 Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, At the head of a march to the last New Jerusalem.  Lippincott's Monthly Magazine - Pàgina 7261888Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1891 - 850 pàgines
...he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well,...At the head of a march to the last new Jerusalem. Six-and-twenty years later, in the fine lines addressed to George William Curtis, he dwells on his... | |
 | 1866 - 924 pàgines
...reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching. His lyre has some chords that wonld ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drum of tho shell, And rattle away till he's old as Mcthnsalem, At the head of'a march to tho last new Jerusalem."... | |
 | 1854 - 524 pàgines
...he will ne'er come nigh reaching, Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well,...At the head of a march to the last New Jerusalem." That " distinction 'twirt singing and preaching" is, indeed, verу commonly overlooked by poets and... | |
 | 1854 - 604 pàgines
...he will ne'er come nigh reaching, Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well,...At the head of a march to the last New Jerusalem. That "distinction 'twixt singing and preaching" is, indeed, very commonly overlooked by poets and poetasters... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 336 pàgines
...hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well,...shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, Don Juan, With the wickedness out that gave salt to the true " There goes Halleek. whose Fanny's a... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 328 pàgines
...he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd rather by half make a drunl of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, " There goes Halleek, whose Fanny's... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 330 pàgines
...some chords that would ring pretty well, Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singiirg and preaching; But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell, And rattle away till he's old as Methusalem, 14 There goes Halleck, whose Fanny's a pseudo Don Juan, With the wickedness out that gave salt to the... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1848 - 102 pàgines
...will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; His lyro has some chords that would ring pretty well, But he'd...At the head of a march to the last new Jerusalem. " There goeS Halleck, whose Fanny's a pseudo Don Juan. With the wickedness out that gave salt to the... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 330 pàgines
...he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singjf g and preaching ; His lyre has some chords that would ring pretty well,...At the head of a march to the last new Jerusalem. •' There goes Halleck, whose Fanny's a pseudo Don Juan, With the wickedness out that gave salt to... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 322 pàgines
...some chords that would ring pretty well, Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching ; But he'd rather by half make a drum of the shell,...At the head of a march to the last new Jerusalem. Don Juan, With the wickedness out that gave salt to the true k< There goes Halleck, whose Fanny's a... | |
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