Well — well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind turn with it, heads or tails, And live and die, make love and pay our taxes, And as the veering wind shifts, shift our sails... The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron - Page 2by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1819 - 240 pages
...quite natural, Or else the thing had hardly come to pass) ; A husband rather old, not much in unity IV. Well—well, the world must turn upon its axis,...priest instructs, and so our life exhales, A little breath, love, wine, ambition, fame, Fighting, devotion, dust,—perhaps a name. V. I said, that Juan... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1819 - 242 pages
...husband rather old, not much in unity With his young wife — a time, and opportunity. IV. Well — well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind...priest instructs, and so our life exhales, A little breath, love, wine, ambition, fame, Fighting, devotion, dust, — perhaps a name. V. I said, that Juan... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821
...husband rather old, not much in unity With his young wife — a time, and opportunity. IV. Well — well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind...priest instructs, and so our life exhales, A little breath, love, wine, ambition, fame, Fighting, devotion, dust, — perhaps a name. V. I said, that Juan... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821 - 460 pages
...— well, tjie world must turn upon ijbs. ajds,. And all mankind turn witk iti,. Ijpads or. tail** And live and die, make love and pay our taxes,. And as the veering wind shifts, shift our. sail* ; The king commands us, and the doctor quacks us, T.he prie&t instructs, and so our life exhales^... | |
 | William Bengo' Collyer - 1822 - 514 pages
...here, misery or happiness hereafter, the following flippant stanza is a specimen : " Well — well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind...priest instructs, and so our life exhales, A little breath, love, wine, ambition, fame, Fighting, devotion, dust, — perhaps a name." [Don Juan, Canto... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pages
...husband rather old, not much in unity With bis young wife — a time, and opportunity. IV. Well — well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind...us, and the doctor quacks us, The priest instructs us, and so our life exhales A little breath, love, wine, ambition, fame, Fighting, devotion, dust —... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...had hardly come to pass;) A husband rather old, not much in unity With his young wife—a time, and opportunity. IV. Well—well, the world must turn...priest instructs, and so our life exhales, A little breath, love, wine, ambition, fame, Fighting, devotion, dust—perhaps a name. V. I said, that Juan... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1825 - 253 pages
...Tipperary, seems to be so well secured, that his Lordship has not yet been able to get at it himself. IV. " Well—well, the world must turn upon its axis,...And all mankind turn with it, heads or tails, And lire and die, make love and pay our taxes, And as the veering wind shifts, shift our sails ; The king... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 776 pages
...unity With his young wife — a time, and oppor, tunity. Well — well, the world must turn npon in tainted barb to thine. Thy parting-glance, which fondly beama, An equal love may see : The tear that ; Tin: king commands us, and the doctor quacks us, The priest instructs, and so our life exhales, A... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1826
...has not yet been able to get at it himself. IV. " Well — well, the world must turn upon its axit, And all mankind turn with it, heads or tails, And live and die, make love and pay OUT taxes, And as the veering wind shifts, shift our sails ; The king commands us, and the doctor quacks... | |
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