 | Julian Hawthorne, William Leonard Lemmon - American literature - 1891 - 428 pages
...cut him loose, And gave him a cloak to hide him in, And left him alone with his shame and sin. Poor Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead ! Look up the references to historic or traditional rides and describe them. What kind of a figure... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 452 pages
...a human back, Islam's prophet on Al-Borak, — The strangest ride that ever was sped Was Ireson's, out from Marblehead! Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard...Body of turkey, head of owl, Wings a-droop like a raiued-on fowl, Feathered and ruffled in every part, Skipper Ireson stood in the cart. Scores of women,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 584 pages
...that might not be ! What did the winds and the sea-birds say Of the cruel captain who sailed away? — Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead ! Through the street, on either side, Up flew windows, doors swung wide ; Sharp-tongued spinsters,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1892 - 608 pages
...reeling deck ! Hate me and curse me, — 1 ouly dread The hand of God and the face of the doad ! " Said old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead ! Then the wife of the skipper lost at sea Said, "God has touched him! — why should we Ç " Said... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 510 pages
...reeling deck ! Hate me and curse me, — I only dread The hand of God and the face of the dead ! " Said old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead ! voL. I. 12 178 NARRATIVE AND LEGENDARY POEMS Then the wife of the skipper lost at sea Said, " God... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 490 pages
...cut him loose, And gave him a cloak to hide him in, And left him alone with his shame and sin. Poor Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Mavblehead ! 1857. THE SYCAMORES. Hugh Tallant was the first Irish resident of Haverhill, Mass. He... | |
 | P. Garrett - 1892 - 906 pages
...cut him loose, And gave him a cloak to Iiide him in, And left him alone with his shame and sin. Poor Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marbleheadl THE DRUMMER'S BRIDE. Hollow-eyed and pale, at the window of a jail. Through "her soft,... | |
 | Moses Foster Sweetser - Maritime Provinces - 1892 - 384 pages
...What did the winda and the sea-birds say Of the cruel captain who sailed away ? — Old Floyd Ireaon, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marbtehead." Hiscou has the best shoutii g in Canada : plover in Aug. and Sept. ; geese, ducks, and... | |
 | Margaret Tufts Yardley - American literature - 1893 - 464 pages
...you mean ?"says Agnes, not knowing whether to be angry or not. " Well," says Lily, "doesn't it say, ' Floyd Ireson for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart ' ? " That was the Magna Charta of course. Maybe it was ' the women of Marblehead ' signed it, though.... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1894 - 582 pages
...reeling deck ! Hate me and curse me, — I only dread The hand of God and the face of the dead !" Said old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead ! Then the wife of the skipper lost at sea Said, " God has touched him ! why should we!" Said an old... | |
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Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart .. By the women of Marblehead... 
