 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1866 - 388 str.
...the round and culls one favored beau, Who leaps the luscious tribute to bestow. Various the sports, as are the wits and brains Of well-pleased lasses...away, And he that gets the last ear wins the day." Progress in taste and sentiment, however, is already obvious in our recreative arrangements. There... | |
 | Wayne E. Burton - 1867 - 674 str.
...the sports, as are the wits and brains Of well-pleased lasses and contending swaina ; Till the Tast mound of corn is swept away, And he that gets the...day. Meanwhile, the housewife urges all her care, The well-earn'd feast to hasten and prepare. The sifted meal already waits her hand, The milk is strain'd,... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1868 - 382 str.
...round and culls one favoured beau, Who leaps the luscious tribute to bestow. . Various the sports, as are the wits and brains Of well-pleased lasses...away, And he that gets the last ear wins the day.' Progress in taste and sentiment, however, is already obvious in our recreative arrangements. There... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1868 - 384 str.
...the round and culls one favoured beau, Who leaps the luscious tribute to bestow. Various the sports, as are the wits and brains Of well-pleased lasses...away, And he that gets the last ear wins the day.' Progress in taste and sentiment, however, is already obvious in our recreative arrangements. There... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1878 - 510 str.
...a prize is cast, Red as her lips and taper as her waist, She walks the round and culls one favor'd beau, Who leaps the luscious tribute to bestow. Various...day. Meanwhile the housewife urges all her care The well-earn'd feast to hasten and prepare. The sifted rneal already waits her hand, The milk is strain'd,... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 564 str.
...prize is cast, Red as her lips, and taper as her waist, She walks the round, and culls one favored beau, Who leaps, the luscious tribute to bestow. Various the sport, as are the wits and brains Of well pleased lassies and contending swains; Till the vast mound of corn is swept away, And he that... | |
 | George Washington Greene - 1890 - 626 str.
...is cast, Red as her lips, and taper as her waist, She walks the round and culls her favored beaux, Who leaps the luscious tribute to bestow. Various the sport, as are the wits and brains Of well pleased lasses and contending swains; Till the vast mound of corn is swept away, And he that gets... | |
 | Sidney Perley - 1899 - 570 str.
...leaps the luscious tribute to bestow. Various the sports, as are the wits and brains Of well pleased lasses and contending swains ; Till the vast mound...that gets the last ear wins the day." Meanwhile, the farmer's wife had set within the spacious old kitchen a table long enough to accommodate all the guests,... | |
 | George Washington Greene - 1900 - 626 str.
...is cast, .Bed as her lips, and taper as her waist, She walks the round and culls her favored beaux, Who leaps the luscious tribute to bestow. Various the sport, as are the wits and brains Of well pleased lasses and contending swains ; Till the vast mound of corn is swept away, And he that... | |
 | Julian Willis Abernethy - 1902 - 520 str.
...the prize is cast, Red as her lips and taper as her waist, She walks the round and culls one favor'd beau, Who leaps the luscious tribute to bestow. Various...away, And he that gets the last ear wins the day. Another grandiloquent epic was Dwight's "Conquest of Canaan," published in 1785, "the first of the... | |
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With each smut ear he smuts the luckless swains ; But when to some sweet maid a prize is cast, Red as her lips and taper as her waist, She walks the round and culls one favoured beau, Who leaps the luscious tribute to bestow. 
