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An Anthology of Chartist Poetry: Poetry of the British Working Class, 1830s ... - Page 70
edited by - 1989 - 353 pages
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Rymes and Roundelayes

T. Noel - Poetry - 1841 - 228 pages
...has made some approach To gentility, now that he's stretch 'd in a coach ; He's taking a drive in his carriage at last ; But it will not be long, if he...so fast ! " Rattle his bones over the stones ; He's or^ly a Pauper, whom nobody owns ! " You bumpkin ! who stare at your brother convey'd, Behold what...
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The Monthly Review

Books - 1842 - 650 pages
...Not a tear in the eye of child, woman, or man. To the grave with his carcase as fast as you can : ' Rattle his bones over the stones ; He's only a pauper, whom nobody owns !' What a jolting and creaking, and splashing and din ! The whip how it cracks ! and the wheels how...
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The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 13

United States - 1843 - 678 pages
...road it is rough, and the hearse has no springs, And hark to the dirge which the sad driver sings : ' Rattle his bones over the stones ; He's only a pauper, whom nobody owns !' Oh, where are the mourners Т alas ! there are none ; He has left not a gap in the world now he's...
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United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 13

United States - 1843 - 708 pages
...dirt, right and left, o'er the hedges is hurl'd ! The pauper at length makes a noise in the world ! ' Rattle his bones over the stones ; He's only a pauper, whom nobody owns !' Poor pauper defunct ! he has made some approach To gentility, now that he's stretch'd in a coach...
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Voices of the True-hearted

American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...has made some approach To gentility, now that he's stretched in a coach! He is taking a drive in his carriage at last ; But it will not be long, if he goes on so fast : 11 Rattle his bones over the stones ; He's only a pauper, whom nobody owns !" You bumpkins ! who...
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Voices of the True-hearted

American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...road it is rough, and the hearse has no springs, And hark to the dirge which the sad driver sings : " Rattle his bones over the stones ; He's only a pauper, whom nobody owns !" Oh, where are the mourners ? alas ! there are none ; He has left not a gap in the world now he's...
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The American Literary Magazine, Volume 1

Timothy Dwight Sprague - American periodicals - 1847 - 408 pages
...burying ground, lying, as such cemeteries are too commonly found, in a low, damp, and marshy place. " Rattle his bones over the stones, He's only a pauper whom nobody owns," •sang merry, sad Tom Hood. He might have added, And bury him deep in the cold damp mould. It is true,...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...has made some approach To gentility, now that he's stretched in a coach ; He's taking a drive in his carriage at last, But it will not be long if he goes...the stones ; He's only a pauper, whom nobody owns. The author tells me that this incident was taken from the life. He witnessed such a funeral : — a...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1

Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...has made some approach To gentility, now that he's stretched in a coach ; He's taking a drive in his carriage at last, But it will not be long if he goes...the stones ; He's only a pauper, whom nobody owns. The author tells me that this incident was taken from the life. He witnessed such a funeral : — a...
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Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...To gentility, now that he's stretched in a coach ; He's taking a drive in his carriage at last, Bnt it will not be long if he goes on so fast ! Rattle...the stones ; He's only a pauper, whom nobody owns. ***** The author tells me that this incident was taken from the life. He witnessed such a funeral :...
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