 THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES I have had playmates, I have had companions, In my days of childhood, in my joyful school-days; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. I have been laughing, I have been carousing, Drinking late, sitting late, with my bosom cronies;...  Lectures on the British Poets - Page 288by Henry Reed - 1857 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alison Reid - 1860 - 338 pages
...from that day to this, I have never heard of, nor seen, Miss Priscilla Lambert more. CHAPTER III. " I have had playmates, I have had companions In my days of childhood, in my joyful schooldays." C. LAMB. " On every side the aspect was the same, All rained, desolate, forlorn, and savage." HOOD.... | |
 | 1861 - 144 pages
...HAVE had playmates, I have had companions, In my days of cluldhood, in. my joyful school* days ; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. I have been laughing, I have been carousing, Drinking late, sittiug late, with my bosom cronies ; All, all arc gone, the old familiar faces. I loved a love once,... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1873 - 552 pages
...my Soul in a moment." And again, there is a tender, plaintive music in Charles Lamb's poom : — " I have had playmates, I have had companions In my...school-days ; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces." Literary Notices. 233 Other examples might be recalled, but these are sufficient to remind... | |
 | 1863 - 982 pages
...Alas ! the gratitude of men Has oftener left me mourning. W. Wordsworth ccxx THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES I HAVE had playmates, I have had companions In my...school-days ; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. I loved a Love once, fairest among women : Closed are her doors on me, I must not see her — All, all... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 pages
...seek for comfort here in vain, Then lead me to my cot again!" • Crabbc. THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES. 1 HAVE had playmates, I have had companions, In my days...childhood, in my joyful school-days ; All, all are gone—the old familiar faces ! I have been laughing, I have been carousing— Drinking late, sitting... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...him : — Our children's children Shall see this, and bless heaven. THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES.— Lamb. I HAVE had playmates, I have had companions, In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days ; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces ! I have been laughing, I have been carousing,... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1864 - 322 pages
...henceforward as a mere memory, dead, and forgiven, and passed away. CHAPTER XIII. AN OLD FRIEND. " I have had playmates, I have had companions In my days of childhood, in my joyful school-days." C. LAMB. THE summer went by in work, and hope, and tender expectation. My task finished at the Sciarra... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1864 - 196 pages
...and passed away. And this was my secret that came with the summer. CHAPTER AN OLD FBIEND. " I u AVE had playmates, I have had companions In my days of childhood, In my joyful school-days." C. LAMB. THE summer went by in work, and hope, and tender expectation. My task finished at the Sciarrçi... | |
 | 1865 - 452 pages
...seen for half a life time. But alas ! we were too soon reminded of the words of Charles Lamb — " I have had playmates, I have had companions. In my...joyful schooldays: All, all are gone, the old familiar faces." remaining, which, for us, possessed a peculiar, though mournful interest. The " old farm house,"... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pages
...friends are they, With whom I converse day by day. Occasional Pieces xviii. CHARLES LAMB. 1775-1834. I have had playmates, I have had companions, In my...joyful school-days, All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. Old Familiar Faces. Books which are no books. Detached Thoughts on Books. Who first invented... | |
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