 | Thomas Hood - 1881 - 330 halaman
...Heaven never heard his cry, nor did The ocean heed his caul, FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY. A PATHETIC BALLAD. BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms...only pegs: But there's as wooden members quite As represent my legs l * Now Ben he loved a pretty maid, Her name was Nelly Gray; So he went to pay her... | |
 | Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 halaman
...thy sheaf adown and come, Share my harvest and my home. From BEN BATTLE. [Last verse mis-sorted. ] Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms...here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot " I . . Now Ben he loved a pretty maid, Her name was Nelly Gray, So he went to pay her his devours,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1881 - 482 halaman
...profitable hubbub miss, Or be it " Mathews, Elephant, and Co. !' FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY. A PATHETIC EALLAD. L BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold. And used to war's alarms...cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms ! ir. Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg,... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 halaman
...were bother'd, I'm sure, by this Irishman. WILLIAM MAODTÏ. FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY. A PATHETIC BALLAD. 4 4 4 hie legs, So he laid down his arme ! Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others shoot,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1882 - 476 halaman
...teach, But wears a floury head, and talks in flow'ry speech ! FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY. A PATHETIC BALLAD. BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms...army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he,—" They're only pegs : Now Ben he loved a pretty maid, Her name was Nelly Gray ; So he went to pay her his devours. When... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 halaman
...thy graces ; And in thy borders take delight, An unconquered Canaanite. CHARLES LAMB. Xclln ©rag. BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms...foot." The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, " They 're only pegs ; But there 's as wooden members quite, As represent my legs." Now Ben he loved... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 halaman
...: The jilt ! but I can live, So I have my cigar. FAITHLESS XELLY GHAT. N BATTLE was a soldier hold, And used to war's alarms: But a cannon-ball took off...off the field, Said he, " Let others shoot, For here 1 leave my second le And the Forty-second Foot g, !" The army surgeons made him limbs: Said he, " They're... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1882 - 558 halaman
...-with remarkable adroitness. A characteristic piece of this nature is II.— Faithless Nelly Gray. 1. Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms...cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. 2. Now, as they bore him off the field, Said he, "Let others shoot; For here I leave my second leg,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1882 - 418 halaman
...bold, And used to war's alarms : But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms ! II. Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, "Let...here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot ! " Tri* army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — "They're only pegs : But there's as wooden members... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 halaman
...poor and needy of earth are rich In the perfect love of God. FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY. THOMAS HOOD. 'EN BATTLE was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms...the field, Said he, " Let others shoot ; For here I have my second leg. And the Forty-second Foot." 406 JOHN MAYNARD. The army-surgeons made him limbs... | |
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Ben. Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, "Let others shoot; For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot. 
