I passed my brother and cousin: They read in their books of prayer; I read in my book of songs I bought at the Sligo fair. When we come at the end of time, To Peter sitting in state, He will smile on the three old spirits, But call me first through the... New Outlook - Page 2611913Full view - About this book
| Boston Symphony Orchestra - 1921 - 1422 pages
...Peter sitting in state, He will smile on the three old spirits, But call me first through the gate ; For the good are always the merry, Save by an evil...the fiddle And the merry love to dance; And when the folks there spy me They will all come up to me Bonds of the highest grade Harris, Forbes & Co Incorporated... | |
| Rhymers' Club (London, England) - English poetry - 1894 - 212 pages
...Peter sitting in state, He will smile on. the three old spirits, But call me first through the gate. For the good are always the merry, Save by an evil...fiddler of Dooney ! ' And dance like a wave of the sea. WB YEATS. ORPHEUS IN COVENT GARDEN DOWN from the cliffs that rise sheer out of hell He gazed awhile... | |
| William Butler Yeats - 1899 - 136 pages
...When we come at the end of time, To Peter sitting in state, He will smile on the three old spirits, For the good are always the merry, Save by an evil...of Dooney!' And dance like a wave of the sea. THE HEART OF THE WOMAN O WHAT to me the little room That was brimmed up with prayer and rest; He bade me... | |
| American literature - 1899 - 556 pages
...Peter sitting in state, lie will smile on the three old spirits, But call me first through the gate. For the good are always the merry, Save by an evil...will all come up to me, With " Here is the fiddler Dooney !" And dance like a wave of the sen. A POET TO HIS BELOVED I BRING you with reverent hands The... | |
| Literature - 1901 - 830 pages
...Peter sitting in state, He will smile at the three old spirits, But call me first through the gate. For the good are always the merry, Save by an evil...fiddle, And the merry love to dance. And when the folks there spy me, They will all come up to me With "Here is the fiddler of Dooney!" And dance like... | |
| William Archer - Literary Criticism - 1902 - 658 pages
...He will smile on the three old spirits, But call me first through the gate ; For the good are always merry, Save by an evil chance, And the merry love...fiddler of Dooney ! " And dance like a wave of the sea. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX [ Tke lists hen given do not pretend to be complete bibliographies of the... | |
| Elizabeth Godfrey - 1902 - 374 pages
...wan; Wherefore I'll to the green-wood goe. Alone, a banished man. —Ballad of the Nut-browne Mayde. For the good are always the merry, Save by an evil...folk there spy me, They will all come up to me, With " Here's the Fiddler of Dooney! " And dance like a wave of the sea. "!T is no use, Phenice; you must... | |
| William Butler Yeats - English poetry - 1906 - 366 pages
...sitting in state, 231 He will smile on the three old spirits, But call me first through the gate ; For the good are always the merry, Save by an evil...of Dooney !" And dance like a wave of the sea. THE HEART OF THE WOMAN O what to me the little room That was brimmed up with prayer and rest ; He bade... | |
| William Butler Yeats - English poetry - 1906 - 364 pages
...sitting in state, 231 He will smile on the three old spirits, But call me first through the gate ; For the good are always the merry, Save by an evil...of Dooney!" And dance like a wave of the sea. THE HEART OF THE WOMAN O what to me the little room That was brimmed up with prayer and rest ; He bade... | |
| William Butler Yeats - English poetry - 1906 - 362 pages
...Peter sitting in state, 231 He will smile on the three old spirits, But call me first through the gate; For the good are always the merry, Save by an evil...of Dooney!" And dance like a wave of the sea. THE HEART OF THE WOMAN O what to me the little room That was brimmed up with prayer and rest ; He bade... | |
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