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" I wish that I could run away From House, and Court, and Levee, Where bearded men appear to-day Just Eton boys grown heavy, — That I could bask in childhood's sun And dance o'er childhood's roses, And find huge wealth in one pound one, Vast wit... "
Who is the heir? - Page 98
by Edward James Mortimer Collins - 1865
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 95

1864 - 814 pages
...lovingly back in verses which he wrote for me when he had taken his place in the great world : — ' I wish that I could run away From house, and court,...bearded men appear to-day, Just Eton boys grown heavy ; That I could bask in childhood's sun, And dance o'er childhood's roses ; And find huge wealth in...
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The London Magazine

1829 - 660 pages
...the lobby ; I wish that I could run away Of each remember'd hobby; I long to lounge in Poets' Walk, From House, and court, and levee, Where bearded men appear to-day, Just Eton boys, grown heavy; That I could bask in childhood's sun, And dance o'er childhood's roses; And find huge wealth in one...
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The London Magazine

1829 - 832 pages
...think and talk Of each remember'd hobby ; I long to lounge in Poets' Walk, To shiver in the lobby ; I wish that I could run away From House, and court,...bearded men appear to-day, Just Eton boys, grown heavy ; That I could bask in childhood's sun, And dance o'er childhood's roses ; And rind huge wealth in...
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The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed

Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 296 pages
...think and talk Of each remember'd hobby ; I long to lounge in Poet's Walk — To shiver in the lobby ; I wish that I could run away From house and court,...bearded men appear to-day, Just Eton boys, grown heavy ; That I could bask in childhood's sun, And dance o'er childhood's roses ; And find huge wealth in...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 89

1866 - 924 pages
...think and talk Of each remembered hobby ; I long to lounge on Poets' Walk, To shiver in the lobby ; I wish that I could run away From House and Court...Levee, Where bearded men appear to-day Just Eton boys yrown heavy.' Had the poet heard Charles Lamb's melancholy reflection, when looking at the Eton playing...
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The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed

Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 296 pages
...think and talk Of each remember'd hobby ; I long to lounge in Poet's Walk — To shiver in the lobby ; I wish that I could run away From house and court, and Je'vee, Where bearded men appear to-day, Just Eton boys, grown heavy ; That I could bask in childhood's...
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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...think and talk Of each remember'd hobby ; I long to lounge in Poet's Walk — To shiver in the lobby ; I wish that I could run away From house, and court,...bearded men appear to-day, Just Eton boys, grown heavy ; That I could bask in childhood's sun, And dance o'vr childhood's roses; And find huge wealth in one...
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The Poets and Poetry of England: In the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...think and talk Of each remember'd hobby ; I long to lounge in Poet's Walk — To shiver in the lobby ; I wish that I could run away From house, and court,...bearded men appear to-day, Just Eton boys, grown heavy ; That I could bask in childhood's sun, And dance o'er childhood's roses ; And find huge wealth in...
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The Humorous Poetry of the English Language: From Chaucer to Saxe ... with ...

James Parton - 1856 - 700 pages
...think and talk Of each remembered hobby: I long to lounge in Poet's Walk— Or shiver in the lobby ; I wish that I could run away From House, and court,...bearded men appear to-day, Just Eton boys, grown heavy; That I could bask in childhood's sun, And dance o'er childhood's roses; And find huge wealth in one...
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The Humorous Poetry of the English Language: From Chaucer to Saxe

James Parton - 1856 - 720 pages
...and talk Of each remembered hobby : I long to lounge in Poet's Walk — Or shiver in the lobby ; ! wish that I could run away From House, and court,...bearded men appear to-day, Just Eton boys, grown heavy ; That I could baak in childhood's sun, And dance o'er childhood's roses ; And find huge wealth in...
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