 The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough of cherries some officious fool Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule She rode with round the terrace all and each Would draw from her alike the approving speech, Or blush, at least.  English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) - Page 546by John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 792 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Helen Archibald Clarke - English poetry - 1907 - 450 pages
...whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, 't was all one! My favor at her breast, The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough...blush, at least. She thanked men, — good! but thanked Somehow — I know not how — as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name With anybody's... | |
 | Katherine Jewell Everts - Elocution - 1908 - 238 pages
...whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, 'twas all one! My favor at her breast, The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough...blush, at least. She thanked men, — good! but thanked Somehow — I know not how — as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name With anybody's... | |
 | Samuel Swayze Seward - American poetry - 1909 - 542 pages
...whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, 'twas all one! My favor at her breast, The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough...at least. She thanked men, — good ! but thanked Somehow — I know not how — as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name With anybody's... | |
 | Frank Morton McMurry - Study skill - 1909 - 344 pages
...whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, 't was all one! My favor at her breast, The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough...blush, at least. She thanked men, — good! but thanked Somehow — I know not how — as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name With anybody's... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1909 - 290 pages
...whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, 'twas all one ! My favour at her breast, The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough...blush, at least. She thanked men, — good! but thanked Somehow — I know not how — as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name With anybody's... | |
 | Anna Morgan - Oratory - 1909 - 400 pages
...whate'er she looked on, and her looks went — everywhere. Sir, 't was all one ! My favor at her breast, the dropping of the daylight in the West, the bough...speech, or blush, at least. She thanked men, — good! [that is, "I regard it proper that she should "] but — thanked — somehow [pivot] — I know not... | |
 | Henry Churchill King - Friendship - 1909 - 190 pages
...whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere, Sir, 'twas all one! My favor at her breast, The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough...her alike the approving speech, Or blush, at least." Browning's Duchess shows that this demand for depth of personality means something more and other than... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1909 - 206 pages
...looks went everywhere. Sir, 'twas all one ! My favor at her breast, The dropping of the daylight jn the West', The bough of cherries some officious fool...at least. She thanked men, — good ! but thanked Somehow — I know not how — as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name With anybody's... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1909 - 266 pages
...whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, 't was all one I My favor at her breast, 25 20 The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough...each Would draw from her alike the approving speech, 30 Or blush, at least. She thanked men, — good! but thanked Somehow — I know not how — as if... | |
 | American poetry - 1910 - 532 pages
...whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, 'twas all one ! My favor at her breast, The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough...at least. She thanked men, — good ! but thanked Somehow — I know not how — as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name With anybody's... | |
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