 Said old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead! Then the wife of the skipper lost at sea Said, "God has touched him! why should we!  Littell's Living Age - Page 921861Full view - About this book
 | 1901 - 690 pages
...Aldine ed.) alludes to a man thus put to shame for lechery. Whittier describes a sea captain : — Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart Tarred and feathered,...and carried in a cart, By the women of Marblehead. CHAS. P. PHINN. Watford. SWEENY TODD (9th S. vii. 508; viii. 131, 168). — The suggestion that the... | |
 | 1901 - 578 pages
...533, Aldine ed.) alludes to a man thus put to shame for lechery. Whittier describee a sea captain :— Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart Tarred and feathered,...and carried in a cart, By the women of Marblehead. CHAS. P. PHINN. Watford. SWEENY TODD (9 th S. vii. 508; viii. 131,168). —The suggestion that the... | |
 | 1874 - 804 pages
...and Dillingham would certainly meat the fate of old Floyd Ireson, who, as you remember, was ' tarred and feathered and carried in a cart by the women of Marblehead ' ! " " Very well, then," cried Prue, gayly, " I 'll ride Kate instead of Jenny. Jenny pokes along... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1859 - 356 pages
...Islam's prophet on Al-Borak, . — The strangest ride that ever was sped Was Ireson's out of Marblehead ! Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered, and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead J Body of turkey, head of owl, Wings a-droop, like a rained-on fowl, Feathered and ruffled in every... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 432 pages
...that might not be ! What did the winds and the sea-birds say Of the cruel captain who sailed away ?— Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead 1 Treble lent the fish-horn's bray. Sea-worn grandsires, cripple-bound, Hulks of old sailors run aground,... | |
 | John Sherburne Sleeper - 1867 - 224 pages
...after him, or sing in rude chorus, — " ' There goes Floyd Ireson, who, for his hard heart, Was tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead.' " s " And served him right," said Ned. " 'Tis a pity, though, that they had not lynched him at once,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 430 pages
...prophet on Al-Borak, — The strangest ride that ever was sped Was Ireson's, out from Marblehead ! Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead ! Body of turkey, head of owl, Wings a-droop liked a rained-on fowl, Feathered and ruffled in every... | |
 | John Swett - 1867 - 252 pages
..." Sink or swim ! Brag of your catch of fish again I" And oft' he sailed through the fog and rain ! Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead I Through the street, on either side, Up. flew windows, doors swung wide; Sharp-tongued spinsters,... | |
 | John Swett - 1868 - 246 pages
...prophet on Al-Borak,— The strangest ride that ever was sped Was Ireson's, out from llarblehead ! Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of llarblehead! Body of turkey, head of owl, Wings a-droop like a rained-on fowl, Feathered and ruffled... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 598 pages
...Islam's prophet on Al-Borak, — The strangest ride that ever was sped Was Ireson's out of Marblehead ! Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart. Tarred and feathered, and carried in a on By the women of Marblehead ! Body of turkey, head of owl, Wings a-droop, like a rained-on fowl,... | |
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