 My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. " But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John — "It is my wedding day, And all the world would stare,...  British Minstrel - Page 98by John Struthers - 1822Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - Poetry - 1854 - 460 pages
...face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. 49 Says John, It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. 50 So turning to his horse, he said, 51 Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast! For which he paid... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 458 pages
...face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. 49 Says John, It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. 50 So turning to his horse, he said, 51 Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 486 pages
...needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; * And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John — It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton And I should dine at Ware.... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pages
...needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon your face ; \nd stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John, It is my wedding-da;^ And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.... | |
 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 pages
...therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John — It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton And I should dine at Ware.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1855 - 584 pages
...LETTER CCCLII. TO Mii. MooRE. " January 2d, 1820. " ' To-day it is my wedding-day, And all the folks would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.' Or ihtu,— " Here 'sa happy new year ! but with reason I beg you Ml permit me to say — Wish me many... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Belgium - 1855 - 608 pages
...therefore needs must tit But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John it is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I shold dine at Ware.... | |
 | Select poetry - 1855 - 80 pages
...needs must fit. " But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, " It is my wedding-day ; And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 798 pages
...face ; .,.,-,, :n'.;{. And stop and eat, for well you may , ... . Be in a hungry case. . . :"ii. : '! Said John, it is my wedding day, And all the world would staro, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. •t. So turning to his horse, he... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...therefore needs must fit But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John—" It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware."... | |
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