PoemsW. J. Johnson, 1872 - 242 pages |
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battle beautiful Bill to indemnify BIRTHDAY VERSES brave Bride Bridport bright bright eyes Britain's brother Castle Charles Charles Grant dame Danish Raven daughter dear Devon e'er East Indiaman England Erskine Park fair fame Father fear flashing foes friends gainst gallant Governor Gipps green hail hand happy and hearty Harpocrates head heart Heaven heaving sea Merry Hebe Heigh hoky poky Hubba Hunga Indemnity Gipps Jack Jack-ass Jove King Leo's Lethbridge light lines little blood hack little gray cob Lord loud Merry and happy morning mother Muse ne'er neath Neptune night o'er Odin play praise Puff Queen Bess rhyme round sail scarce scene seen seven-league boots shine sing smile song Spanish Armada sparkling steed sweet sword tell Templer thee thine thou thought Tilburina Tilbury Fort twas wave Whilst Whiskerandos wind youth
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Page 24 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green...
Page 17 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 236 - That oft, like comrades sworn, we prest In pleasure's train together. And some, who at thy call would wake, Hath Friendship long been weeping ; A shriller note than thine, must break Their deep and dreamless sleeping. I too the fading wreath resign, (For friends and fame are fleeting), Around his bolder brow to twine, Where younger blood is beating. Henceforth be mute my treasured horn. Since time hath marred thy beauty, And I, like thee, by toil am worn : We both have done our duty.
Page 235 - Thy wavering notes of pleasure ; Now, miser-like, alone I gaze On thee, — a useless treasure. ' Some hearts may prize thy music still, But ah ! how changed the story, Since first Devonia felt the thrill That roused her sporting glory !
Page 235 - But ah ! how changed the story, Since first Devonia felt the thrill That roused her sporting glory ! ' Grace still in every vale abounds, But one dear charm is wanting ; No more I hear my gallant hounds In chorus blithely chanting.
Page 236 - Yet one dear charm is wanting— No more I hear my gallant hounds In chorus blithely chaunting. And there my steed has found a rest, Beneath the mountain heather, That oft, like comrades sworn, we prest In pleasure's train together.
Page 190 - The Spanish Fleet you cannot see because It is not yet in sight.
Page 230 - Fleet just a year since, on the 30th of January, 1868. He entered the navy in November 1793, at the mature...