten'd her before. A favourite...became ; And 'twas his fate to thrive ; And long he lived, and spread his fame , And kept the joke alive. For many a laugh went through the vale J And... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1852 - 190 pages
...round Upon the cottage floor : The matron learn'd to love the sound That frighten'd her before. XIX. A favourite the ghost became ; And 'twas his fate to thrive : And long he liv'd and spread his fame, XX. For many a laugh went through the vale ; And some conviction too : — Each thought some other... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1855 - 290 pages
...stranger in, And rear'd him as their own. His little hoofs would rattle round Upon the cottage floor : The matron learn'd to love the sound That frighten'd...became ; And 'twas his fate to thrive : And long he lived and spread his fame, And kept the joke alive. For many a laugh went through the vale, And some... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 578 pages
...frightened her before. A favorite the Ghest beeame, And 't was his fate to thrive ; And long he lived stealth, The liberal handful. Think, 0 grateful think ! How good the God of Harvest is to you eonvietion too : — Eaeh theught some other goblin tale, Perhaps, was just as true. BLOOMFIELD'S "EOSY... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...hoofs would rattle round Upon the cottage floor ; The matron learned to love the sound That frightened her before. A favourite the Ghost became, And 'twas his fate to thrive ; And long he lived, and spread his fame, And kept the joke alive. For many a laugh went through the vale, And some... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - Country life in literature - 1857 - 248 pages
...round Upon the cottage floor : The matron learn'd to love the sound That frighten'd her before. XIX. A favourite the ghost became ; And, 'twas his fate to thrive : And long he lived and spread his fame, And kept the joke alive. XX. For many a laugh went through the vale ; And... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 264 pages
...round Upon the cottage floor, The matron learned to love the sound That frightened her before. 19. A favourite the ghost became, And 'twas his fate to thrive ; And long he lived and spread his fame, And kept the joke alive. 20. For many a laugh went through the vale, And... | |
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A favourite the ghost became ; And 'twas his fate to thrive : And long he lived and spread his fame, And kept the joke alive. For many a laugh went through the vale, And some conviction too : Each thought some other goblin tale, Perhaps, was just as true. 
