 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1928 - 376 pages
...vacancy, being forbid to go to London, by reason of the plague, [1630]. Here lies old Hobson. Death hath broke his girt, And here alas ! hath laid him in the...dirt ; Or else the ways being foul, twenty to one, He is here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter, that, if truth was known Death... | |
 | Alvin Fay Harlow - 1928 - 612 pages
...poems of his life — two of them — on Hobson. One began thus : Here lies old Hobson. Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas, hath laid him in the dirt. The other dwelt on the cause of his death : Here lieth one who did most truly prove That he would never... | |
 | John Milton - 2000 - 412 pages
...his vacancy, being forbid to go to London, by reason of the Plague HERE lies old Hobson, Death hath broke his girt, And here alas, hath laid him in the dirt, Or els the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter,... | |
 | 1909 - 502 pages
...Vacancy, being forbid to go to London by reason of the Plague. (1631) HERE lies old Hobson. Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas! hath laid him in the...to one He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'T was such a shifter that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down ; For... | |
 | John Milton - 1926 - 360 pages
...his vacancy, being forbid to go to Londont by reason of the Plague Here lies old Hobson, Death hath broke his girt, And here alas, hath laid him in the dirt, Or els the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here sluck in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter,... | |
 | William Riley Parker - 1996 - 708 pages
...two poems On the University Carrier. The first begins vigorously : Here lies old Hobson. Death hath broke his girt And here, alas, hath laid him in the...to one, He's here stuck in a slough and overthrown. This is an arresting, if not exactly respectful, way to talk about a man's grave. It is followed by... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1084 pages
...Milton's authorship of a third Hobson poem in MLR, XXXI (1936), 395-402. Here lies old Hobson, Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas, hath laid him in the...overthrown. "Twas such a shifter, that if truth were known, 5 Death was half glad when he had got him down; For he had any time this ten years full, Dodg'd with... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1012 pages
...BEING FORBID TO GO TO LONDON, BY REASON OF THE PLAGUE Here lies old Hobson, Death hath broke his girt,0 And here alas, hath laid him in the dirt, Or else...overthrown. Twas such a shifter, that if truth were known,0 Death was half glad when he had got him down; For he had any time th1s ten years full, Dodged... | |
 | John Milton - 1899 - 466 pages
...arose the phrase " Hobson's choice." HEBE lies old Hobson. Death bath broke his girt, And here, alas I hath laid him in the dirt; Or else, the ways being foul, twenty to one He '» here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. Death was half glad when he had got him down; For he... | |
 | E. Tillyard - 1949 - 228 pages
...of common speech, because he thought that style to be appropriate. Here lies old Hobson, Death hath broke his girt, And here alas, hath laid him in the dirt, Or els the ways being foul, twenty to one, He's here stuck in a slough, and overthrown. 'Twas such a shifter,... | |
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HERE lies old Hobson : Death hath broke his girt, And here, alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else, the ways being foul, twenty to one He's here stuck in a slough and overthrown. 
