 I'm not a single man. Upon your cheek I may not speak, Nor on your lip be warm, I must be wise about your eyes, And formal with your form; Of all that sort of thing, in short, On TH Bayly's plan, I must not twine a single line — I'm not a single man.  The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist - Page 3381848Full view - About this book
 | 1831 - 298 pages
...her eyes are like the skies, So very blue and bright, — / must not say that she has eyes, Or if I so began, I have my fears about my ears, — I'm not a single man ! I must confess I did not guess A simple marriage vow, Would make me find all women-kind Such unkind... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English wit and humor - 1831 - 304 pages
...her eyes are like the skies, So very blue and bright^— / must not say that she has eyes, Or if I so began, I have my fears about my ears,— I'm not a single man ! I must confess I did not guess A simple marriage vow, Would make me find all women-kind Such unkind... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1839 - 450 pages
...her eyes are like the skies, So very blue and bright, — / must not say that she has eyes Or if I so began, I have my fears about my ears, — I'm not a single man ! XIV. I must confess I did not guess A simple marriage von-, Would make me find all women-kind Such... | |
 | Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...unwed, with little head May eke it out with heart, And m their lays it often plays . A rare first fiddle part. They make a kiss to rhyme with bliss, But if...eyes, And formal with your form ; Of all that sort of thins, in short, On TH Bayly's plan, I must not twine a single lino — I'm not a single man. " A watchman's... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 pages
...her eyes are like the skies, So very blue and bright, — / must not say that she has fytf, Or if I so began, I have my fears about my ears, — I'm not a single man ! I must confess I did not guess Л simple marriage vow, Would make me find all womenkind Such unkind... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English wit and humor - 1846 - 590 pages
...her eyes are like the skied. So very blue and bright, — 7 must not say that she has eyei Or if I so began, I have my fears about my ears, — I'm not a single man ! XIV. I must confess I did not guess A simple marriage vow, Would make me find all women-kind Such... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1848 - 564 pages
...their lays it often plays A rare first-fiddle part. They make a kiss to rhyme with bliss, But if I so began, I have my fears about my ears I'm not a...eyes, And formal with your form. Of all that sort of thing in short, On TH Bayley's plan, I must not twine one single line I'm not a single man. A watchman's... | |
 | John Doran - 1854 - 442 pages
...as, were I to join in the ecstatic laudation of the grave Dutchman, — why, to use Hood's words, " I have my fears about my ears, I'm not a single man ! " Let us now turn from English fashions to French incidents. Some years ago, the summer evening habitues... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English wit and humor - 1855 - 590 pages
...must not say that she has eyf* Is purest red and white— May say her eyes are like the skie*. Or if I so began, I have my fears about my ears,— I'm not a single man ! XIV. I must confess I did not guess A simple marriage vow, Would make me find all women-kind Such... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - Costume - 1855 - 428 pages
...as, were I to join in the ecstatic laudation of the grave Dutchman, why, to use Hood's words, '• I have my fears about my ears, I'm not a single man!" Let us now turn from English fashions to French incidents. Some years ago, the summer evening habitues... | |
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