 | Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1896 - 174 pages
...another Decameron, and forty more novels by Walter Scott. " A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf of bread — and thou Beside me singing in the wilderness. Oh, wilderness were paradise enow."1 " The weather will be extremely fine, but not without such varieties... | |
 | Israel Zangwill - 1896 - 410 pages
...that we shall fall into the simple old faith of Omar Khayyam: " A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread, and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — O Wilderness were Paradise enow." "Yes," said I, "the only wisdom is to live. Action is substance... | |
 | Thomas Donaldson - 1896 - 318 pages
...Rubaiyat, Mr. Whitman has marked and bracketed the following : XII. A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a loaf of bread — and Thou Beside me Singing * * * * (Enjoyment.) XVII. Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1897 - 438 pages
...POE 1340-1809 SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine^ a Loaf of Bread, and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — O. Wilderness were Paradise eno•w. Omar Khayyam. OF THE UNIVERS.TY OF LONDON : METHUEN AND CO.... | |
 | Louis Lombard - 1897 - 198 pages
...may do much good by averting other and more harmful pastimes. "A Book of Verses underneath the Bough A Jug of Wine, a loaf of Bread — and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise now." Do not borrow trouble. Recall the case of the old woman who... | |
 | Louis Napoleon Parker - 1897 - 92 pages
...that he realises the well-knowu Dore picture of Don Quixote. " A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow ! " (A heavy thud is heard overhead, as of a door slamming. He... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - 1897 - 702 pages
...spirits in the untamed twenties, who like Omar desire only — "A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou Beside me singing in the wilderness." What does it matter that the wilderness is that of the Paris roofs, and the bread at least wanting,... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1897 - 522 pages
...1340-1809 SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY A Book ef Verses underneath the Bough, A Jugoj Wine, a Loaf of Bread, and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — Ot Wilderness were Paradise enow. Omar Khayyam. LONDON METHUEN AND CO. ESSEX STREET, STRAND 1897... | |
 | Paul Tyner - 1898 - 580 pages
...volume aa Omar himself muit have had in mind when he wrote: A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread,— and Thou Beside me sitting in the Wilderness — Ab, Wilderness were Paradise enowt It IB well for the weak that their... | |
 | 1898 - 880 pages
...glitter of the poet enthusiast in his eye, he quoted : — " A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf of bread — and thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness. Oh! Wilderness were Paridise enow! " "Laces ! keyrings ! umbrella rings !" He had moved on to fresh... | |
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A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow! 
