Too sad for belief, but, alas ! 'twas too true, Whose husband refused, as savage as Charon, To permit her to take more than ten trunks to Sharon. The consequence was, that when she got there, At the end of three weeks she had nothing to wear; And when... Titan - Page 6331858Full view - About this book
| William Allen Butler - 1857 - 70 pages
...diamonds By their wives and their daughters, and leave them for days Unsupplied with new jewelry, fans, or Even laugh at their miseries whenever they have a...to Sharon. The consequence was, that when she got At the end of three weeks she had nothing to wear, And when she proposed to finish the season At Newport,... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 642 pages
...for diamonds By their wives and their daughters, and leave them for days Unsupplied with new jewelry, fans, or bouquets, Even laugh at their miseries whenever...The consequence was, that when she got there, At the end of three weeks she had nothing to wear, And when she proposed to finish the season At Newport,... | |
| Fraternal organizations - 1858 - 546 pages
...sable ; Another confined to the house when it's windier Than usual, becanse her shawl isn't India. One case of a bride was brought to my view, Too sad...The consequence was, that when she got there, At the end of three weeks, she had nothing to wear ; And when she proposed to finish the season At Newport,... | |
| William Allen Butler - American poetry - 1862 - 76 pages
...daughters, and leave them for days Unsupplied with new jewelry, fans, or bouquets, Nothing to Wear. 57 Even laugh at their miseries whenever they have a...savage as Charon, To ' permit her to take more than tev trunks to Sharon. The consequence was, that when she got there, 58 Nothing to Wear. At the end... | |
| Humorous poetry - 1867 - 532 pages
...for diamonds By their wives and their daughters, and leave them for days Unsupplied with new jewelry, fans, or bouquets ; Even laugh at their miseries whenever...The consequence was, that when she got there, At the end of three weeks she had nothing to wear; And when she proposed to finish the season For his infamous... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - American poetry - 1868 - 710 pages
...wives and their daughters, and leave them for days Unsupplied with new jewelry, fans, or towjuett, Even laugh at their miseries whenever they have a...The consequence was, that when she got there, At the end of three weeks she had nothing to wear; And when she proposed to finish the season At Newport,... | |
| William Allen Butler - American poetry - 1871 - 284 pages
...for diamonds By their wives and their daughters, and leave them for days Unsupplied with new jewelry, fans, or bouquets, Even laugh at their miseries whenever...chance, And deride their demands as useless extravagance ; 6 One case of a bride was brought to my view, Too sad for belief, but, alas ! 't was too true, Whose... | |
| George Manville Fenn - Wit and humor - 1899 - 534 pages
...for diamonds By their wives and their daughters, and leave them for days Unsupplied with new jewelry, fans, or bouquets; Even laugh at their miseries whenever...view. Too sad for belief, but, alas! 'twas too true, Whoso husband refused, as savage as Charon, To permit her to take more than ten trunks to Sharon. The... | |
| George Manville Fenn - Wit and humor - 1899 - 548 pages
...diamonds By their wives and their daughters, and leave them, for days Unsupplied with new jewelry, fans, or bouquets ; Even laugh at their miseries whenever they have a chance, And deride their demanda as useless extravagance. One case of a bride was brought to my view, Too sad for belief, but,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...for diamonds By their wives and their daughters, and leave them for days Unsupplied with new jewelry, fans, or bouquets. Even laugh at their miseries whenever...brought to my view, Too sad for belief, but, alas ! 't was too true, Whose husband refused, as savage as Charon, To permit her to take more than ten... | |
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