My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Poems - Sivu 239tekijä(t) William Cowper - 1853Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 sivua
...behind, A hat not much the worse lor wear, Each comely in its kind. Ho held them up. and in his tnrn Thus show'd his ready wit : " My head is twice as...hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John — " It is my wedding-day, And all the \vorld would stare If wife... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1909 - 428 sivua
...not much the worse for wear, Each comely in its kind. 185 He held them up and in his turn Thus showed his ready wit: "My head is twice as big as yours,...therefore, needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away 190 That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John,... | |
| Claude Moore Fuess, Henry Nichols Sanborn - 1909 - 324 sivua
...friend in merry pin,0 Return'd him not a single word, But to the house went in; 180 Whence straight he came with hat and wig; A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, He held them up, and in his turn 185 Thus show'd his ready wit, " My head is twice as big as yours,... | |
| 1910 - 540 sivua
...not much the worse for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus showed his ready wit, ' My head is twice as big as yours,...hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case.' Said John, ' It is my wedding day, And all the world would stare, * If wife... | |
| 1910 - 524 sivua
...single word, But to the house went in; Whence straight he came with hat and wig; A wig that flowed behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, Each comely...in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus showed his ready wit, ' My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. ' But let... | |
| 1910 - 298 sivua
...single word, But to the house went in; Whence straight he came with hat and wig; A wig that flowed behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, Each comely...in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus showed his ready wit, 'My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. ' But let me... | |
| Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - 1914 - 334 sivua
...that flowed behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, He held them up, and in his turn m Thus showed his ready wit, " My head is twice as big as yours,...me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; 1«0 And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, "It is my wedding day; And... | |
| Emilie Kip Baker - 1915 - 232 sivua
...His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a single word, , But to the house went in ; Whence straight he came, with hat and wig, A wig that flow'd behind;...hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, "It is my wedding day, And all the world would stare, If wife... | |
| Ella Flagg Young, Walter Taylor Field - 1915 - 392 sivua
...not much the worse for wear, Each comely in its kind. ao He held them up, and in his turn Thus showed his ready wit : " My head is twice as big as yours,...hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." 5 Said John, "It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife... | |
| Burton Egbert Stevenson - 1915 - 568 sivua
...not much the worse for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus showed his ready wit, "My head is twice as big as yours,...hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, "It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife... | |
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