 Then the parson might preach and drink and sing, And we'd be as happy as birds in the spring; And modest dame Lurch, who is always at church, Would not have bandy children, nor fasting, nor birch. And God, like a father rejoicing to see His children as...  The Spirit of the Age - Page 109edited by - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Gilchrist, Anne Burrows Gilchrist - Artists - 1863 - 366 pages
...well ; The poor parsons with wind like a blown bladder swell. But if at the Church they would give us some Ale, And a pleasant fire our souls to regale,...the spring, And modest Dame Lurch, who is always at Church, Would not have bandy children, nor fasting, nor birch. And God, like a father, rejoicing to... | |
 | William Blake - 1866 - 132 pages
...some ale And a pleasant fire our souls to regale, We 'd sing and we 'd pray all the livelong day : Xor ever once wish from the church to stray. Then the parson might preach and drink and sing, And we 'd be as happy as birds in the spring : And modest dame Lurch, who is always at church, Would not... | |
 | William Blake - 1874 - 194 pages
...I am used well, Such usage in heaven will never do well. K But if at the church they would give us some ale And a pleasant fire our souls to regale,...the spring : And modest Dame Lurch, who is always at church, Would not have bandy children nor fasting nor birch. And God like a Father rejoicing to see... | |
 | William Michael Rossetti - American wit and humor - 1878 - 510 pages
...well ; The poor parsons with wind like a blown bladder swell. But, if at the Church they would give us some ale, And a pleasant fire our souls to regale,...day, Nor ever once wish from the Church to stray. 1 This is the date given in the Liff of Blake by Gilchrist, and elsewhere. A MS. which I have seen,... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...where I am used well, Such usage in heaven will never do well. But if at the church they would give us some ale, And a pleasant fire our souls to regale....the parson might preach and drink and sing, And we'd l>e as happy as birds in the spring; And modest Dame Lurch, who is always at church. Would not have... | |
 | Charles William Stubbs (bp. of Truro.) - Christian sociology - 1884 - 152 pages
...well ; The poor parsons with wind like a blown bladder swell. "But if at the church they would give us some ale, And a pleasant fire our souls to regale,...day, Nor ever once wish from the church to stray.'" One would like not to exaggerate, and yet if we are quite honest with ourselves, is it not just a little... | |
 | William Blake - English poetry - 1885 - 330 pages
...well ; The poor parsons with wind like a blown bladder swell. But, if at the Church they would give us some ale, And a pleasant fire our souls to regale,...the spring ; And modest Dame Lurch, who is always at church, Would not have bandy children, norfasting, nor birch. And God, like a father, rejoicing to... | |
 | William Blake, Richard Herne Shepherd - 1887 - 224 pages
...where I am used well, Such usage in heaven will never do well. But if at the church they would give us some ale And a pleasant fire our souls to regale,...as happy as birds in the spring : And modest Dame Lurchj who is always at church, Would not have bandy children nor fasting nor birch. And God like a... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1890 - 976 pages
...where I am used well, Such usage in heaven will never do well. But if at the church they would give us some ale, And a pleasant fire our souls to regale,...the spring ; And modest Dame Lurch, who is always at church, Would not have bandy children, nor hiding, nor birch ; And God, like a father rejoicing to... | |
 | William Blake - 1890 - 382 pages
...well ; The poor parsons with wind like a blown bladder swell. But, if at the Church they would give us some ale, And a pleasant fire our souls to regale,...the spring ; And modest Dame Lurch, who is always at church, Would not have bandy children, nor fasting, nor birch. And God, like a father, rejoicing to... | |
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