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" Keyne,' quoth the Cornish-man, 'many a time Drank of this crystal Well, And before the Angel summoned her, She laid on the water a spell. 'If the husband of this gifted Well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, For he shall be master... "
Anthologia: A Collection of Epigrams, Ludicrous Epitaphs, Sonnets, Tales ... - Page 181
1807 - 184 pages
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Tom Hood's Comic Readings in Prose and Verse: A Companion to Carpenter's ...

Tom Hood - 1869 - 292 pages
...If the husband of this gifted well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, For he shall be master for life. " But if the wife should...it first, God help the husband then!" The stranger stooped to the well of St. Keyne, And drank of the water again. "You drank of the well I warrant betimes?"...
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The public school speaker and reader, ed. by J.E. Carpenter

Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...If the husband of this gifted well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, For he shall be master for life. " But if the wife should...it first, God help the husband then !" The stranger stooped to the well of St. Keyne, And drank of the water again. " You drank of the well I warrant betimes...
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Tom Hood's Comic readings in prose and verse, Volume 2

Thomas Hood - 1869 - 264 pages
...the husband of this gifted well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, For be shall be master for life. " But if the wife should...it first, God help the husband then!'' The stranger stooped to the well of St. Keyne, " You drank of the well I warrant betimes ?" He to the Cornish-man...
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A budget of Cornish poems, by various authors

Cornish poems - 1869 - 62 pages
...life." " But if the wife should think of it first, God bless the husband then." The stranger stooped to the well of St. Keyne, And drank of the waters again. "You drank of the well, I warrant, betimes," He to the countryman said, But the countryman smiled as the stranger spake,...
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The illustrated public school speaker and reader based on grammatical ...

Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 420 pages
...Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, ' If the husband—of this gifted Well For he shall be master for life. ' But if the wife should...first.— God help the husband then !' The stranger stooped to the Well of St. Keyne, And drank of the water again. ' You drank of the Well, I warrant,...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 966 pages
..."If the husband of this gifted well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, For am Cullen Bryant Heaven help the husband then ! " The stranger stooped to the well of St. Keyne, And drank of the waters...
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Only an Ensign: A Tale of the Retreat from Cabul, Volume 2

James Grant - 1871 - 324 pages
...Polwhele, who, as his name imports, was a Cornishman; and he added, laughingly, " What says Southey ?— But if the wife should drink of it first, God help the husband then ! ****** I hastened as soon as the wedding was done, And left my wife in the porch ; But i'faith she...
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The English elocutionist, a collection of the finest passages of poetry and ...

Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 pages
...If the husband, of this gifted Well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man henceforth is he, For he shall be master for life. " But if the wife should...first, God help the husband then ! " The stranger stooped to the Well of St. Keyne, And drank of the water again. "You drank of the Well, I warrant,...
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Reading and Elocution: Theoretical and Practical

Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 pages
..."If the husband of this gifted well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man henceforth is he, For he shall be master for life. 'But if the wife should drink of it first, u You drank of the well, I warrant, betimes t" He to the Cornish-man said ; Eat the Cornish-man smiled...
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The New code, 1871. The useful knowledge reading books, ed. by E.T. Stevens ...

Edward Thomas Stevens - 1873 - 236 pages
...If the husband of this gifted well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, For he shall be master for life. ' But if the wife should drink of it first, God help the husband then I' The stranger stooped to the well of St. Keyne And drank of the water again. ' You drank of the well,...
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