 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John, It is my wedding day, young Lochinrar. So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall euch a galliard spake, a braying ase Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...your face ; And stop and eat, fur well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John, It is my wedding day, at fits ; Over earth and ocean, with gentle motion,...Lured by the love of the genii that move In the depths spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 70 pages
..." But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you mayBe in a hungry case." Said John — "It is my wedding-day,...turning to his horse, he said, " I am in haste to dine, ' T was for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine." Ah luckless speech, and bootless... | |
 | William Cowper - 1845 - 394 pages
...not much the worse for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus show'd his ready wit, — My head is twice as big as yours,...boast! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...He held them up, and in his turn, Thus show'd his ready wit, " My head is twice as big as your's, " They, therefore, needs must fit. " But let me scrape...boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1846 - 174 pages
...A hat not much the worse for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus showed his ready wit : " My head is twice as big as...boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; — Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine...boast, For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...away, That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Said Jobn, It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare,...boast! For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - Readers - 1847 - 502 pages
...behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn thus showed his ready wit; " My head is twice as big as...boast ! for which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort, as he had heard a... | |
 | William Draper Swan - Readers (Elementary) - 1844 - 184 pages
...If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware." So, turning to his horse, he said, " 1 am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you...boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; — Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard... | |
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And all the world would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware." So turning to his horse, he said "I am in haste to dine: Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. 
