The Home Book of Verse: American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2 |
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Page 1975
... be fled , Could you sleep in your bed Without thinking to see Some ghost or some sprite , That would wake you each night , Crying , " Och hone ! Widow Machree " ? Then take my advice , darling Widow Machree , Och Widow Machree 1975.
... be fled , Could you sleep in your bed Without thinking to see Some ghost or some sprite , That would wake you each night , Crying , " Och hone ! Widow Machree " ? Then take my advice , darling Widow Machree , Och Widow Machree 1975.
Page 2010
... sleep , Wi ' twa pint - stoups at our bed's feet ; And aye when we wakened , we drank them dry . What think ye o ' my wee kimmer and I ? Todlin ' butt , and todlin ' ben , Sae round as my love comes todlin ' hame . Leeze me on liquor ...
... sleep , Wi ' twa pint - stoups at our bed's feet ; And aye when we wakened , we drank them dry . What think ye o ' my wee kimmer and I ? Todlin ' butt , and todlin ' ben , Sae round as my love comes todlin ' hame . Leeze me on liquor ...
Page 2015
... sleep ; For my love , my love it groweth ; I waste me all the day ; And when I see sweet Alison , I know not what to say . The sparrow when he spieth his Dear upon the tree , He beateth - to his little wing ; he chirketh lustily ; But ...
... sleep ; For my love , my love it groweth ; I waste me all the day ; And when I see sweet Alison , I know not what to say . The sparrow when he spieth his Dear upon the tree , He beateth - to his little wing ; he chirketh lustily ; But ...
Page 2024
... sleep ! " So Sancho Panza said , and so say I : And bless him , also , that he didn't keep His great discovery to himself ; nor try To make it as the lucky fellow might― A close monopoly by patent - right ! Yes ; bless the man who first ...
... sleep ! " So Sancho Panza said , and so say I : And bless him , also , that he didn't keep His great discovery to himself ; nor try To make it as the lucky fellow might― A close monopoly by patent - right ! Yes ; bless the man who first ...
Page 2025
... sleep ( I really can't avoid the iteration ) ; But blast the man , with curses loud and deep , Whate'er the rascal's ... sleep's sweet realm so cozily shut in , Where , at the worst , we only dream of sin ! So let us sleep and give the ...
... sleep ( I really can't avoid the iteration ) ; But blast the man , with curses loud and deep , Whate'er the rascal's ... sleep's sweet realm so cozily shut in , Where , at the worst , we only dream of sin ! So let us sleep and give the ...
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