 I wrote some lines once on a time In wondrous merry mood, And thought, as usual, men would say They were exceeding good. " They were so queer, so very queer, I laughed as I would die; Albeit, in the general way, A sober man am I. " I called my servant,...  The Yale Literary Magazine - Page 1201837Full view - About this book
 | 1830 - 308 pages
...death — The fatal sign — Still, still shall echo, with my parting breath, ' For ever thine ! ' THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS. I WROTE some lines once...laughed as I would die, Albeit in the general way I called my servant, and he came — How kind, it was of him To mind a little man like me, He of the... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 pages
...Of all my earthly stitches, This aching heart shall cease to mourn My loved, my long-lost breeches ! THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS. I wrote some lines once...laughed as I would die ; Albeit, in the general way, A sobeT man am I. I called my servant, and he came ; How kind it was of him, To mind a slender man like... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 pages
...Of all my earthly stitches, This aching heart shall cease to mourn My loved, my long-lost breeches ! THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS. I wrote some lines once...wondrous merry mood, And thought, as usual, men would sa They were exceeding good. They were so queer, so very queer, I laughed as I would die ; Albeit,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - 340 pages
...heart shall cease to mourn My loved, my long-lost breeches ! THE HEIGHT OF THE EIDICULOUS. I WEOTE some lines once on a time In wondrous merry mood,...die ; Albeit, in the general way, A sober man am I. 210 I called my servant, and he came ; How kind it was of him, To mind a slender man lite me, He of... | |
 | 1853 - 458 pages
...the second ark ! The Press ! the Press ! the Press ! XXVI.— THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS. O. -W. HO I WROTE some lines once on a time In wondrous merry...; Albeit, in the general way, A sober man am I. I call'd my servant, and he came ; How kind it was of him, To mind a slender man like me, He of the mighty... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...IIEIGHT OF THE KIDICULOUS. I WROTE some lines once on a time In wondrous mcrry mood, And thought, äs usual, men would say They were exceeding good. They were so queer, so very queer, I laughed äs I would die; Albeit, in the general way, A sober man am I. l called tny servnnt, and he came; How... | |
 | James Parton - 1856 - 720 pages
...chance, we had better MISCELLANEOUS. 67 THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS. OLITER WENDELL ROLMES. I WROTE gome lines, once on a time, In wondrous merry mood, And...would die ; Albeit, in the general way, A sober man am L I called my servant, and he came ; How land it was of him, To mind a slender man like me, He of the... | |
 | James Parton - 1856 - 700 pages
...some day, And, just for the chance, we had better THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS, OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, I WROTE some lines, once on a time, In wondrous merry mood, And thought, as usual, men would saj They were exceeding good. They were so queer, so very queer, I laughed as I would die; Albeit,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 pages
...caunot make a speech, Because yon are a flat, Go very quietly and drop A bntton in the hat ! THE HEKiHT OF THE RIDICULOUS. I wrote some lines once on a time In wondrous merry mood, And thought, as u«unl, men would say They were exceeding good. They were so trace1, so very qneer, I laughed as I... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pages
...happy had it been ! And Heaven had spared to me To see one sad, ungather'd rose On my ancestral tree. THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS. I wrote some lines once...wondrous merry mood, And thought, as usual, men would Bty They were exceeding good. They were so queer, so very queer, I laugh'd as I would die ; Albeit,... | |
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