 Ay, she lies down lightly, She lies not down to weep: Your girl is well contented. Be still, my lad, and sleep. 'Is my friend hearty, Now I am thin and pine, And has he found to sleep in A better bed than mine?  The Bookman - Sivu 2331918Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | May Yates - 1922 - 132 sivua
...re-union. His widow marries a successful journalist, Reardon's one-time friend It is an old story : Is my friend hearty, Now I am thin and pine, And has...choose ; I cheer a dead man's sweetheart, Never ask me whose.f There are surprisingly few middle-aged or elderly women in Gissing's world ; only in The Odd... | |
 | 1923 - 492 sivua
...down lightly, She lies not down to weep: Your girl is well contented, Be still, my lad, and sleep. ' Is my friend hearty, Now. I am thin and pine, And...cheer a dead man's sweetheart, Never ask me whose. Finally, Housman is utterly unconventional in his attitude towards suicide which is the theme of half... | |
 | Clarence Edward Andrews, Milton Oswin Percival - 1924 - 624 sivua
...down lightly, She lies not down to weep : Your girl is well contented. Be still, my lad, and sleep. "Is my friend hearty, Now I am thin and pine, And...Yes, lad, I lie easy, I lie as lads would choose; T cheer a dead man's sweetheart, Never ask me whose. XXXIII If truth in hearts that perish Could move... | |
 | Jessie Belle Rittenhouse - 1924 - 308 sivua
...girl is well contented. Be still, my lad, and sleep. "Is my friend hearty, Now I am thin and pine, Yes, lad, I lie easy, I lie as lads would choose;...cheer a dead man's sweetheart, Never ask me whose. ERNEST RHYS 1859 WORDS WORDS, like fine flowers, have their colours too : What do you say to crimson... | |
 | Edwin Markham - 1927 - 378 sivua
...down lightly, She lies not down to weep: Your girl is well contented. Be still, my lad, and sleep. "Is my friend hearty, Now I am thin and pine; And...cheer a dead man's sweetheart, Never ask me whose. zA Look into Water OH, fair enough are sky and plain, But I know fairer far: Those are as beautiful... | |
 | Clarence Edward Andrews, Milton Oswin Percival - 1926 - 320 sivua
...down lightly, She lies not down to weep: Your girl is well contented. Be still, my lad, and sleep. " Is my friend hearty, Now I am thin and pine, And has...cheer a dead man's sweetheart, Never ask me whose. XXXIII If truth in hearts that perish Could move the powers on high, I think the love I bear you Should... | |
 | A. E. Housman - 1971 - 268 sivua
...down lightly, She lies not down to weep: Your girl is well contented. Be still, my lad, and sleep. 42 'Is my friend hearty, Now I am thin and pine, And...cheer a dead man's sweetheart, Never ask me whose. 43 XXVIII THE WELSH MARCHES High the vanes of Shrewsbury gleam Islanded in Severn stream ; The bridges... | |
 | David Daiches - 1969 - 356 sivua
...Hardy's "Ah, are you digging on my grave?") subdues the melodrama into a controlled but universal irony: Yes, lad, I lie easy, I lie as lads would choose;...cheer a dead man's sweetheart, Never ask me whose. This is wholly successful, whereas the concluding stanza of the ninth poem is not: There sleeps in... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 sivua
...Is my team ploughing, That I was used to drive And hear the harness jingle When I was man alive? 37 (XXVII) CMoP; EBW; LiTM; MoAB; MoBrPo; NoAM; NoP; OBD; OBEY; TrGrPo Loveliest of trees 38 Loveliest... | |
 | Alfred Edward Housman - 1994 - 196 sivua
...weep: Your girl is well contented. Be still, my lad, and sleep. 'Is my friend hearty, Now I am diin and pine, And has he found to sleep in A better bed...easy, I lie as lads would choose; I cheer a dead man's sweedieart, Never ask me whose. 28 The Welsh Marches18 High the vanes of Shrewsbury gleam Islanded... | |
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