 | 1881 - 692 psl.
...young year draws to the ' golden prime,' And Sir Romeo sticks in his ear a rose — Then hey ! — for the ripple of laughing rhyme ! " In a theme where the thoughts have a pendant strut, In a changing quarrel of ' Ayes ' and ' Noes," In a starched procession of ' If ' and... | |
 | Alexander Hay Japp - 1881 - 298 psl.
...young year draws to the " golden prime," And Sir Romeo sticks in his ear a rose, — Then hey ! — for the ripple of laughing rhyme ! In a theme where the thoughts have a pendant-strut, In a changing quarrel of " Ayes " and " Noes," In a starched procession of "If" and... | |
 | Alexander Hay Japp - 1881 - 286 psl.
...young year draws to the " golden prime," And Sir Romeo sticks in his ear a rose, — Then hey ! — for the ripple of laughing rhyme ! In a theme where the thoughts have a pendant-strut, In a changing quarrel of " Ayes " and " Noes," In a starched procession of " If" and... | |
 | Poetic reader - 1881 - 252 psl.
...! — for the ripple of laughing rhyme ! ENVOY. In the work-a-day world, — for its needs and woes There is place and enough for the pains of prose ; But whenever the May-bells clash and chime ; Then hey ! — for the ripple of laughing rhyme ? AUSTIN DOBSON. AT... | |
 | Tom Hood - 1882 - 234 psl.
...But whenever the May-blood stirs and glows, And Sir Romeo sticks in his ear a rose — Then hey ! — for the ripple of laughing rhyme ! " In a theme where the thoughts have a pendant strut, In a changing quarrel of ' Ayes ' and ' Noes,' In a starched procession of ' If ' and... | |
 | Tom Hood - 1882 - 224 psl.
...and rut, In November fogs, in December snows, When the north wind howls, and the doors are shut — There is place and enough for the pains of prose ; But whenever a scent from the whitethorn blows, And the jasmine-stars to the lattice climb, And a Rosalind-face to... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1883 - 270 psl.
...And the young year draws to the " golden prime," And Sir Romeo sticks in his ear a rose,— Then hey !—for the ripple of laughing rhyme ! In a theme...pedant-strut, In a changing quarrel of " Ayes " and " Noes," But whenever a soft glance softer grows And the light hours dance to the trysting-time, And the secret... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1883 - 272 psl.
...When the reason stands on its squarest toes, When the mind (like a beard) has a " formal cut," — There is place and enough for the pains of prose ; But whenever the May-blood stirs and glows, And the young year draws to the " golden prime," And Sir Romeo sticks... | |
 | Tom Hood - 1884 - 228 psl.
...young year draws to the ' golden prime," And Sir Romeo sticks in his ear a rose — Then hey ! — for the ripple of laughing rhyme ! " In a theme where the thoughts have a pendant strut, In a changing quarrel of ' Ayes ' and ' Noes,' In a starched procession of ' If ' and... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1885 - 270 psl.
...And the young year draws to the "golden prime," And Sir Romeo sticks in his ear a rose,— Then hey !—for the ripple of laughing rhyme ! In a theme...pedant-strut, In a changing quarrel of " Ayes " and " Noes," But whenever a soft glance softer grows And the light hours dance to the trysting-time, And the secret... | |
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There is place and enough for the pains of prose ; But whenever the May-blood stirs and glows, And the young year draws to the 
