 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1893 - 482 pàgines
...tongue, Pushed and pulled up the rocky lane, Shouting and singing the shrill refrain: ' Here 's Flnd Oirson, fur his horrd horrt, Torr'd an' futherr'd an' corr'd in a corrt By the women o' Morble'ead! ' " Such a subject as that stirred the Yankee Quaker to the depths. A human being, deaf to the still... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1859 - 356 pàgines
...Sharp-tongued spinsters, old wives gray, Treble lent the fish-horns' bray. Sea-worn grand^ires, cripple bound, Hulks of old sailors, run aground, Shook head and...and cane, And cracked with curses the hoarse refrain : " Here 's Flud Oirson, for his horrd horrt, Torr'd an' futher'd, an' corr'd in a corrt, By the women... | |
 | 1861 - 674 pàgines
...side, Up Hew windows, doors swung wide ; Sharp-tongued spinsters, old wives gray, Lent a treble to the fish-horn's bray. Sea-worn grandsires, cripple-bound....Hulks of old sailors run aground, Shook head and fist, shook hat and cane, And cracked with curses the hoarse refrain ; ' Here's Flud Oirson, fur his horrd... | |
 | John Swett - 1868 - 246 pàgines
...street, on either side, Up flew windows, doors swung wide; Sharp-tongued spinsters, old wives gray, Treble lent the fish-horn's bray. Sea-worn grandsires,...futherr'd an' corr'd in a corrt By the women o' Morble'ead !" " Hear me, neighbors !" at last he cried,— " What to me is this noisy ride? What is the shame... | |
 | John Swett - 1867 - 252 pàgines
...street, on either side, Up. flew windows, doors swung wide; Sharp-tongued spinsters, old wives gray, Treble lent the fish-horn's bray. Sea-worn grandsires,...the hoarse refrain : '' Here's Flud Oirson, fur his liorrd horrt, Torr'd an' futherr'd an" corr'd in a corrt By the women o' Morble'ead 1" " Hear me, neighbors... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 430 pàgines
...feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead ! Treble lent the fish-horn's bray. Sea- worn grandsires, cripple-bound, Hulks of old sailors run...cracked with curses the hoarse refrain : " Here's Flud Oirsori, fur his horrd horrt, Torr'd an' futherr'd an' corr'd in a corrt By the women o' Morble'ead... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 pàgines
...Sharp-tongued spinsters, old wives gray, Treble lent the fish-horns' bray. Sea-worn grandsires, cripple bound, Hulks of old sailors, run aground, Shook head and...cracked with curses the hoarse refrain : " Here's Find Oirson, for his horrd hoort, Torr'd an' futher'd, an' corr'd in a corrt, By the women o' Morble'ead... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1870 - 106 pàgines
...street, on either side, Up flew windows, doors swung wide ; Sharp-tongued spinsters, old wives gray, Treble lent the fish-horn's bray. Sea-worn grandsires,...and cane. And cracked with curses the hoarse refrain : " Here 's Flud Dirson, fur his horrd horrt, Torr'd an' futherr'd an' corr'd in a corrt By the women... | |
 | 1872 - 514 pàgines
...street, on either side, Up flew windows, doors swung wide ; Sharp-tongued spinsters, old wives gray, Treble lent the fish-horn's bray. Sea-worn grandsires,...futherr'd an' corr'd in a corrt By the women o' Morble'ead ! " " Hear me, neighbors ! " at last he' cried, — '' What to me is this noisy ride ? What is the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 424 pàgines
...street, on either side, Up flew windows, doors swung wide ; Sharp-tongued spinsters, old wives gray, Treble lent the fish-horn's bray. Sea-worn grandsires,...and cane, And cracked with curses the hoarse refrain : " Here 's Flud Oirson, fur his horrd horrt, Torr'd an' futherr'd an' corr'd in a corrt By the women... | |
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Torr'd an' futherr'd an' corr'd in a corrt By the women o' Morble'ead ! " Sweetly alonp the Salem road Bloom of orchard and lilac showed. Little the wicked skipper knew Of the fields so green and the sky so blue. 
