 But could not though he tried : His head was turned, and so he chewed His pigtail till he died. His death, which happened in his berth, At forty-odd befell: They went and told the sexton, and The sexton toll'd the bell.  Complete poetical works - Page 361by Thomas Hood - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Hood - 1847 - 314 pages
...head was turn'd, and so he chew'd His pigtail till he died. His death, which happen'd in his birth, At forty-odd befell: They went and told the sexton, and The sexton toll'd the bell. BIANCA'S DREAM. A VENETIAN STORY. BIANCA !—fair Bianca !—who could dwell With... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 308 pages
...went and told the sexton, and The sexton toll'd the bell. BIANCA'S DREAM. A VENETIAN STORY. BIAXCA !—fair Bianca !—who could dwell With safety on her dark and hazel gaze, Nor find there lurk'd in it a witching spell, Fatal to balmy nights and blessed days ? The peaceful breath that made... | |
 | 1857 - 498 pages
...position, we are fit for nothing more practical than the work of the poor love-lorn sailor, whose " — head was turned, and so he chewed , His pigtail till he died." Like him, we shall unfit ourselves for any thing but to live in the past, and to seek, like parasitical... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...then to pipe his eye. And then he tried to sing " All's Well," But could not, though he tried ; His head was turned, and so he chewed His pigtail till...he died. His death, which happened in his berth, At forty odd befell : They went and told the sexton, and The sexton tolled the bell!" THE POOR LABORER.... | |
 | David Macbeth Moir - 1851 - 398 pages
...then to pipe his eye. And then he tried to sing ' All's Well,' But could not, though he tried ; His head was turned, and so he chewed His pigtail till he died. His death, which happened in his birth, At forty odd befell : They went and told the Sexton, and The Sexton tolled the bell !" 0 rare... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pages
...then to pipe his eye. And then he tried to sing " All's Well," But could not, though he tried ; His head was turned, and so he chewed His pigtail till...the sexton, and The sexton tolled the bell. BIANCA'S DKEAM. A VENETIAN STORY. BIANCA ! — fair Bianca ! — who could dwell With safety on her dark and... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1856 - 358 pages
...head was turn'd, and so he chew'd His pigtail till he died. His death, which happen'd in his birth. At forty-odd befell : They went and told the sexton, and The sexton toll'd the bell. FAITHLESS NELLY GKAY. A PATHETIC BALLAD. BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold, And used to... | |
 | David Macbeth Moir - 1856 - 358 pages
...then he tried to sing ' All's Well,' But could not, though ho tried ; His head was turned, and so ho chewed His pigtail till he died. His death, which happened in his birth, At forty odd befell : They went and told the Sexton, and The Sexton tolled the bell ! " 0 rare... | |
 | 1860 - 528 pages
...he tried to sing 'All's Well/ But could not, though he tried ; His head was turned, and so he chew'd His pigtail till he died. His death, which happened in his berth, At forty-odd befel : They went and told the sexton, and The sexton toll'd the bell." In the tender mood in which... | |
 | 1860 - 828 pages
...tried to sing ' All's Well,' But could not, though he tried ; TTJK head was turned, and so he chew'd His pigtail till he died. His death, which happened in his berth, A', forty -odd befel : They went and told the sexton, and The sexton toll'd the bell." In the tender... | |
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