Quotes of Robert Williams Buchanan - somelinesforyou

“ The earth is rocking, the skies are riven - Jove in a passion, in god-like fashion, Is breaking the crystal urns of heaven. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! Daughter of a Fay! I had not been a married wife a twelvemonth and a day, I had not nursed my little one a month upon my knee, When down among the blue bell banks rose elfins three times three: hey griped me by the raven hair, I could not cry for fear, They put a hempen rope around my waist and dragged me here; They made me sit and give thee suck as mortal mothers can, Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! strange and weak and wan! ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! Daughter of a Fay! I had not been a married wife a twelvemonth and a day, I had not nursed my little one a month upon my knee, When down among the blue bell banks rose elfins three times three: hey griped me by the raven hair, I could not cry for fear, They put a hempen rope around my waist and dragged me here; They made me sit and give thee suck as mortal mothers can, Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! strange and weak and wan! ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ So bent on self-sanctifying, — That she never thought of trying To save her poor husband as well. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ One fine day, Says Mister Mucklewraith to me, says he. So! you're a poet in your house, and smiled. A Poet? God forbid, I cried; and then It all came out: how Andrew slyly sent Verse to the paper; how they printed it In Poet's Corner. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ So bent on self-sanctifying, — That she never thought of trying To save her poor husband as well. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ The earth is rocking, the skies are riven - Jove in a passion, in god-like fashion, Is breaking the crystal urns of heaven. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ One fine day, Says Mister Mucklewraith to me, says he. So! you're a poet in your house, and smiled. A Poet? God forbid, I cried; and then It all came out: how Andrew slyly sent Verse to the paper; how they printed it In Poet's Corner. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! Daughter of a Fay! I had not been a married wife a twelvemonth and a day, I had not nursed my little one a month upon my knee, When down among the blue bell banks rose elfins three times three: hey griped me by the raven hair, I could not cry for fear, They put a hempen rope around my waist and dragged me here; They made me sit and give thee suck as mortal mothers can, Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! strange and weak and wan! ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ The earth is rocking, the skies are riven - Jove in a passion, in god-like fashion, Is breaking the crystal urns of heaven. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! Daughter of a Fay! I had not been a married wife a twelvemonth and a day, I had not nursed my little one a month upon my knee, When down among the blue bell banks rose elfins three times three: hey griped me by the raven hair, I could not cry for fear, They put a hempen rope around my waist and dragged me here; They made me sit and give thee suck as mortal mothers can, Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! strange and weak and wan! ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ She just wore enough for modesty; no more! ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ She just wore enough for modesty; no more! ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ Sad and sweet and wise Here a child reposes; Dust is on his eyes, Quietly he lies - Satan, strew Roses. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ The department stores did better than I expected to do. It was a decent performance in a tough environment for retail sales. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ And the voice of men shall call, "He is fallen like us all, Though the weapon of the Lord was in his hand:" And thine epitaph shall be — "He was wretched ev'n as we;" And thy tomb may be unhonoured in the land. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! Daughter of a Fay! I had not been a married wife a twelvemonth and a day, I had not nursed my little one a month upon my knee, When down among the blue bell banks rose elfins three times three: hey griped me by the raven hair, I could not cry for fear, They put a hempen rope around my waist and dragged me here; They made me sit and give thee suck as mortal mothers can, Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! strange and weak and wan! ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ One fine day, Says Mister Mucklewraith to me, says he. So! you're a poet in your house, and smiled. A Poet? God forbid, I cried; and then It all came out: how Andrew slyly sent Verse to the paper; how they printed it In Poet's Corner. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ So bent on self-sanctifying, — That she never thought of trying To save her poor husband as well. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ She just wore enough for modesty; no more! ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! Daughter of a Fay! I had not been a married wife a twelvemonth and a day, I had not nursed my little one a month upon my knee, When down among the blue bell banks rose elfins three times three: hey griped me by the raven hair, I could not cry for fear, They put a hempen rope around my waist and dragged me here; They made me sit and give thee suck as mortal mothers can, Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! strange and weak and wan! ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! Daughter of a Fay! I had not been a married wife a twelvemonth and a day, I had not nursed my little one a month upon my knee, When down among the blue bell banks rose elfins three times three: hey griped me by the raven hair, I could not cry for fear, They put a hempen rope around my waist and dragged me here; They made me sit and give thee suck as mortal mothers can, Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! strange and weak and wan! ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ So bent on self-sanctifying, — That she never thought of trying To save her poor husband as well. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ The earth is rocking, the skies are riven - Jove in a passion, in god-like fashion, Is breaking the crystal urns of heaven. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! Daughter of a Fay! I had not been a married wife a twelvemonth and a day, I had not nursed my little one a month upon my knee, When down among the blue bell banks rose elfins three times three: hey griped me by the raven hair, I could not cry for fear, They put a hempen rope around my waist and dragged me here; They made me sit and give thee suck as mortal mothers can, Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! strange and weak and wan! ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! Daughter of a Fay! I had not been a married wife a twelvemonth and a day, I had not nursed my little one a month upon my knee, When down among the blue bell banks rose elfins three times three: hey griped me by the raven hair, I could not cry for fear, They put a hempen rope around my waist and dragged me here; They made me sit and give thee suck as mortal mothers can, Bright Eyes, Light Eyes! strange and weak and wan! ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ She just wore enough for modesty; no more! ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ And the voice of men shall call, "He is fallen like us all, Though the weapon of the Lord was in his hand:" And thine epitaph shall be — "He was wretched ev'n as we;" And thy tomb may be unhonoured in the land. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ So bent on self-sanctifying, — That she never thought of trying To save her poor husband as well. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

“ And the voice of men shall call, "He is fallen like us all, Though the weapon of the Lord was in his hand:" And thine epitaph shall be — "He was wretched ev'n as we;" And thy tomb may be unhonoured in the land. ”

- Robert Williams Buchanan
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