 | 1918 - 2030 էջ
...mother's features, •To hear them lisp their mother's tongue! And when with envy time transported Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I'll go wooing in my boys. AN OLD MAN'S IDYL BY the waters of Life we sat together, Hand in hand, in the golden... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - 1922 - 184 էջ
...the pretty creatures, Whilst round my knees they fondly clung ; And when with envy Time, transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I go wooing in my boys. I have printed the text as it is in Anderson, Arber's text (which is, I presume,... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - 1923 - 528 էջ
...mother's features ! To hear them lisp their mother's tongue ! And when, with envy, Time, transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I'll go wooing in my boys. Epitaph on Tom D'Urfey Here lies the Lyrick, who, with tale and song, Did life to... | |
 | Oswald Doughty - 1924 - 222 էջ
...mother's features, To hear them lisp their mother's tongue ! And when with envy, Time transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I'll go wooing in my boys." In leaving the love poetry of the eighteenth century, I will close with one of... | |
 | Eric Partridge - 1924 - 284 էջ
...simplicity of treatment and of words ; and the close runs thus : And when with envy Time, transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I go wooing in my boys. William Broome of "Odyssey" fame brought out, the following year, a volume... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 էջ
...their Mother's Features, To hear them lisp their Mother's Tongue ! And, when with Envy Time transported Shall think to rob us of our Joys ; You'll, in your Girls, again be courted, And I'll go wooing in my Boys. D. Lewis's Miscellaneous Poems, 1726 H 3 201 ANONYMOUS 124 The 'Retirement VIS weak... | |
 | Sir John Collings Squire - 1927 - 496 էջ
...their mother's features, And hear them lisp their mother's tongue. And when with envy Time transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I go wooing with my boys. JOHN ST LEDGER Extempore To a Lady of Tory Principles, appearing at the Theatre... | |
 | Sir John Collings Squire, Rolfe Arnold Scott-James - 1922 - 738 էջ
...pretty creatures, To hear them lisp their mother's tongue ! And when, with envy, Time, transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys ; You'll, in your girls, again be courted, And I'll go wooing, in my boys. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES & NEWS Correspondence from readers on all subjects of bibliographical... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - 744 էջ
...they fondly elung, To fee ,em look their mother,s features, To hear ,em lifp their mother,s tongue ,. And when with envy time tranfported Shall think to...our joys, You,ll in your girls again be courted, And I go wooing in my boys l5)." [H ] From thefe epijllce wt jhail infert, &c.] His own temper of mind... | |
 | Robert L. Mack - 2000 - 768 էջ
...Mother's Features, To hear them lisp their Mother's Tongue. VIII And, when with Envy Time transported Shall think to rob us of our Joys: You'll, in your Girls, again be courted, And I'll go wooing in my Boys. (PTG 2.87-88) Readers already familiar with Gray's mature poetry will again be impressed... | |
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How should I love the pretty creatures, While round my knees they fondly clung ; To see them look their mother's features, To hear them lisp their mother's tongue. And when with envy, time transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your... 
