 T'other day, much in want of a subject for song ; Thinks I to myself, I have hit on a strain, — Sure marriage is much like a Devonshire lane.  Untrodden English Ways - Page 32by Henry Charles Shelley - 1908 - 341 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1823 - 746 pages
...song ; Thinks I to myself, I have hit on a strain, — Sure marriage is much like a Devonshire lane. In the first place, 'tis long, and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as the cage holds a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must,... | |
 | 1823 - 758 pages
...myself, I have hit on a strain, — Sure marriage is much like a Devonshire lane. •• .. • • • In the first place, 'tis long, and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as the cage holds a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must,... | |
 | 1823 - 762 pages
...In the first place, 'tis long, and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as the cage holds a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must, since there's no turning round. But though 'tis so long, it is not very wide, For two are the most... | |
 | Joanna Baillie - 1823 - 388 pages
...In the first place, 'tis long, and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as the cage holds a linnet, For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must, since there's no turning round. But tho' 'tis so long, it is not very wide, For two are the most that... | |
 | 1836 - 352 pages
...by the rain, Sure marriage is just like a Devonshire lane. In the first place it is long, and when you are in it It holds you as fast as a cage does a linnet ; While, however rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must, since there's no turning... | |
 | 1862 - 670 pages
...song, Thinks I to myself, I have hit on a strain — Sure marriage is much like a Devonshire lane. In the first place, 'tis long ; and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as a cnge does a linnet ; But howe'cr rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must —... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 pages
...MIRROR. In the first place, 'tis long; and when once you are m it, U huida you as fuel as a cage holds a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found. Drive forward you must, for there'» no turning round ! But though 'tis so long, it is not very wide ; For two are the most... | |
 | Bridal gift - 1848 - 244 pages
...perhaps inspired by the rain, Sure marriage is much like a Devonshire lane ! In the first place, 't is long ; and when once you are in it, It holds you as fast as a cage holds a linnet ; For howe'er rough and dirty the road may be found, Drive forward you must, for there... | |
 | Joe Miller - 1848 - 248 pages
...SPINSTER AND SWAIN MAY HERE ASCERTAIN How MARRIAGE RESEMBLES A DEVONSHIRE LANE. " In the first place 't is long, and when once you are in it It holds you as fast as the cage holds a linnet ; For howe'er rough aud dirty the road may be found. Drive forward you must,... | |
 | 1907 - 678 pages
...Marriott in his ' Marriage is like a Devonshire Lane ' : — • In the first place, 'tis long, and when you are in it, It holds you as fast as a cage does...Drive forward you must, there is no turning round. For though 'tis so long, it is not very wide. For two are the most that together can ride : And e'en... | |
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