 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
 | Thomas Hood - 1897 - 634 páginas
...teach, But wears a floury head, and talks in flow'ry speech ! FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY A PATHETIC BALLAD 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... | |
 | John Farmer - 1898 - 44 páginas
...soon are friends ; On the deck, Till a wreck, Each the common cause defends. LXXVIII. gen guttle. "DEN 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,... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 páginas
...heads, were bother'd, I'm sure, by this Irishman. WILLIAM FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY. A PATHETIC BALLAD. BEX , the iron-bound j bucket, The moss-cover'd bucket arose f cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms! Now as they bore him off the field, Said he,... | |
 | 1902 - 548 páginas
...know who put my new hat in de disbpan — dat I would ! I'd scald 'em for sho I" Mutual Assault. " Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms, But a cannon ball took off bis legs, So he laid down his arms." — Hood. THE Supreme Court of North Carolina recently had before... | |
 | Frederic Lawrence Knowles - 1902 - 516 páginas
...The heathen Chinee is peculiar, Which the same I am free to maintain. Bret Hartc FAITHLESS NELLY 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... | |
 | Frederic Lawrence Knowles - 1902 - 508 páginas
...are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar, Which the same I am free to maintain. FAITHLESS NELLY 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... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1903 - 218 páginas
...punsters ; and in his ballad, " Faithless Nelly Gray," the wit of each stanza is found in a pun. " 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." Satire ridicules the follies and vices of... | |
 | 1904 - 876 páginas
...goodness of earth is more dead than alive). JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY. A PATHETIC BALLAD. 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,... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1905 - 330 páginas
...now 't is little joy To know I'm further off from heaven Than when I was a boy. FAITHLESS NELLY 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... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1906 - 804 páginas
...Heaven never heard his cry, nor did The ocean heed his caul. FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY A PATHETIC BALLAD 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... | |
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