 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
 | 1871 - 314 pages
...everywhere. Sir, 't was all one ! My favor at her breast, The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bongh of cherries some officious fool Broke in the orchard...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... | |
 | Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 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...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 - 1874 - 372 pages
...whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, 't was all one ! My favour 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... | |
 | American poetry - 1881 - 520 pages
...her looks went everywhere. Sir, 't was all one ! My favor at her breast, 84 OUR POETICAL FAVORITES. 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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1883 - 544 pages
...whate'er She look'd 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... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1884 - 308 pages
...whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, 't was all one ! My favour 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... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1884 - 308 pages
...whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, 't was all one ! My favour 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... | |
 | Robert Browning - English poetry - 1886 - 344 pages
...whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, 'twas all one I My favor at her breast, The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough...at least. She thanked men, — good ! but thanked Somehow — l know not how — as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name With anybody's... | |
 | Robert Browning, Hiram Corson - 1886 - 400 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... | |
 | Arthur Symons - 1886 - 232 pages
...whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, 't was all one ! My favour 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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