 My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case.  Poems - Page 239by William Cowper - 1853Full view - About this book
 | 1795 - 94 pages
...find His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a single word, But to the house went in; Whence strait he came with hat and wig; A wig that flow'd behind,...in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn, Thus shew'd his ready wit, My:head is twice as big as your's, They therefore needs must fit, But let me... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a single word, But to the house went in; Whence straight he came with hat and wig; A wig that flow'd behind,...show'd his ready wit — My head is twice as big as your's, They therefore needs must fit. But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a single word, But to the house went in ; Whence straight he came with hat and wig ; A wig that flow'd behind,...much the worse for wear, Each comely in its kind. lie held them up, and, in his turn, Thus show'd his ready wit — My head is twice as big as your's,... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...find His friend in merry pin, Jleturn'd him not a single word, But to the house went in; Whence strait he came with hat and wig, A wig that flow'd behind,...hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John, It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...single word, But to the house went in; Whence straight he came with hat and wig; A wig that flowed behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, Each comely...in .its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus showed his ready wit, My head is twice as big as your's, They therefore needs must fit. But let me... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...single word, But to the house went in ; Whence straight he came with hat and wig ; A wig that flowed behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, Each comely...in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus showed his ready wit, My head is twice as big as your's, They therefore needs must fit. But let me... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 478 pages
...single word, But to the house went in; Whence straight he came with hat and wig; A wig that flowed behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn X Thus showed his ready wit, My head is twice as big as your's, They therefore needs must fit. But... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 310 pages
...in his tom Thus showed his ready wit, My head is twice as big as year's, They therefore needs mast fit. But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. Said John it is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare If wife should... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...find His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a single word, But to the house went in. When straight he came with hat and wig ; A wig that flow'd behind,...hangs upon your face ; And. stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. . Said John — .it is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 360 pages
...His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a single word, But to the house went in ; Whence straight he came with hat and Wig ; A wig that flow'd behind,...A hat not much the worse for wear, Each comely in it's kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus show'd his ready wit, My head is twice aa big as yours,... | |
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