Amusing poetry, ed. by S. Brooks, Edição 8451874 |
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... played , they played away ! " And hear now , little seaman , Hear what I say to thee ! An ' hast thou any mind this hour - To play gold dice with me ? " - But with golden dice they played , they played away ! " But how and can I play ...
... played , they played away ! " And hear now , little seaman , Hear what I say to thee ! An ' hast thou any mind this hour - To play gold dice with me ? " - But with golden dice they played , they played away ! " But how and can I play ...
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... played , they played away ! " But how and can I play now The golden dice with thee ? For no red shining gold I have That I can stake ' gainst thee . " - But with golden dice they played , they played away ! " Thou surely this old hat ...
... played , they played away ! " But how and can I play now The golden dice with thee ? For no red shining gold I have That I can stake ' gainst thee . " - But with golden dice they played , they played away ! " Thou surely this old hat ...
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... played , they played away ! " And so the third gold die , I wot , On the table - board did run ; And the pretty maiden lost her stake , While the little seaman won . " - But with golden dice they played , they played away ! Come , hear ...
... played , they played away ! " And so the third gold die , I wot , On the table - board did run ; And the pretty maiden lost her stake , While the little seaman won . " - But with golden dice they played , they played away ! Come , hear ...
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... played , they played away ! " The half of this thy kingdom I'll get , if ' t can be done ; But that young virgin have I will , Whom with gold dice I won . " - But with golden dice they played , they played away ! And the virgin in her ...
... played , they played away ! " The half of this thy kingdom I'll get , if ' t can be done ; But that young virgin have I will , Whom with gold dice I won . " - But with golden dice they played , they played away ! And the virgin in her ...
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... played in water and in air . " And sure there was sweet singing , for it at once did breathe From all the woods and waters , and from the caves beneath ; But when those happy creatures beheld their lovely Queen , The music died away at ...
... played in water and in air . " And sure there was sweet singing , for it at once did breathe From all the woods and waters , and from the caves beneath ; But when those happy creatures beheld their lovely Queen , The music died away at ...
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Página 190 - ... falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Página 171 - The wind hath blown a gale all day, At evening it hath died away. On the deck the Rover takes his stand, So dark it is they see no land. Quoth Sir Ralph, "It will be lighter soon For there is the dawn of the rising Moon.
Página 144 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun : But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. 'Great praise the Duke of Marlbro* won And our good Prince Eugene;' 'Why 'twas a very wicked thing !' Said little Wilhelmine; 'Nay . . nay . . my little girl,' quoth he, 'It was a famous victory.
Página 178 - And in her fifteenth year became a bride, Marrying an only son, Francesco Doria, Her playmate from her birth, and her first love.
Página 178 - Her pranks the favourite theme of every tongue. But now the day was come, the day, the hour ; Now frowning, smiling for the hundredth...
Página 142 - IT wAS a summer evening; Old Kaspar's work was done. And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun; And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine. She saw her brother Peterkin Roll something large and round. Which he beside the rivulet In playing there had found; He came to ask what he had found.