Tillers of the Sand: Being a Fitful Record of the Rosebery Administration from the Triumph of Ladas to the Decline and Fall-offSmith, Elder, 1895 - 120 páginas |
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Página 41 - The oracles are mostly dumb ; Still is the hustings' rataplan And still the stumper's hideous hum ; The time invites to eat and drink, And in the intervals to think. The statesman's studied repartee Is lightly laid upon the shelf ; Even the Earl of Rosebery Refuses to commit himself ; And having nothing now to say Has nothing to explain away.
Página 68 - A simile of crew and crew All ripe for any ruction (Refer to verses one and two, Or else the introduction) ; A spark might fall from out the sea, Completely unforeboded, And then the birds — where would they be?
Página 116 - And all their echoes, mourn. The Willows, and the Hazel Copses green, Shall now no more be seen, Fanning their joyous Leaves to thy soft lays. As killing as the Canker to the Rose, Or...
Página 66 - Plate armour on his teeth. Meanwhile the House was haggling on In one of those debates When Little England jumps upon The Navy Estimates.
Página 66 - European navies were like fighting cocks, armed to the teeth ; a single spark might cause an explosion.