 For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain, Yet if rough Neptune rouse the wind To wave the azure main, Our paper, pen, and ink, and we, Roll up and down our ships at sea — With a fa, la, la, la, la.  A Sailor's Garland - Página 267editado por - 1906 - 328 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | William Hugh Logan - 1874 - 484 páginas
...ladies now at land We men at sea indite, But first wou'd have you understand How hard it is to write. The Muses now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you, With a Fa, la, la, la, la ! " &c. It has been questioned, on the authority of the Earl of Orrery, whether these verses were actually... | |
 | Mr. Crown (John) - 1874 - 476 páginas
...^n. T i at sea indite. But first H .Mi'il have you understand How hard it is to write. The Mi.-,-, now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you, With a Fa, la, la, la, la ! " to. It has been questioned, on the authority of the Earl of Orrery, whether these verses were actually... | |
 | Casket - 1874 - 840 páginas
...Devonshire. I had been trying to write at the table in the ladies' cabin, but it was cne of those days when " Our paper, pen and ink. and we Roll up and down our «hip« at sea." And all I could do was to take refuge in my berth, and endeavour to read, leaving... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 páginas
...ladies now at land, We men at sea indite ; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write; &c. Then, if we write not by each post, Think not we are unkind ; Nor yet conclude our ships are lost... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 332 páginas
...ladies now on land, We men at sea indite; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write : The muses now, and Neptune, too, We must implore to...Our paper, pen, and ink, and we, Roll up and down in ships at sea. With a fa, la, la, la, la. Then if we write not by each post, Think not we are unkind... | |
 | Alfred Guy K. L'Estrange - 1878 - 384 páginas
...ladies now on land, We men at sea indite, And first would have you understand How hard it is to write ; The Muses now and Neptune too, We must implore to...kind, And fill our empty brain, Yet if rough Neptune raise the wind, To wave the azure main, Our paper, pen and ink, and we, Boll up and down our ships... | |
 | Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - 1878 - 378 páginas
...ladies now on land, We men at sea indite, And first would have you understand How hard it is to write ; The Muses now and Neptune too, We must implore to...kind, And fill our empty brain, Yet if rough Neptune raise the wind. To wave the azure main, Our paper, pen and ink, and we, Roll up and down our ships... | |
 | John Edward Patterson - 1913 - 432 páginas
...We men at sea indite; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write. The Muses, then, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you. With a fa la, la, la, la, la ! For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain; Yet, if rough Neptune rouse... | |
 | John Edward Patterson - 1913 - 452 páginas
...We men at sea indite; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write. The Muses, then, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you. With a fa la, la,'-Ta7la7IaT For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain; Yet, if rough Neptune... | |
 | Flora Masson - 1914 - 344 páginas
..." And it is very certain Lord Brouncker and his company laughed loudest over the second verse — " For though the Muses should prove kind And fill our...paper, pen, and ink, and we Roll up and down our ships ot sea, With a fa la la la la ! " Robert Boyle was in town during that winter of 1664-5. There were... | |
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