 | 1884 - 812 sider
...the countryman smiled as the stranger spake, And sheepishly shook his head. " I hasten'd as soon аз the wedding was done, And left my wife in the porch ; But i' faith she had been wiser than I, For she took a bottle to church." ' ST. KEYNE, CORNWALL. VII. — THE TRIUMPHS OF... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1884 - 264 sider
...said ; but the Cornishman smiled as the stranger spake, and sheepishly shook his head. " I hastened as soon as the wedding was done, and left my wife in the porch ; but in truth she had been wiser than I, for she took a bottle to church !" BOBEET SOUTHKT.7 Now Words ln... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1884 - 634 sider
...Southey's humorous ballads, where the Cornishman confesses, — • " I hastened, as soon as the weddiug was done, And left my wife in the porch ; But, i' faith, she had been wiser than I, For she took a bottle to church." Cornishmen, apparently, never forgave St. Keyne... | |
 | 1885 - 544 sider
...said ; But the countryman smiled as the stranger spake, And sheepishly shook his head : " I hastened as soon as the wedding was done, And left my wife in the porch. But, i' faith, she had been wiser than me, For she took a bottle to church." ROBERT SOTJTHEY. CHEAP JACKS AND DEAR JACKS.... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1885 - 200 sider
...: But the Cornish-man smiled as the stranger spake, And sheepishly shook his head, — " I hastened as soon as the wedding was done, And left my wife in the porch ; But, i' faith ! she had been wiser than I, For she took a bottle to church ! " — Southey. 49.— ROUND LAND'S END. last lesson... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 sider
...said. But the countryman smiled as the stranger spake, And sheepishly shook his head. " I hastened, as soon as the wedding was done, And left my wife in the porch, But i' faith, she had been wiser than me, For she took a bottle to church." ROBERT SOUTHEY. SALLY SIMPKIN'S LAMENT. " He... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1887 - 424 sider
...the mastery thereby." — Fuller. Southey makes a discomfited husband tell the story who ends thus: " I hasten'd as soon as the wedding was done, And left my wife in the porch ; Bnt i'faith she had been wiser than me, For she took a bottle to church." St. Keyne not only thus... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1888 - 360 sider
...Cornish-man said : But the Cornish-man smiled as the Stranger spal^e, And sheepishly shook his head. " I hasten'd as soon as the wedding was done, And left my Wife in the porch ; But i' faith she had been wiser than me, A TRUE BALLAD OF ST. ANTIDIUS, THE POPE, AND THE DEVIL. IT is Antidius the Bishop... | |
 | Piscatorial Society - 1890 - 154 sider
...said ; But the Cornishmau smiled as the stranger spake, And sheepishly hung his head. " I hastened as soon as the wedding was done, And left my wife in the porch ; But i' faith she had been wiser than me, For she — took a bottle to church ! " The springs of Cheltenham, Tunbridge, Harrogate,... | |
 | Robert Charles Hope - 1893 - 264 sider
...Cornishman said : But the Cornishman smiled as the stranger spake, And sheepishly shook his head. " I hasten'd as soon as the wedding was done, And left my wife in the porch ; But i" faith she had been wiser than me, For she took a bottle to church." PELYNT: ST. NUN'S WELL. On the western side of... | |
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You drank of the well, I warrant, betimes?" He to the Cornishman said: But the Cornishman smiled as the stranger spake, And sheepishly shook his head. " I hasten'd as soon as the wedding was done, And left my wife in the porch; But i' faith she had been... 
