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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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Poems of Places: England and Wales, Volume 3

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 304 pages
...well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, For he shall be master for lite ; " But if the wife should drink of 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,...
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The Speaker's Garland and Literary Bouquet, Volume 1

1876 - 732 pages
...life, "But if the wife should drink of it. first, Heaven help 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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Poems of Places: England and Wales

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 304 pages
...Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, For he shall be master for life ; "Bat if the wife should drink of 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,...
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A New Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 2

William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...the husband of this gifted well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, For ho shall be master for life. " But if the wife should drink of it first, Heaven help the husband then ! " The stranger stooped to the well of St. Keyne, And drauk oj' the waters...
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Macleod's First text-book of elocution

Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 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, — heaven help the husband then !" The stranger stooped to the Well of St. Keyne, and drank of the...
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The Royal Readers, Issue 5

Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1879 - 448 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, Woe be to the husband then ! " — The stranger stooped to the Well of St. Keyne, And drank of the...
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A New Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 2

William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...the husband of this gifted well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is ho, For ho shall be master for life. " But if the wife should drink of it first, Heaven help the husband then ! " The stranger stooped to the well of St. Keyne, And drank of the waters...
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A Short History of Penzance, S. Michael's Mount, S. Ives, and the Land's End ...

Wladislaw Somerville Lach-Szyrma - 1878 - 222 pages
...famed Kader Mighel, before her husband, similar to the charm of S. Keynes well, in east Cornwall. " If the wife should drink of it first, God help the husband then I " So S. Keyne was a zealous champion of woman's rights in the good old times. S. Cadoc, her nephew,...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: With a Memoir, Volume 3

Robert Southey - 1880 - 728 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...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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Poetical reader suitable for the fourth standard of elementary schools ...

James Booth (head master of the Caledonian schools, Liverpool) - 1881 - 232 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, Woe be to the husband then ! ' Tho stranger stooped to the Well of St. Keyue, And drank of the water...
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