| John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 232 Seiten
...Nay, any lady's of the land ! It is a wondrous thing how fleet 'Twas on those little silver feet ; G With what a pretty skipping grace It oft would challenge me the race : — And when 't had left me far away 'Twould stay, and run again, and stay : For it was nimbler far than hinds,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 Seiten
...With what a prelty skipping grace It oft would challenge me the race ; And when 't had left me i'ur away, 'Twould stay, and run again, and stay; For it...four winds. I have a garden of my own, But so with ro^es overgrown, And lilies, that you would it guess To ho a little wilderness ; And all the spring-time... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 Seiten
...— shall I say than my hand ? Nay, any lady's of the land. It is a wondrous thing how fleet 'T was ng-glass ; A stately forehead, smooth and high, And...full of princely majesty ; A sparkling eye no gem so when 't had left me far away, 'T would stay, and run again, and stay ; For it was nimbler much than... | |
| 1880 - 296 Seiten
...shall I say ? — than my hand ; Nay, any lady's of the land. It is a wondrous thing how fleet 'Twas on those little silver feet, With what a pretty skipping grace It oft would challenge 2 me the race ! ' waxed, grew. ' challenge, invite (to run a race). And when't1 had left me far away... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 Seiten
...— shall I say than my hand ? Nay, any lady's of the land. It is a wondrous thing how fleet 'Twas 400 VII. I said my nearer brother pined ; I said his...mighty heart declined. He loathed and put away his f when 't had lei't me far away, 'Twould stay, and run again, and stay ; For it was nimbler, much, than... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 Seiten
...white, shall I say, than my hand? Nay, any lady's of the land. It is a wondrous thing how fleet Twas on those little silver feet; With what a pretty skipping grace It oft would challenge mo the race ; And when't had left me far away, Twould stay, and run again, and stay ; For it was nimbler... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1883 - 544 Seiten
...white, shall I say than my hand ? Nay, any lady's of the land. It is a wondrous thing how fleet 'T was on those little silver feet ; With what a pretty skipping grace It oft would challenge me the race ; And, when 't had left me far away, 'T would stay, and run again, and stay ; For it was nimbler much than... | |
| John Dennis - 1883 - 424 Seiten
...shall I say than my hand ? — Nay, any lady's of the land. It is a wondrous thing how fleet 'Twas on those little silver feet ; With what a pretty skipping grace It oft would challenge me the race ; And when 't had left me far away, 'Twould stay and run again and stay ; For it was nimbler much than hinds,... | |
| John Dennis - 1883 - 426 Seiten
...shall I say than my hand ? — Nay, any lady's of the land. It is a wondrous thing how fleet 'Twas on those little silver feet ; With what a pretty skipping grace It oft would challenge me the race ; And when 't had left me far away, 'Twould stay and run again and stay ; For it was nimbler much than hinds,... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1883 - 602 Seiten
...imagination and truthfulness, to anything of its species : — " It is a wondrous thing how fleet Twos on those little silver feet, With what a pretty skipping grace It oft would challenge me the race, And when 't had left me far away 'Twould stay, and run again, and stay ; For it was nimbler much than hinds,... | |
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