 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1886 - 396 lehte
...tight, salubrious, and my own ; Two maids, that never saw the town, A serving man not quite a clown, A boy to help to tread the mow, And drive, while t'other holds the plough A chief, of temper formed to please, Fit to converse, and keep the keys; And better to preserve the peace, Commissioned... | |
 | John Cuthbertson - 1886 - 486 lehte
...enumeration of the desired possessions of a pleasing poet : — A serving man not quite a clown, A boy to help to tread the mow, And drive while tother holds the plough. — Matthew Green. Gaun. Going. Gaunt. To yawn. Gant, to yawn. — Halliwell. Se how he ganeth, lo... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1896 - 524 lehte
...tight, salubrious, and my own ; Two maids, that never saw the town, A serving-man not quite a clown, A boy to help to tread the mow, And drive, while t'other holds the plough; A chief, of temper formed to please, Fit to converse, and keep the keys ; And better to preserve the peace, Commission'd... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1906 - 628 lehte
...tight, salubrious, and my own ; Two maids, that never saw the town, A serving-man not quite a clown, A boy to help to tread the mow, And drive, while t'other holds the plough ; A chief, of temper formed to please, Fit to converse, and keep the keys ; And better to preserve the peace, Commission'd... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1909 - 632 lehte
...tight, salubrious, and my own ; Two maids, that never saw the town, A serving-man not quite a clown, A boy to help to tread the mow, And drive, while t'other holds the plough ; A chief, of temper formed to please, Fit to converse, and keep the keys ; And better to preserve the peace, Commission'd... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - 1918 - 422 lehte
...tight, salubrious, and my own; Two maids, that never saw the town, A serving-man not quite a clown, A boy to help to tread the mow, And drive, while t'other holds the plough; A chief, of temper formed to please, Fit to converse, and keep the keys; And better to preserve the peace, Commissioned... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 lehte
...tight, salubrious, and my own ; Two maids, that never saw the town ; A serving-man not quite a clown ; A boy to help to tread the mow, And drive, while t'other holds the plough; A chief of temper form'd to please, Fit to converse, and keep the keys, And better to preserve the peace, Commission'd by the name... | |
 | C. E. de Haas - 1928 - 322 lehte
...tight, salubrious, and my own: Two maids, that never saw the town, A serving-man not quite a clown, A boy to help to tread the mow. And drive, while t'other holds the plough: A chief, of temper form'd to please, Fit to converse, and keep the keys; And better to preserve the peace, Commission'd by the name... | |
 | C. E. de Haas - 1928 - 334 lehte
...tight, salubrious, and my own: Two maids, that never saw the town, A serving-man not quite a clown, A boy to help to tread the mow, And drive, while t'other holds the plough; A chief, of temper form'd to please. Fit to converse, and keep the keys; And better to preserve the peace, Commission' d by the... | |
 | Raymond Williams - 1975 - 356 lehte
...tight, salubrious and my own: Two maids, that never saw the town, A serving man not quite a clown, A boy to help to tread the mow, And drive, while t'other holds the plough. . . . When economic reality returns, it is again absorbed into the natural vision: And may my humble... | |
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Annuity securely made, A farm some twenty miles from town, Small, tight, salubrious, and my own: Two maids, that never saw the town, A... 
