 | 1836 - 436 pages
...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 hoys. hardly know whether to give v.ay to melancholy or to mirth — How stands the glass... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1844 - 400 pages
...their mothers features, To hear them lisp their mothers tongue. And when with envy time transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys, * You'll in your...again be courted, And I'll go a wooing in my boys. XIV. THE WITCH OF WOKEY — was published in a small collection of poems, intitled, "Eutheznia, or... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...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. TRAGIC DRAMATISTS. The tragic drama of this period bore the impress of the French... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...their mother's features, To hear them lisp their mother's tongue 1 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. TRAGIC DRAMATISTS. The tragic drama of this period bore the impress of the French... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1845 - 446 pages
...find, as to other folks, who once were young together ; ' And when with Envy Time transported Seoks to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I'll go wooing in my hoys.'" So said or sung the flighty Mrs. Tracy. It was as simple and innocent a quotation... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1846 - 454 pages
...find, as to other folks, who once were young together; ' And when with Envy Time transported Seeks to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I '11 go wooing in my boys.' " So said or sung the flighty Mrs. Tracy. It was as simple and innocent... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1847 - 470 pages
...find, as to other folks, who once were young together; ' And when with Envy Time transported Seeks to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I '11 go wooing in my boys.'" So said or sung the flighty Mrs. Tracy. It was as simple and innocent... | |
 | 1898 - 712 pages
...occur the well-known lines (often referred to in ' N. A Q.') :— And when with envy time transported Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I 'II go wooing in my boys. There is this foot-note to the lyric: "This pleasing delineation of conjugal... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1850 - 544 pages
...find, as to other folks, who once were young together : •"And when with envy Time, transported, seeks to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, and I'll go wooing in my boys.'" So said or sung the flighty Mrs. Tracy. It was as simple and innocent a quotation... | |
 | Bernard Burke - 1850 - 630 pages
...happily expressed by a poet of no great eminence — " And when with envy time transporte d, Shall seek to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I go wooing on my boys." It is possible, very possible, that half the hopes thus formed may disappoint... | |
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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... 
