 Nell Barnes was bad on all you men, Unclean, a thief as well; Yet all my life I have not found A better friend than Nell. 'So I sat at her side at last, For hours, till she was dead; And yet she had no sense at all Of any word I said. 'For all her cry...  Georgian Poetry, 1913-1915 - Pagina 731916 - 242 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1913 - 536 pagine
...Kate Summers who, for gold, Takes any man to bed : " You knew my friend, Nell Barnes," said she ; " You knew Nell Barnes — she's dead. " Nell Barnes...that bird of paradise, Perched on the bedpost there ! ' " 421 I I. "THE WITCH" DON'T know how she came into the room — I didn't see her broom ; The two... | |
 | William Henry Davies - 1914 - 100 pagine
...hours, till she was dead ; And yet she had no sense at all Of any word I said. 86 The Bird of Paradise " For all her cry but came to this — ' Not for the...that bird of paradise, Perched on the bedpost there ! ' " ** 28 191* PRINTBD BY WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD. PLYMOUTH A FEW OF MESSRS. METHUEN'S PUBLICATIONS... | |
 | William Henry Davies - 1914 - 104 pagine
...promised I would follow her, To see her in her grave j And buy a wreath with borrowed pence, If riothing I could save. " Yet still her cry but came to this...that bird of paradise, Perched on the bedpost there ! ' " FR1NTBD BY WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD. PLYMOUTH A FEW OF MESSRS. METHUEN'S PUBLICATIONS New... | |
 | William Henry Davies - 1916 - 170 pagine
...Kate Summers who, for gold, Takes any man to bed : " You know my friend, Nell Barnes," said she; " You knew Nell Barnes — she's dead. " Nell Barnes...that bird of paradise, Perched on the bed-post there ! ' " 88. This World WHO dreams a sweeter life than this, To stand and stare, when at this fence, Back... | |
 | William Henry Davies - 1916 - 204 pagine
...care: Don't touch that bird of paradise, Perched on the bed-post there ! ' 139 THE BIRD OF PARADISE " I asked her would she like some grapes, Some damsons...that bird of paradise, Perched on the bed-post there! ' " 140 WHO dreams a sweeter life than this, To stand and stare, when at this fence, Back into those... | |
 | William Henry Davies - 1916 - 176 pagine
...ripe and sweet ; A custard made with new-laid eggs, Or tender fowl to eat. The Bird of Paradise 121 " I promised I would follow her, To see her in her grave;...that bird of paradise, Perched on the bed-post there ! ' " 122 This World 88. This World WHO dreams a sweeter life than this, To stand and stare, when at... | |
 | Sir Edward Howard Marsh - 1916 - 272 pagine
...at last, For hours, till she was dead; And yet she had no sense at all Of any word I said. " For all her cry but came to this — ' Not for the world !...that bird of paradise, Perched on the bed-post there ! ' " I asked her would she like some grapes, Some damsons ripe and sweet ; A custard made with new-laid... | |
 | Marguerite Wilkinson - 1919 - 502 pagine
...vivid and ironical symbolic stand for something sacred which poor Nell Barnes had loved and cherished. "Not for the world! Take care! Don't touch that bird of paradise, Perched on the bed post there!" A lesser artist might have explained in detail just what the bird of paradise meant... | |
 | William Henry Davies - 1928 - 430 pagine
...comes Kate Summers who, for gold, Takes any man to bed: 'You knew my friend, Nell Barnes,' said she; Unclean, a thief as well; Yet all my life I have not...that bird of paradise, Perched on the bedpost there!' " Thinking of my caged birds indoors, My books, whose music serves my will; Which, when I bid them... | |
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