 To all you ladies now at land We men at sea indite; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write: The Muses now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you — With a fa, la, la, la, la.  The Naval Chronicle - Pagina 231geredigeerd door - 1799Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Hugh Logan - 1874 - 484 pagina’s
...celebrated song commencing: — " To all ye ladies now at land We men at sea indite, But first wou'd have you understand How hard it is to write. The Muses...and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you, With a Fa, la, la, la, la ! " &c. It has been questioned, on the authority of the Earl of Orrery, whether... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pagina’s
...(Lintot's Miscellany, 1712.) To all you ladies now at land, We men at sea indite ; But first would have With a fa la, la, la, la. For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain ; Yet if... | |
 | Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - 1878 - 380 pagina’s
...the well known epistle " To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite, And first would have you understand How hard it is to write ; The Muses...and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you. t With a fa la la la la. " For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain, Yet if... | |
 | Alfred Guy K. L'Estrange - 1878 - 384 pagina’s
...the well known epistle " To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite, And first would have you understand How hard it is to write ; The Muses...and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you. With a fa la la la la. " For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain, Yet if rough... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 332 pagina’s
...ALL YOU LADIES NOW ON LAND. TO all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write : The muses...and Neptune, too, We must implore to write to you. With a fa, la, la, la, la. For though the muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain; Yet if... | |
 | Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - 1878 - 378 pagina’s
...the well known epistle " To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite, And first would have you understand How hard it is to write ; The Muses...and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you. With a fa la la la la. " For though the Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain, Yet if rough... | |
 | William Michael Rossetti - 1878 - 510 pagina’s
...of men of genius], SONG.l To all you ladies now at land We men at sea indite ; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write ; The Muses...and Neptune too, We must implore, to write to you, With a fa, la, la, la, la.2 For though the Muses should prove kind. And fill our empty brain, Yet,... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 pagina’s
...ALL YOU LADIES NOW ON LAND. To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write : The muses...and Neptune, too, We must implore to write to you. With a fa, la, la, la, la. For though the muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain; Yet if... | |
 | Mary Clementina Hibbert- Ware - 1879 - 308 pagina’s
...his throat and begun : '" To all ye ladies now on land, We men at sea indite, But first would have you understand How hard it is to write ; The Muses...and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you. With a fa, la, la, la, la." ' The sentimental air which the hardfeatured lieutenant had assumed, the... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 536 pagina’s
...Dobson. SONG WRITTEN AT SEA. To all you Ladies now at land We men at sea indite; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write ; The Muses...Muses should prove kind, And fill our empty brain, Yet if rough Neptune rouse the wind To wave the azure main, Our paper, pen, and ink, and we, Roll up... | |
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