 Ben. Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, "Let others shoot; For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot.  Once a Week - Página 5241871Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | David Salmon - 1890 - 322 páginas
...is not employed in the sense which it has in the pair. Examples abound in the writings of Hood. (1) Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. Faithless Nelly Gray. Legs being used for... | |
 | David Salmon - 1890 - 318 páginas
...is not employed in the sense which it has in the pair. Examples abound in the writings of Hood. (1) Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. Faithless Nelly Gray. Legs being used for... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1890 - 364 páginas
...the first water. Those of Hood are astonishing for their cleverness, abundance, and extravagance :— Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. Now as they bore him off the field, Said he,... | |
 | Grace Townsend - 1891 - 570 páginas
...know about the row That broke up our society upon the Stanislow. — Bret Harte. Faithless Nelly Gray. BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms;...ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, "Let others shoot; For here I leave my second leg, And... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1893 - 280 páginas
...And sauce, they stood like posts ; Oh, prudent folks, for fear of hoax, Put no belief in Ghosts ! \EN BATTLE was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms...cannon ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms ! Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others shoot, The army-surgeons made him limbs... | |
 | 1894 - 288 páginas
.../ Who live in the world of beauty, / And rather see woes than joys. UNKNOWN. FAITHLESS NELLIE GRAY. Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. Now, as they bore him off the field, Said... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 464 páginas
...eyes grow dim—- Who 's that fallen— me or him ? " TнOMAS FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY. A PATHET1C BALLAD. Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannnn-bull took off his legs, So he laid down his arms I Now, as they bore him off the field, Said... | |
 | 1910 - 748 páginas
...Hood's punning verses are those contained in his "Faithless Nellie Gray" and "Faithless Sally Brown": " Ben Battle was a soldier bold. And used to war's alarms; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. " And as they took him off the field, Cried... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1896 - 360 páginas
...life suffered much from ill health. Some of his most humorous pieces were written on a sick bed. 1. BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms;...ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms! 2. Now, as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg.... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 páginas
...Bryant's trans. The sex is ever to a soldier kind. h. HOMEB— Odyssey. Bk. XIV. L. 246. Pope's trans. The Task. -1 cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. t. HOOD — Faithlest Nellie Gray. As we pledge... | |
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