 My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, "It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife...  Child Life: A Collection of Poems - Page 240edited by - 1872 - 263 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Chambers - Children's poetry - 1851 - 200 pages
...ready wit, My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat,...well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John, it is my wedding day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1852 - 466 pages
...ready wit. My head is twice as hig as yours, They therefore needs must fit. Hut let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungery case. Said John, It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at... | |
 | Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1922 - 380 pages
...wit — "My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat,...you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, "It is my wedding day; And all the world would stare If wife should dine at Edmonton, So turning to his horse,... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 pages
...— My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit (2). But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat,...turning to his horse, he said — I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. (1) II manganaro lietissimo di... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - American literature - 1926 - 1744 pages
...wit — My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt ay Margret Walkt ower yon graveld green, And sad and...this twa between. "A bed, a bed," Clark Sanders said, 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah, luckless speech, and bootless... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - English poetry - 1926 - 744 pages
...wit, — My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat,...turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine. Ah, luckless speech, and bootless... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - American literature - 1926 - 1746 pages
...wit — My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Said John — It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton... | |
 | Melvin Everett Haggerty - American literature - 1927 - 586 pages
...wit : "My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. " But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat,...may Be in a hungry case." Said John — "It is my wedding day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware."... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...yours, They therefore needs must fit. 'But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; 190 And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case.' Says John — ' It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton,... | |
 | Education - 1918 - 684 pages
...Ware? Ch. (A child reads stanzas 51 and 52.) IV The Return Ride from Ware — Stanzas 50-63, beginning: "So turning to his horse he said, 'I am in haste to dine; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine.'" Possible stops: "The BelL" Road.... | |
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