 Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place : The whitewashed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers...  The Fifth Progressive Reader - Seite 278von Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1809 - 402 Seiten
...chest contriv'da doulile debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of draw'rs by day; The pictures plae'd for ornament and use. The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when winter chillM the iKy, With aspen boughs, aud fluw'rs, and fennel say, While broken tea-cups, wisely kept... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 Seiten
...chest, contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose; The hearth, except when winter chill'd the 'day, With aspen boughs-, and flow'rs, and fennel, gay; While broken tea-cups, wisely kept... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 Seiten
...chest, contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when winter chill'd the day, With aspen boughs, and flow'rs, and fennel gay, While broken tea-cups, wisely kept... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 Seiten
...ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose; The hearth, except when winter chill'd the day, With aspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel, gay; While broken tea-cups, wisely kept for show, Rang'd o'er the chimney, glisten'd in a row. Vain transitory splendours... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 Seiten
...chest contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when winter chill'd the day, With aspin boughs, and flowers and fennel gay> While broken teacups, wisely kept for... | |
 | 1814 - 310 Seiten
...behind the door, The chest, contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day : The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve...royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when winter chill 'd the day, With aspenjwughs, and flowers, and fennel gay, While broken tea-cups, wisely kept... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 Seiten
...chest, contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose; The hearth, except when winter chill'd the day, With aspen boughs, and flow'rs, and fennel gay ; While broken tea-cups, wisely kept... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 Seiten
...chest, contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose j The hearth, except when winter chill'd the day, With aspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay~;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 Seiten
...chest contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose; The hearth, except when winter chill'd the day, With aspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel, gay, While broken tea-cups, wisely kept... | |
 | 1842 - 850 Seiten
...behind the door — The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a cheat of drawers by day. The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve...royal game of goose: The hearth, except when winter cbill'd the day, With aspen boughs and flowers and fennel g«y, While broken tea-cups, wisely kept... | |
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