 | Percy Society - 1841 - 476 pagine
...such as Homer, the repetition of messages, &c. pleases on the same principle.] CCXXVII. O THAT I was where I would be, Then would I be where I am not ; But where I am I must be, And where I would be I can not. CCXXVIII. HERE am I, little jumping Joan ; When nobody's with me, I'm always alone. CCLXXIX.... | |
 | Percy Society - 1841 - 468 pagine
...such as Homer, the repetition of messages, &c. pleases on the same principle.] OCXXVII. O THAT I was where I would be, Then would I be where I am not ; But where I am I must be, And where I would be I can not. ccxxvm. HERE am I, little jumping Joan ; When nobody's with me, I'm always alone. CCLXXIX.... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1841 - 434 pagine
...messages, &c. pleases on the same principle.] Pint!) Claajf.— CCXXVII. O THAT I was where I would bo, Then would I be where I am not ; But where I am I must be, And where I would be I can not. CCXXVIII. HERE am I, little jumping Joan ; When nobody's with me, I'm always alone. CCLXXIX.... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1843 - 332 pagine
...repetition of messages, &c. pleases on the same principle.] NINTH CLASS— PARADOXES. CCLXXIII. 0 THAT I was where I would be, Then would I be where I am not ;...where I am I must be, And where I would be I cannot. CCLXXIV. IF all the world was apple-pie, And all the sea was ink ; And all the trees were bread and... | |
 | 1894 - 854 pagine
...Rathe-ripe, Rlbstone, Dumelow — Fruit, fruit of Devon : 1 think our apples taste not so. "Would then I were where I would be ! Then would I be where I am not ; For where I am I would not be, And where I would, cannot." With apple-pips On happy lips I sang it... | |
 | 1846 - 300 pagine
...the reason why ? He follows his nose where'er he goes, And that stands all awry. cci/v. O THAT I was where I would be, Then would I be where I am not!...where I am I must be, And where I would be I cannot. CCLVI. [The following was sung to the tune of Chevy Chace. It was taken from a poetical tale in the... | |
 | 1846 - 266 pagine
...the reason why ? He follows his nose where'er he goes, And that stands all awry. 253. 0 THAT I was where I would be, Then would I be where I am not !...where I am I must be, And where I would be I cannot. M' (137) 254. [The following was sung to the tune of Chevy Chace. It "was taken from a poetical tale... | |
 | Francis Edward Paget - 1856 - 248 pagine
...the common rule, and she can join, with all her heart, in the universal chorus, — " O that I was where I would be, Then would I be where I am not ! But where I am, there I must be, And where I would be, I cannot." Not that any of her friends, or indeed Mrs. Maugre... | |
 | Francis Edward Paget - 1858 - 254 pagine
...the common rule, and she can join, with all her heart, in the universal chorus, — " O that I was where I would be, Then would I be where I am not ! But where I am, there I must be, And where I would be, I cannot." Not that any of her friends, or indeed Mrs. Maugre... | |
 | Merry heart, Melville Gray - 1871 - 244 pagine
...! To put them out's the only way, Says honest John Boldero. PHILOSOPHIC REFLECTIONS. OH, that I was where I would be, Then would I be where I am not ; But where I am I must be, A RHYME FOR A LAZY FELLOW. You know that Monday is Sunday's brother, Tuesday is such another, Wednesday... | |
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O THAT I was where I would be, Then would I be where I am not ; But where I am I must be, And where I would be I can not. 
