Another Imitation Of Anacreon (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
PRONE, on my couch I calmly sleptAgainst my wont. A little childAwoke me as he gently creptAnd beat my door. ...
PRONE, on my couch I calmly sleptAgainst my wont. A little childAwoke me as he gently creptAnd beat my door. ...
LOVE used to carry a bow, you know,But now he carries a taper;It is either a length of wax aglow,Or ...
My father had a daughter got a man,As it might be, perhaps, were I good-looking,I should, your lordship.And what's her ...
It's my shout this time, boys, so come along and breast the ...
Now Sym was a Glug; and 'tis mentioned soThat the tale reads perfectly plain as we go. In his veins ...
(Aetat Six)Now every night we light the grateAnd I sit up till _really_ late;My Father sits upon the right,My Mother ...
I'll sing you a new ballad, and I'll warrant it first-rate,Of the days of that old gentleman who had that ...
A rider from the Two-Bar come with news from off the range:He said he's seen a dust cloud that looked ...
By gar! I tell-a you, t'ings don't stop Since da war he come wit' a rush,When Nicko, da boss at ...
Wait till your Pa comes home! Oh, dear!What a dreadful threat for a boy to hear.Yet never a boy of ...
Aha! a traitor in the camp, A rebel strangely bold,—A lisping, laughing, toddling scamp, Not more than four years old!To ...
With mind indifferent, things I easy take; In every dance I prompt appearance make:-- Then, when the sun is at ...
I've a black cat here in camp,As black as black can be,As bright-eyed, roguish scampAs ever you did see.I carried ...
So you're writing for a paper? Well, it's nothing very new To be writing yards of drivel for a tidy ...
You almost heard the surface bake, and saw the gum-leaves turn -- You could have watched the grass scorch brown ...
A great and glorious thing it is To learn, for seven years or so, The Lord knows what of that ...
Aha! a traitor in the camp, A rebel strangely bold,-- A lisping, laughing, toddling scamp, Not more than four years ...
What conversazzhyonies wuz I really did not know, For that, you must remember, wuz a powerful spell ago; The camp ...
PRONE, on my couch I calmly slept Against my wont. A little child Awoke me as he gently crept And ...
Little brown baby wif spa'klin' eyes, Come to yo' pappy an' set on his knee. What you been doin', suh ...
Lord, I'm grey, my face is run, But by old Harry, I've had my fun; And all about, I seem ...
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