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" So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest : — The noblest captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet. "
The roundelay; a selection of comic, martial, naval and sentimental songs - Page 60
by Roundelay - 1815
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Bell's Ladies' Reader: a Class-book of Poetry for Schools and Families. With ...

David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...with the tears of — Wife, Children, and Friends. 84.—BLACK-EYED SUSAN.—Goy. poised in air, shnts close his pinions to his breast (if chance his mate's...captain in the British fleet might envy William's lip those kisses sweet. 4 " Oh Susan, Susan, lovely dear ! my vows shall ever true remain ; let me...
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Crown Jewels: Or Gems of Literature, Art and Music ; Being Choice Selections ...

Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 pages
...through his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast If chance...captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet "O Susan, Susan, lovely dear, My vows shall ever true remain ; Let me kiss off...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language

1887 - 370 pages
...the billow to and fro, Soon as her well-known voice he heard So the sweet lark, high poised In afr, Shuts close his pinions to his breast If chance his...captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet, ' O Susan, Susan, lovely dear, My vows shall ever true remain ; Let me kiss...
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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 656 pages
...through his glowing hands, And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast — If chance his mate 's shrill call he hear — And drops at once into her nest. The noblest captain in the British...
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In My Lady's Name: Poems of Love and Beauty

1896 - 468 pages
...through his glowing hands, And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So sweet the lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast —...captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet. "O Susan, Susan, lovely dear, My vows shall ever true remain ; Let me kiss...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volume 15

Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 462 pages
...through his glowing hands. And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air. Shuts close his pinions to his breast (If,...captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet. O Susan, Susan, lovely dear. My vows shall ever true remain; Let me kiss off...
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Teaching Atlas of Nuclear Medicine

Annick Van den Abbeele - 1897 - 532 pages
...through his glowing hands, And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast If chance...captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet. "O Susan, Susan, lovely dear, My vows shall ever true remain; Let me kiss off...
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The Golden Treasury: Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1897 - 410 pages
...through his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast If chance...nest : — The noblest captain in the British fleet t envy William's lip those kisses sweet. ' O Susan, Susan, lovely dear, My vows shall ever true remain...
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The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from ..., Volume 8

Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 578 pages
...through his glowing hands, And quick as lightning on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If...captain in the British fleet Might envy William's lip those kisses sweet. " O Susan ! Susan ! lovely dear, My vows shall ever true remain ; Let me kiss...
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British Anthologies, Volume 8

Edward Arber - 1899 - 354 pages
...his glowing hands ; And, quick as lightning, on the deck he stands. So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast (If,...Captain in the British Fleet Might envy WILLIAM'S lip, those kisses sweet! ' O, SUSAN ! SUSAN ! lovely Dear ! My vows shall ever true remain ! Let me...
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