 | Eleanor Vere Boyle (hon. mrs. R.C.) - 1859 - 104 страници
...garden grow ? With cockle shells And silver bells, And pretty maids all of a row. L THE WISH. H that I were where I would be ! Then should I be where I am not ; But where I am, there I must be, And where I would be I can not. GUARDIAN ANGELS. OUR corners to... | |
 | Sir John Skelton - 1862 - 512 страници
...does not need these somewhat quaint lines to tell us the mood of her maiden meditation : — Oh, that I were where I would be, Then should I be where I am not. But where I am, there I must be ; And where I would be, I cannot. In nearly every sketch the mere drawing... | |
 | M S. L - 1874 - 92 страници
...Their light bequeathed still shineth on, Though men forget from whence. NEW VERSIONS OF OLD RHYMES. L " I would I were where I would be, Then should I be where I am not, But where I am there I must be, And where I would be I cannot." WOULD I were where I would be, Afar... | |
 | Mary Cecil Hay - 1878 - 394 страници
...to have been niece) by letting a few lines run in my head until they asserted themselves inaction." you tell me if I make a mistake? but they ran almost..." 'I would I were where I would be; Then should I he where I am not. And where I am I will not be; Yet where I should be, will I not.'" Hester was laughing... | |
 | Prince - 1880 - 92 страници
...Mother's a Queen My two little sisters Are dress'd in green, Stamping marigolds and parsley. OH, that I were Where I would be ! Then should I be Where I am not : But where I am There I must be, And where I would be I cannot. Curly Locks. Peep-Peep. CURLY LOCKS,... | |
 | Eleanor Vere Boyle, E. V. B. - 1900 - 270 страници
...— in house or garden, wherever I go, I hear an old rhyme sing — 36 SYLVANA'S LETTERS v Oh that I were where I would be, Then should I be where I am not. But where I am, there I must be, And where I would be, I cannot. Is it because so " dark and true and... | |
 | 1905 - 122 страници
...without you could, could ye? could ye? could ye? You couldn't without you could, could ye ? Oh that I were where I would be ! Then should I be where I am not ; But where I am, there I must be, And where I would be I can not. Hiccory, diccory, dock, ; The mouse... | |
 | Owen Wister - 1911 - 336 страници
...song, and looked at him. He sang his song again, and I found that I now knew it by heart. If that I was where I would be, Then should I be where I am not ; Here am I where I must be, And where I would be I cannot. In the mountains, beyond the sage-brush,... | |
 | Jean Sherwood Rankin - 1917 - 212 страници
...following rime, and notice that you find in it the same form that is used in the rime above : O that I were where I would be! Then should I be where I am not; But where I am, there I must be; And where I would be, I can not. In expressions like "If I were a... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1922 - 232 страници
...too fatally at home, and destined to be at home for all her vows. As the old rhyme has it: Oh that I were where I would be ! Then should I be where I am not: For where I am there I must be, And where I would be I can not. Is it extravagant to suppose that Shakespeare... | |
| |
Oh that I were where I would be ! Then should I be where I am not ; But where I am, there I must be, And where I would be I can not. 
