 | 1847 - 574 ページ
...Night-birds ore we : Here we carouse, Singing, like them, Perched round the stem Of the jolly old tree. Here let us sport, Boys, as we sit ; Laughter and wit Flashing so free. Life is hut short — When we are gone, Let them sing on, Round the old tree. Evenings we knew, Happy as this... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1855 - 526 ページ
...Night-birds are we : Here we carouse, Singing, like them, Perched round the stem Of the jolly old tree. Here let us sport, Boys, as we sit ; Laughter and...but short — When we are gone, Let them sing on, Bound the old tree. Evenings we knew, Happy as this ; Faces we miss, Pleasant to see. Kind hearts and... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1862 - 896 ページ
...with Bong, to us something is henceforth wanting. 4t Kvcnings we knew, Happy as thin : Faces we mi^, Pleasant to see: Kind hearts and true, Gentle and just, Peace to your dust 1 We sing round the tree." THE Lyceum, or the lecture-course, seems to hold fast to public favor. The... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1864 - 580 ページ
...but rather joining with a smile, if, in hilarity, we raised his own song of evening festivity : — Here let us sport, Boys as we sit, Laughter and wit...we are gone, Let them sing on Round the old tree. All ! the old tree remains, and the surviving company still sits round it, and they will raise the... | |
 | Charles Kent - 1864 - 492 ページ
...them sing on llmi ml the old tree." Still sing on with us, warm heart, large heart, and gentle — " Evenings we knew, Happy as this; Faces we miss, Pleasant...just, Peace to your dust ; We sing round the tree." oo 2 Surely, this is the dear old song of home for us all. As such we prize it. As such we love it.... | |
 | 1864 - 472 ページ
...but rather joining with a smile, if, in hilarity, we raised his own song of evening festivity : — Here let us sport, Boys as we sit, Laughter and wit...free»: Life is but short ; When we are gone, Let them sine on Kound the old tree. Ah ! the old tren remains, and the surviving company still sits round it,... | |
 | 1864 - 556 ページ
...smile, if, in hilarity, we raised his own song of evening festivity : — Here let us sport, Boys as wo sit, Laughter and wit Flashing so free: Life is but...we are gone, Let them sing on Round the old tree. Ah ! the old tree remains, and the surviving company still sits round it, and they will raise the song... | |
 | 1864 - 108 ページ
...Here we carouse, Singing, like them, Perched round the stem Of the jolly old tree. Ilere let us spprt, Boys, as we sit ; Laughter and wit Flashing so free....but short — When we are gone, Let them sing on, Bound the old tree. Evenings we knew, Happy as this ; Faces we miss, Pleasant to see. Kind hearts and... | |
 | 1864 - 444 ページ
...we ; Little we fear Weather without, Sheltered about The Mahogany Tree. " Evenings we knew Happy us this ; Faces we miss Pleasant to see. Kind hearts and true, Gentle and just, Peace to your dust ! We siiijf round the tree." WHILE those who knew and loved him were singing this Christinas carol of Thackeray's,... | |
 | 1864 - 408 ページ
...Sheltered about The Mahogany Tree. " Evenings we knew Hnppy us this ; Faces we miss Pleasant to gee. Kind hearts and true, Gentle and just, Peace to your dust ! We sing round the tree." WHILE those who knew and loved him were singing this Christinas carol of Thackeray's, the kind heart... | |
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Here let us sport, Boys, as we sit ; Laughter and wit Flashing so free. Life is but short— When we are gone, Let them sing on, . . . Round the old tree. 
