Alternate ranged, extend in circling rows, Assume their seats, the solid mass attack ; The dry husks rustle and the corn-cobs crack ; The song, the laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor - Seite 22von Wayne E. Burton - 1867Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John S. Skinner, Editor - 1823 - 448 Seiten
...in circling rows, Assume their seuts, the solid mass attack ; The dry husks rustle and the corn cobs crack ; The song, the laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round. Meanwhile the house-wife urges all her care, The well earn'd feast to hasten and prepare. The sifted... | |
| Horace Smith - 1831 - 372 Seiten
...wall, Brown corn-fed nymphs, and strong hard-handed beaux, Alternate ranged, extend in circling rows, Assume their Seats, the solid mass attack, The dry...For each red ear, a general kiss he gains, With each smut-ear he soils the luckless swains ; But when to some sweet maid the prize is cast, Red as her lips,... | |
| Horace Smith - 1831 - 372 Seiten
...come ; A frolic scene, where work, and mirih, and play Unite their charms to chase the hours av.ay. Assume their seats, the solid mass attack, The dry...keeps so well : — For each red ear, a general kiss lie gains, With each smut-ear he soils the luckless swains ; But when to some sweet maid the prize... | |
| Horace Smith - 1831 - 386 Seiten
...wall, , Brown corn-fed nymphs, and strong hard-handed beaux, Alternate ranged, extend in circling rows, Assume their seats, the solid mass attack, The dry husks rustle, and the corn-cats crack," The song, tne'laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence... | |
| Horace Smith - 1832 - 382 Seiten
...Brown corn-fid nymphs, and strong hanl-handed beaux, Alternate ranged, extend in circling rows, E e 2 Assume their seats, the solid mass attack, The dry...For each red ear, a general kiss he gains, With each sjnut-earlie soils the luckless swains; But when to some sweet maid the prize is cast, Red as her lips,... | |
| Horace Smith - 1833 - 382 Seiten
...hard-handed beam. Alternate ranged, extend in circling WIVH, EeS Assume their seats, the solid inasw attack, The dry husks rustle, and the corn-cobs crack,*...For each red ear, a general kiss he gains, With each smut-ear he soils the luckless swains ; But when to some sweet maid the prize is cast, Red as her lips,... | |
| Horace Smith - 1836 - 372 Seiten
...Brown corn-fed nymphs, and strong hard-banded betox, Alienate ranged, extend in circling rows, • EeS Assume their seats, the solid mass attack, The dry...The song, the laugh, alternate notes resound, And toe sweet cider trips in silence round. The laws of Imsling every wight can tell, And sure no laws... | |
| Joel Barlow - 1838 - 24 Seiten
...wall, Brown, corn-fed nymphs, and strong hard-handed beaux, Alternate ranged, extend in circling rows, Assume their seats, the solid mass attack; The dry...silence round. The laws of husking every wight can tejl; And sure no laws he ever keeps so well: For each red ear a general kiss he gains, With each smut... | |
| 1839 - 584 Seiten
...wall, BrowD corn-fed nymphs, and strong hard-handed beaux, Alternate ranged, extend in circling rows, Assume their seats, the solid mass attack ; The dry husks rustle, and t lie corn-cobs crack ; The soBg, the laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 Seiten
...extend in cireling rows, [beaus, Assume their scats, the solid mass attack ; The dry husks rustie, and the corncobs crack ; The song, the laugh, alternate...each red ear a general kiss he gains, With each smut car he smuts the luckless swains ; 28 But when to some sweet maid a prize is cast, Red as her lips... | |
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