 | 1856 - 754 halaman
...la. la. For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain ; Yet if rough Neptune rouse the wind To wave the azure main, Our paper, pen, and ink, and we, Koll up and down our ships at sea, With a fa, la, la, la, la. Then, if we write not by each post, Think... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1856 - 600 halaman
...la. " For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain ; Yet if rough Neptune rose the wind, To wave the azure main, Our paper, pen, and ink, and me, Boll up and down in ships at sea. With a fa, la, la, la, la." We have a vehement suspicion that... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 halaman
...la, la. For though the Muses shoxdd prove kind, And fill our empty brain ; Yet if rough Neptune rouse the wind, To wave the azure main, Our paper, pen, and ink, and we, Roll up and down in ships at sea. With a fa, la, la, la, la. Then if we write not by each post, Think not we are unkind... | |
 | Paul Hamilton Payne - 1858 - 584 halaman
...la, For though the Muses should prove kind And till our empty brain, Yet if rough Neptune rouse his wind To wave the azure Main, Our paper, pen and ink, and we Roll up and down our ship at sea, With a fa, dec. Then if we write not by each post, Think not we are unkind ; Nor yet conclude... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 362 halaman
...though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain; Yet if rough Neptune rouso the wind, t Our paper, pen, and ink, and we, Roll up and down our ships at sea. With a fa, &c. 3 Then if we write not by each post, Think not we are unkind; Nor yet... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 halaman
...Devonshire. I had been trying to write at the table in the ladies' cabin, but it was one of those days when " Our paper, pen and ink, and we Roll up and down our ships at sea." And all I could do was to take refuge in my berth, and endeavor to read, leaving the... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1861 - 526 halaman
...la, la. For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain ; Yet if rough Neptune rouse the wind, To wave the azure main, Our paper, pen, and ink, and we, Roll up and down our ships at sea. With a fa la, la, la, la. Then if we write not by each post, Think not we are unkind... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1861 - 552 halaman
...la, la. For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain ; Yet if rough Neptune rouse the wind, To wave the azure main, Our paper, pen, and ink, and we, Roll up and down our ships at sea. With a fa la, la, la, la. Then if we write not by each post, Think not we are unkind... | |
 | Charles Dibdin - 1863 - 366 halaman
...la, la. For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain, Yet if rough Neptune rouse the wind To wave the azure main, Our paper, pen and ink, and we, Roll up and down our ships at sea. With a fa, la, &c. Then if we write not by each post, Think not we are unkind ; Nor yet... | |
 | English poems - 1863 - 364 halaman
...1. 1. For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain ; Yet if rough Neptune rouse the wind, To wave the azure main, Our paper, pen, and ink, and we, Roll up and down our ships at sea. With a fa, &c. Then, if we write not by each post, Think not we are unkind ; Nor yet... | |
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Ladies now at land, We men at sea indite ; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write ; The muses, now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you. With a fa la, la, la, la. 
