| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1856 - 260 页
...GERMAN DITTIES. A TRAGIC STORY. J BY ADELBERT TON CHAMISSO. "— 'a war Einer, dcm'e zu Herzen gleng." THERE lived a sage in days of yore, And he a handsome...He turned him round, But still it hung behind him. (102) Then round and round, and out and in, All day the puzzled sage did spin; In vain — it mattered... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1856 - 248 页
...POUR GERMAN DITTIES. A TRAGIC STORY. BY ADELBERT VOS CHAMISSO. " 's war Einer, dom's zu Herzen gieng." THERE lived a sage in days of yore, And he a handsome...He turned him round, But still it hung behind him. (102) Then round and round, and out and in, All day the puzzled sage did spin ; In vain — it mattered... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1859 - 420 页
...them—She was the Universe. A TRAGIC STORY. Translated from the German of CHAHISSO, by WM THACEERAY. THERE lived a sage in days of yore And he a handsome pigtail wore ; But wonder'd much and sorrow'd more Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore... | |
| 1867 - 788 页
...trouble about it. The story has been prettily rendered into English by Thackeray, the following verses : There lived a sage in days of yore And he a handsome...and sorrowed more, Because it hung behind him. He mus'd upon this curious case. And swore he'd change the pigtail's place, And have it hanging at his... | |
| 1867 - 530 页
...seal your degree, My divine little Mistress of Arts ! A TRAGIC STORY. FROM THE GERMAN OF CHAMISSO. THERE lived a sage in days of yore, And he a handsome pig-tail wore, But wonder'd much and sorrow'd more, Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore... | |
| James Cornwell - 1870 - 152 页
...the green winter of the holly tree. SOVTHEY, 1774-1843. A TEAGIC STORY. FROM THE GERMAN OF CHAMI880. THERE lived a sage in days of yore, And he a handsome pigtail wore, But wondered much, and wondered more, Because it hung hehind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change the... | |
| James Cornwell - 1870 - 156 页
...green winter of the holly tree. SOUTHEY, 1774—1843. A TRAGIC STORY. PROM THE OEBMAN OF CHAMISSO. a sage in days of yore, And he a handsome pigtail wore, But wondered much, and wondered more, Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change the... | |
| 1875 - 540 页
...lived a sage in days of yore, And he a handsome pig-tail wore, But wonder'd much and sorrow'd mora, Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious...dangling there behind him. Says he, ' The mystery I have found— I'll turn me round ! ' — he turn'd him round, And stamp'd with rage upon the ground,... | |
| Sir Wyke Bayliss - 1876 - 228 页
...hero of Chamisso's story — of which Thackeray has given us a lively and elegant translation : — There lived a Sage in days of yore, And he a handsome...much and sorrowed more Because it hung behind him. The parallel is perfect. First wonder, and then regret * The reader must forgive an English author... | |
| Sir Wyke Bayliss - 1876 - 230 页
...caliendrum of the Latins. — regret that there should be such a thing as right and wrong. And so — He mused upon this curious case, And swore he'd change...hanging at his face, Not dangling there behind him ! Of course. But wonder and regret being of no avail, what shall he do ? Then comes the expedient :... | |
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