 THERE lived a sage in days of yore And he a handsome pigtail wore ; But wondered much and sorrowed more Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change the pigtail's place, And have it hanging at his face, Not dangling...  A Book of Nonsense Verse - Página 331926 - 159 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 848 páginas
...yore And he a handsome pigtail wore ; But wondered much and sorrowed more Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change...still it hung behind him. Then round, and round, and ont and in, All day the puzzled sage did spin ; In vain — it mattered not a pin, — The pigtail... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1884 - 748 páginas
...yore And he a handsome pigtail wore ; But wondered much and sorrowed more Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change...he turned him round; But still it hung behind him. *''•'• i .• Then round, and round, and out and in. All day the puzzled sage did spin ; In vain... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1887 - 244 páginas
...yore, And he a handsome pigtail wore ; But wondered much and sorrowed more Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change...found, — I'll turn me round," — he turned him round j But still it hung behind him. Then round, and round, and out and in, All day the puzzled sage did... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 580 páginas
...yore And he a handsome pigtail wore ; But wondered muchand sorrowed more Because it bung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change...pigtail's place, And have it hanging at his face, Not dangltng there behind him. Says he, " The mystery I've found, — I'll turn me round," — he turned... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1894 - 544 páginas
...-L And he a handsome pigtail wore, But wondered much, and sorrowed more, Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change...there behind him. Says he, " The mystery I've found : 111 turn me round." He turned him round, But still it hung behind him. Then round and round, and... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 páginas
...yore, And he a handsome pig-tail wore, But wonder'd much and sorrow'd more, Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change...dangling there behind him. Says he, ' The mystery I have found — I'll turn me round ! ' — he turn'd him round, And stamp'd with rage upon the ground,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 478 páginas
...much and sorrowed more Becanse it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he 'd change the pigtail's place, And have it hanging at...dangling there behind him. Says he, " The mystery I 've found, — I 'll turn me round," — he turned him round ; But still it hung behind him. Then... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1899 - 888 páginas
...yore, And he a handsome pigtail wore ; But wondered much and sorrowed more Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change..." The mystery I've found, — I'll turn me round," — lie turned him round; But still it hung behind him. Then round, and round, und out and in, All... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1900 - 546 páginas
...yore And he a handsome pigtail wore, But wondered much, and sorrowed more, Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change...behind him. Then round and round, and out and in, All «lay the puzzled sage did spin. In vain ; it mattered not a pin : The pigtail hung behind him. And... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - 1906 - 318 páginas
...And he a handsome pigtail were ; But wondered much, and sorrowed more, Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change...He turned him round, But still it hung behind him. 127 Then round, and round, and out, and in, All day the puzzled sage did spin; In vain — it mattered... | |
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