 Had he and I but met By some old ancient inn, We should have sat us down to wet Right many a nipperkin! 'But ranged as infantry, And staring face to face, I shot at him as he at me, And killed him in his place. 'I shot him dead because — Because he...  Queen's Quarterly - 384 psl.1923Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | 1902 - 640 psl.
...Stagfoot Lane. Characters: The speaker (a returned soldier), and his friends, natives of the hamlet. I. Had he and I but met By some old ancient Inn, We should have sat us down to wet Right many a nlpperkln. II. But ranged as Infantry, And staring face to face, I shot at him, as he at me, And killed... | |
 | 1903 - 820 psl.
...Stagfoot Lane. I'HABACTBRS: The speaker (a returned soldier), and his friends, natives of the hamlet. I Had he and I but met By some old ancient inn, We should have sat us down to wet Right many a nipperkin. II But ranged as infantry, And staring face to face, I shot at him, as he at me, And killed him in... | |
 | 1904 - 568 psl.
...his friends, natives of the hamlet. Had he and T but met By some old ancient inn, We should have set us down to wet Right many a nipperkin. But ranged...infantry, And staring face to face, I shot at him as he at me, And killed him in his place. I shot him dead, because — Because he was my foe, You see... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1909 - 236 psl.
...like a rabble rout Into the world they had so desired By the all-immanent Will. THE MAN HE KILLED " HAD he and I but met By some old ancient inn, We should...infantry, And staring face to face, I shot at him as he at me, And killed him in his place. " I shot him dead because — Because he was my foe, Just... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1916 - 252 psl.
...up a Southern tree, And strange-eyed constellations reign His stars eternally. THE MAN HE KILLED " HAD he and I but met By some old ancient inn, We should...infantry, And staring face to face, I shot at him as he at me, And killed him in his place. " I shot him dead because — Because he was my foe, Just... | |
 | Harriet Monroe and Alice Corbin Henderson - 1917 - 452 psl.
...Whom all the others were ranked above, Whom during her life I thought nothing of." THE MAN HE KILLED "Had he and I but met By some old ancient inn, We should have sat us down to wet Right many a nipperkinl "But ranged as infantry, And staring face to face, I shot at him as he at me, And killed... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1919 - 360 psl.
...1902, expresses the wonder of the rifleman who is called upon to shoot his brother-in-arms, although " Had he and I but met, By some old ancient inn, We should have set us down to wet Right many a nipperkin." In this connection the Poems of War and Patriotism, which... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1920 - 578 psl.
...like a rabble rout Into the world they had so desired, By the all-immanent Will. THE MAN HE KILLED " HAD he and I but met By some old ancient inn, We should...infantry, And staring face to face, I shot at him as he at me, And killed him in his place. " I shot him dead because — Because he was my foe, Just... | |
 | Harriet Monroe, Alice Corbin Henderson - 1923 - 706 psl.
...Whom all the others were ranked above, Whom during her life I thought nothing of." THE MAN HE KILLED "Had he and I but met By some old ancient inn, We...infantry, And staring face to face, I shot at him as he at me, And killed him in his place. "I shot him dead because — Because he was my foe, Just... | |
 | Henry Neumann - 1926 - 272 psl.
..."I 'm just as big for me," he said, "As you are big for you !" JOHN KENDRICK BANGS THE MAN HE KILLED "HAD he and I but met By some old ancient inn, We...infantry, And staring face to face, I shot at him as he at me, And killed him in his place. "I shot him dead because — Because he was my foe, Just... | |
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