 | 1833 - 154 sider
...could ye? Yon couldn't without you could, could ye ? Oh that I were where 1 would be ! Then should I be where I am not ; But where I am, there I must be, Jacky, come give me your fiddle, If ever you mean to thrive. Nay, I'll not give my fiddle To any man... | |
 | Francis Edward Paget - 1856 - 248 sider
...join, with all her heart, in the universal chorus, — " O that I was where I would be, Then would I be where I am not ! But where I am, there I must be, And where I would be, I cannot." Not that any of her friends, or indeed Mrs. Maugre herself, knows exactly where she would... | |
 | Francis Edward Paget - 1858 - 254 sider
...join, with all her heart, in the universal chorus, — " O that I was where I would be, Then would I be where I am not ! But where I am, there I must be, And where I would be, I cannot." Not that any of her friends, or indeed Mrs. Maugre herself, knows exactly where she would... | |
 | Sir John Skelton - 1862 - 512 sider
...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 is very perfect — nothing, for instance, can be more... | |
 | 1865 - 386 sider
...one of her father's chief delights in his rare visits, sang sweetly, yet sadly— " О that I wore where I would be! Then I should be where I am not ; But where I am, liiere I must be, And where I would be I can not/ 1 "You have not forgotten vour foolish fancies, then,... | |
 | E. Rosalie Salmon - 1872 - 176 sider
...they remembered throughout their lives. 4 CHAPTER VII. " O that I was where I would be, Then would I be where I am not! But where I am, there I must be, And where I would be I canno_t." 9 T) UT now we will leave Claud and his companions -*-^ in danger, and return to Robin, and... | |
 | M S. L - 1874 - 92 sider
...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 away, across the sea ; Impatient oft I pace the shore,... | |
 | Prince - 1880 - 92 sider
...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, Curly Locks, Wilt thou be mine ? Thou shalt not wash dishes... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1899 - 934 sider
...doorways ; and wondered if their faces had changed. O, that I were where I would be ! Then would I be where I am not ; But where I am, there I must be, And where I would be, I cannot. She never told a soul of her home thoughts. Her husband never guessed them. But Taffy (without... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1897 - 300 sider
...Joan. When nobody's with me, I'm always alone. «.^^-» OTHAT I was where I would be. , Then would I be where I am not ! But where I am there I must be, And where I would be I cannot. TOBACCO reek ! tobacco reek ! When you're well, 'twill make you sick. Tobacco reek ! tobacco... | |
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I should be where I am not ; But where I am, there I must be, And where I would be I can not. 
