| Charles Mackay - 1877 - 644 страница
...afterwards Earl of Dorset, wrote, in 1665, the well-known ballad commencing — To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite, But first would have you understand How hard it is to write. With a,fal, lal Id, and ufal, lal, Id. And afal, lal, lal, lal, la ! Fal is an abbreviation of Failte... | |
| William Michael Rossetti - 1878 - 510 страница
...Lord Chamberlain of the Household. He was at all times a generous supporter of men of genius], SONG.l To all you ladies now at land We men at sea indite...Neptune too, We must implore, to write to you, With a fa, la, la, la, la.2 For though the Muses should prove kind. And fill our empty brain, Yet, if rough... | |
| Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 324 страница
...Poets. 16 242 TO ALL YOU LADIES NOW ON LAND. TO ALL YOU LADIES NOW ON LAND. To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite ; But first would have...Neptune, too, We must implore to write to you. With a fa, la, la, la, la. For though the muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain; Yet if rough... | |
| Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - 1878 - 378 страница
...engagement he wrote the well known epistle " To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite, And first would have you understand How hard it is to...Neptune too, We must implore to write to you. With a fa la la la la. " For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain, Yet if rough Neptune... | |
| Alfred Guy K. L'Estrange - 1878 - 384 страница
...engagement he wrote the well known epistle " To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite, And first would have you understand How hard it is to...Neptune too, We must implore to write to you. With a fa la la la la. " For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain, Yet if rough Neptune... | |
| Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - 1878 - 380 страница
...engagement he wrote the well known epistle " To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite, And first would have you understand How hard it is to...and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you. t With a fa la la la la. " For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain, Yet if... | |
| Mary Clementina Hibbert- Ware - 1879 - 308 страница
...the captain and the rest of the company, he cleared his throat and begun : '" To all ye ladies now on land, We men at sea indite, But first would have you...Neptune too, We must implore to write to you. With a fa, la, la, la, la." ' The sentimental air which the hardfeatured lieutenant had assumed, the soft... | |
| Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 страница
...Parker. Poet*. 242 TO ALL YOU LADIES NOW ON LAND. TO ALL YOU LADIES NOW ON LAND. To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite; But first would have you...Neptune, too, We must implore to write to you. With a fa, la, la, la, la. For though the muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain; Yet if rough... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 524 страница
...epoch of vers-de-socie'te', as it has flourished from Prior down to Austin Dobson. SONG WRITTEN AT SEA. To all you Ladies now at land We men at sea indite...and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you. For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain, Yet if rough Neptune rouse the wind... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 536 страница
...epoch of vers-de-socie'te', as it has flourished from Prior down to Austin Dobson. SONG WRITTEN AT SEA. To all you Ladies now at land We men at sea indite;...and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you. For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain, Yet if rough Neptune rouse the wind... | |
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