 | Peter Burke - 1866 - Страниц: 420
...sarved with him, or nigh, And saw the gallant hero die ; Yet 'scaped each shot myself, for why ? " ' There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.' " of estate, and both officers in the army of Charles I. They were in the military service of the crown... | |
 | James Everett - 1867 - Страниц: 154
...such things do prove clearly to me, "Tis Providence that takes us in tow. Let waves rock the ship, and let storms e'er so oft Take the topsails of sailors...up aloft To keep watch for the life of Poor Jack.' "The year 1860, and not smashed yet, for a man is immortal till his work is done. Neither have I found... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - Страниц: 828
...sharp, and sickness rages, The greatest love of life appears. Three CHARLES DIBDIN. 1745-1814. There 'sa sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. Poor Jack. Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle ? He was all for love and a little for the bottle. Captain... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - Страниц: 474
...Paradise our store. Burial of liie Dead. 348 DIBDIN—P1ERPOXT—BARKE TT. CHARLES DIBDIN. '""P HERE'S a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, *- To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. Poor Jach. JOHN PIERPONT. A WEAPON that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod ; But... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - Страниц: 722
...don't think me a milksop so soft To be taken for trifles aback ; For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack ! I heard our good chaplain palaver one day About souls, heaven, mercy, and such ; And, my timbers! what... | |
 | Benjamin Leopold Farjeon - 1871 - Страниц: 452
...it then, you would almost wish you had been a man, so that you might be a sailor. And through all " there's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, to keep watch for the life of poor Jack." ' ' Indeed, my dear,' exclaimed Mrs. Marvel, satisfied with the sentiment of the quotation, though... | |
 | Gilbert Haven, Thomas Russell - 1873 - Страниц: 476
...the nearness of Providence and the 'childlikeness of trust. As they heard that word of confidence, " There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack," or that tender tribute to Tom Bowling, — " Whose body is under hatches, But his soul is gone aloft,"... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - Страниц: 912
...clearly to me That Providence takes us in tow : Kor, says he, do you mind me. let «torms e'er ко en with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill sitB up »loft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. I «aid to our Poll, for, d'ye see, she would... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1874 - Страниц: 324
...something lifted upon the rest of the house ; and aloft, lifted on high. The lark that sings aloft. The sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. Dibden. Lome, frequent ; ' oft and lome,' is a common phrase in old English literature, equivalent... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - Страниц: 798
...sickness rages, The greatest love of life appears. Three Warnings. CHARLES DIBDIN. 1745-1814. There 'sa sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. Poor Jach. Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle ? He was all for love and a little for the hottle. Captain... | |
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twas just all as one as High Dutch; For he said how a sparrow can't founder, d'ye see, Without orders that come down below; And a many fine things that proved clearly... 
