 The careless dogs'-ears apt to deck My book and collar both ! How can this formal man be styled Merely an Alexandrine child, A boy of larger growth ? Oh for that small, small beer anew ! And (heaven's own type) that mild sky-blue...  Poems - Page 133by Thomas Hood - 1847 - 229 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Books - 1826 - 570 pages
...trowsers made of corduroy, Well inked with black and red ; — The erownless hat, — ne'er deemed an ill, — It only let the sunshine still Repose upon my head ! Oh for the ribbon round the neck ! The careless dog's-ears apt to deck My book and collar both !... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English literature - 1827 - 180 pages
...ease my heart to know That change resides in me ! O, for the garb that mark'd the boy, The trowsers made of corduroy, Well ink'd with black and red ;...! O, for the riband round the neck ! The careless dog's ears apt to deck My book and collar both ! How can this formal man be styled Merely an Alexandrine... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - Gift books - 1827 - 486 pages
...trowsers made of corduroy, Well inked with black and red ; — The crownless hat, — ne'er deemed an ill, — It only let the sunshine still Repose upon my head ! Oh for the ribbon round the neck ! The careless dog's -ears apt to deck My book and collar both !... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1829 - 424 pages
...boy, The trowsers made of corduroy, Well inked with black or red ; The crownless hat, ne'er deemed an ill, — It only let the sunshine still Repose upon my head ! Oh, for the ribbon round the neck ! The careless dog's-ears apt to deck My book and collar both !... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - English poetry - 1829 - 476 pages
...boy, The trowsers made of corduroy, Well inked with black or red ; The crownless hat, ne'er deemed an ill, — It only let the sunshine still Repose upon my head ! Oh, for the ribbon round the neck ! The careless dog's-ears apt to deck My book and collar both !... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...my heart to know That change resides in me ! Oil, for the garb that mark'd the boy — The trowsers made of corduroy, Well ink'd with black and red ;...deem'd an ill — It only let the sunshine still Repose npon my head I My book and collar both ! How can this formal man be styled Merely an Alexandrine child,... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...ease my heart to know That change resides in me ! Oh for the garb that mark'd the boy — The trowsers made of corduroy, Well ink'd with black and red ;...It only let the sunshine still Repose upon my head ! Oh for the ribbon round the neck ! The careless dog's-ears apt to deck My book and collar both !... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Almanacs - 1834 - 432 pages
...my heart to know That change resides in me ! Oh, for the garb that mark'd the boy — The trowsers made of corduroy, Well ink'd with black and red ;...It only let the sunshine .still Repose upon my head ! Oh, for the riband round the neck ! The careless dogs' ears apt to deck My book and collar both !... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Almanacs - 1834 - 440 pages
...my heart to know That change resides in me ! Oh, for the garb that mark'd the boy — The trowsers made of corduroy, Well ink'd with black and red ;...It only let the sunshine still Repose upon my head ! Oh, for the riband round the neck ! The careless dogs' ears apt to deck My book and collar both !... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Almanacs - 1834 - 440 pages
...garb that mark'd the boy — The trowsers made of corduroy, Well ink'd with black and red j •— The crownless hat — ne'er deem'd an ill, — It only let the sunshine still Repose upon my head ! Oh, for the riband round the necU! The careless dogs' ears apt to deck My book and collar both !... | |
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