The Collegians: A Tale of GarryowenJ. Duffy, 1904 - 442 pages |
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Page 169 - As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteemst the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i
Page 41 - And when I at last must throw off this frail covering Which I've worn for three-score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again...
Page 23 - And babes, sweet-smiling babes, our bed. 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 girls again be courted, And I'll go wooing in my boys.
Page 353 - Sit down by me, We now are joined and ne'er shall sever ; This hearth's our own, Our hearts are one, And peace is ours for ever ! 1 Gile mo croide, brightener of my heart.
Page 353 - I might have said, My mountain maid, Come live with me, your own true lover : I know a spot, A silent cot, Your friends can ne'er discover , Where gently flows the waveless tide By one small garden only ; Where the heron waves his wings so wide, And the linnet sings so lonely...
Page 103 - Come, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving, Lock me in delight awhile ; Let some pleasing dreams beguile All my fancies ; that from thence I may feel an influence, All my powers of care bereaving ! Though but a shadow, but a sliding, Let me know some little joy ! We that suffer long annoy Are contented with a thought, Through an idle fancy wrought : Oh, let my joys have some abiding...
Page 149 - I to myself, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Page 47 - Prime ladies of honour his person did nourish, Because that he was the true son of a king. But this false fortune, AVhich still is uncertain, Has caused this long parting between him and me; His name I'll advance, In Spain an' in France. An' seek out my Blackbird, wherever he be.
Page 105 - Twixt this and Tottenham ? these were wont to be Your main achievements, Pug: You have some plot now, Upon a tunning of ale, to stale the yeast, Or keep the churn so, that the butter come not, Spite of the housewife's cord, or her hot spit...
Page 194 - Could I be thy true lover, Dearest! Couldst thou smile on me, I would be the fondest and nearest That ever loved thee: But a cloud on my pathway is glooming That never must burst upon thine; And heaven, that made thee all blooming, Ne'er made thee to wither on mine. Remember me then!