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" Some brittle sticks of thorn or briar Make me a fire, Close by whose living coal I sit, And glow like it. Lord, I confess too, when I dine, The pulse is thine, And all those other bits that be There... "
Meadowleigh, by the author of 'The ladies of Bever Hollow'. - Page 20
by Anne Manning - 1863
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The Living Age, Volume 127

1875 - 844 pages
...giv'st me wassail-bowls to drink. Spiced to the brink. And about his house : — Like as my parlour, so my hall And kitchen's small, A little buttery, and therein A little bin. The wild and spirited " Litany " is too well known to be quoted here, but there are two very fine odes...
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The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 32

George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1875 - 800 pages
...giv'st me wassail-bowls to drink, Spiced to the brink. And about his house : — Like as my parlour, so my hall And kitchen's small, A little buttery, and therein A little bin. The wild and spirited Litany is too well known to be quoted here, but there are two very fine odes...
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The Complete Poems of Robert Herrick, Volume 1

Robert Herrick - 1876 - 482 pages
...giv'st me wassail-bowls to drink, Spiced to the brink.' And about his house : — ' Like as my parlour, so my hall And kitchen's small, A little buttery, and therein A little bin.' " The wild and spirited Letanie is too well known to be quoted here, but there are two very fine odes...
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Power in Weakness. Memorials of the Rev. William Rhodes of Damerham

Charles Stanford - 1877 - 248 pages
...for the kingdom of God, where all delight to honour the Son as they honour the Father." CHAPTER IX. " Like as my parloure so my hall And kitchen's small...therein A little bin ; Some little sticks of thorn or brier Make me a fire ; Close by whose living coal I sit, And glow like it ; The threshold of my doore...
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The Children's Treasury of English Song

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1877 - 326 pages
...door Is worn by th' poor, Who thither come, and freely get Good words, or meat. Like as my parlour, so my hall And kitchen's small ; A little buttery, and therein A little bin, Which keeps my little loaf of bread Unchipt, unflead ; Some brittle sticks of thorn or briar Make me...
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Chrysomela: A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick - 1877 - 240 pages
...door Is worn by th' poor, Who thither come, and freely get Good words, or meat. Like as my parlour, so my hall And kitchen's small ; A little buttery, and therein A little bin, Which keeps my little loaf of bread Unchipt, unflead ; Some brittle sticks of thorn or briar Make me...
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Chrysomela, a selection from the lyrical poems of R. Herrick arranged by F.T ...

Robert Herrick - 1877 - 244 pages
...door Is worn by th' poor, Who thither come, and freely get Good words, or meat. Like as my parlour, so my hall And kitchen's small ; A little buttery, and therein A little bin, Which keeps my little loaf of bread Unchipt, unflead ; Some brittle sticks of thorn or briar Make me...
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The English Poets, Volume 2

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 524 pages
...door Is worn by th' poor, Who thither come, and freely get Good words, or meat. Like as my parlour, so my hall And kitchen's small ; A little buttery, and therein A little bin, Which keeps my little loaf of bread Some brittle sticks of thorn or briar Make me a fire, Close by...
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Ben Jonson to Dryden

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 536 pages
...door Is worn by th' poor, Who thither come, and freely get Good words, or meat. Like as my parlour, so my hall And kitchen's small; A little buttery, and therein A little bin, Which keeps my little loaf of bread Some brittle sticks of thorn or briar Make me a fire, Close by...
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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by ..., Volume 2

Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 524 pages
...door Is worn by th' poor, Who thither come, and freely get Good words, or meat. Like as my parlour, so my hall And kitchen's small ; A little buttery, and therein A little bin, Which keeps my little loaf of bread Some brittle sticks of thorn or briar Make me a fire, Close by...
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