'Good-bye, sweetheart!' 3 vols, Volume 21872 |
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Page 43 - Thee sleeping, holy thing, Wild winds would soon be dumb. " ' I kiss Thy hands, I kiss Thy feet, My King, so long desired ; Thy hands shall never be soiled, my sweet, Thy feet shall never be tired. " ' For thou art the King of men, my Son ! Thy crown I see it plain, And men shall worship Thee, every one, And cry Glory ! Amen !' " Babe Jesus opened his eyes so wide At Mary looked her Lord ; And Mary stinted her song and sighed, Babe Jesus said never a word.
Page 74 - It entails fearful exertion, and feelings verging on apoplexy ; but he is rewarded by the plaudits of his fellows. Having unhorsed Major Webster, and sent that gallant officer rolling on the oak-floor, to the great benefit of his dress-clothes, the cortege retires, amid laughter and well-deserved hisses. " How good for the knees of his trousers ! " says Paul, who, with a mind relieved from the apprehension of seeing Lenore in some grotesquely affectionate or affectionately grotesque attitude with...
Page 12 - Can it read?" (with an air of surprise). "I should have thought it had not got beyond B — a, ba, B — e, be,. B— i, bi, B — o, bo, B— u, bu— " " Lenore," says Paul, very gravely, " however you may choose to ignore the fact, you know, as well as I do, that Scrope is a grown man, and a disgustingly good-looking one. Swear to me to be as little alone with him as possible — swear to me not to flirt with him ! " " Make me swear not to give him a pop-gun, or play ' tip-cat ' with him ! It...
Page 246 - Bobby is leaning against her knee, while in the corner• — why such peculiar ignominy should attach to the corners of a room tradition saith not — stands Tommy, committing to memory these soothing lines — " Now if I fight And scratch and bite, In passions fall And bad names call, Full well I know Where I shall go.
Page 255 - ... bestows My food and clothes, And my soft bed To rest my head, And cottage neat, And mother sweet. And should not I For ever try To do what, he Has ordered me, And dearly love This Friend above ? I always should Be very good : At home, should mind My parents kind ; At school, obey What teachers say. Now, if I fight, And scratch and bite. In passions fall, And bad names call, Full well I know Where I shall go.
Page 17 - Good or bad," says Paul, with a promising forestalling of marital authority in his voice, " I shall be very much obliged if you will not repeat it while I am away, Lenore." For a moment she looks mutinous ; then, at the sight of the green sea, the steamers, and the thoughts that both suggest, melts utterly. " I will not — I will not ! " she cries, eagerly. " Do you think I shall have tune for jokes ? I shall spend all my days and all my nights in trying to be a really nice girl by the time you...
Page 40 - Dew-drops are the gems of morning, But the tears of mournful eve ! Where no hope is, life's a warning That only serves to make us grieve, When we are old: That only serves to make us grieve With oft and tedious taking-leave, Like some poor nigh-related guest, That may not rudely be dismist; Yet hath outstayed his welcome while, And tells the jest without the smile.