Said an old wife mourning her only son, "Cut the rogue's tether and let him run!" So with soft relentings and rude excuse, Half scorn, half pity, they cut him loose, And gave him a cloak to hide him in... Favorite Poems - Page 70by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1877 - 96 pagesFull view - About this book
| Electronic journals - 1901 - 578 pages
...man thus put to shame for lechery. Whittier describee a sea captain :— Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart Tarred and feathered, and carried in a cart, By the women of Marblehead. CHAS. P. PHINN. Watford. SWEENY TODD (9 th S. vii. 508; viii. 131,168). —The suggestion that the... | |
| Questions and answers - 1901 - 688 pages
...man thus put to shame for lechery. Whittier describes a sea captain : — Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart Tarred and feathered, and carried in a cart, By the women of Marblehead. CHAS. P. PHINN. Watford. SWEENY TODD (9th S. vii. 508; viii. 131, 168). — The suggestion that the... | |
| 1874 - 804 pages
...body, and Dillingham would certainly meat the fate of old Floyd Ireson, who, as you remember, was ' tarred and feathered and carried in a cart by the women of Marblehead ' ! " " Very well, then," cried Prue, gayly, " I 'll ride Kate instead of Jenny. Jenny pokes along... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - Readers - 1859 - 356 pages
...your catch of fish again ! " And off he sailed through the fog and rain ! Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered, and carried in a cart, By the women of Marblehead 1 Fathoms deep in dark Chaleur That wreck shall lie forevermore. Mother and sister, wife and maid,... | |
| Literature - 1861 - 674 pages
...catch of fish again ! ' And oft' lie sailed through the fog and the rain. Uld Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblchead ! " Through the street, on either side, Up Hew windows, doors swung wide ; Sharp-tongued... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 432 pages
...your catch of fish again ! " And off he sailed through the fog and rainl Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead I Fathoms deep in dark Chaleur That wreck shall lie forcvermore. Mother and sister, wife and maid,... | |
| John Sherburne Sleeper - Sea stories - 1867 - 230 pages
...hallo after him, or sing in rude chorus, — " ' There goes Floyd Ireson, who, for his hard heart, Was tarred and feathered and carried in a cart ^ By the women of Marblehead.' " " And served him right," said Ned. " "Tis a pity, though, that they had not lynched him at once,... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 430 pages
...the winds and the sea-birds say Of the cruel captain who sailed away ? — Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead ! Treble lent the fish-horn's bray. Sea- worn grandsires, cripple-bound, Hulks of old sailors run aground,... | |
| Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - Elocution - 1808 - 596 pages
...gave him a cloak to hide him in, And left him alone with his shame and sin. Poor Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered, and carried in a cart. By the women of Mnrblehead. WHAT I LIVE FOR. (O. LINX'Kl'S RANKS.) I live for those who love me, Whose hearts are kind... | |
| John Swett - Elocution - 1868 - 246 pages
...The strangest ride that ever was sped Was Ireson's, out from llarblehead ! Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of llarblehead! Body of turkey, head of owl, Wings a-droop like a rained-on fowl, Feathered and ruffled... | |
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