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" Ben. Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, "Let others shoot; For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot. "
Lives of the Illustrious - Página 223
1856
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volumen7

1827 - 452 páginas
...dread tyrant no more. Urtrpnl. CFAITHLESS NELLY GRAY. A PATHETIC BALLAD. [from Ilood's WMmt and MdUb'O Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms...cannon-ball took off his legs. So he laid down his arms I Now as they bore him off the field. Said he " Let others shoot. For here I leave my second leg, And...
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The Monthly Review

1826 - 570 páginas
...fair to give him a specimen of Mr. Hood's pathetic mood. It is a sort of companion to Sally Brown. BEN Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms...only pegs; But there's as wooden members quite, As represent my legs !" • Now Ben he loved a pretty maid, Her name was Nelly Gray ; So he went to pay...
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The London Magazine, Volumen6

1826 - 622 páginas
...in the book — Faithless Nelly Gray, apathetic ballad. — FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY. A Pathetic Ballad. Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his logs, So be laid down bis arms ! Now as they bore him off the field. Said he, " Let others shoot. For...
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The London Magazine, Volumen16

1826 - 590 páginas
...in the book—Faithless Nelly Gray, a pathetic ballad.— FA1TIILE93 NELLY GRAY. A Pathetic Ballad. Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms; But a cannon-ball took off hi s legs. So he laid down his arms! Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg, Now...
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The Pocket Magazine

1827 - 334 páginas
...has squeezed out of us by dint of laughing, and in the earnest hope of soon seeing Mr. Hood again. ' Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms...field, Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave ray second leg, And the Forty-second Foot ! " ' The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " they're...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...Nancy Low Has married Mr. K : The jilt! but I can live, So I have, my cigar. FAITHLESS XELLY GliAY. BEV BATTLE was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms: But a cannon-ball look off his legs, So he laid down his arms! Xow, as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others...
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Littell's Living Age, Volumen15

1847 - 640 páginas
...or importance. In the creation of puns Hood probably excels all other wits in luxuriant abundance. " Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, Sa he laid down las arms. " Now, as they bore him off the field, Said he, ' Let others shoot ; For...
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Wit and Humor

Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 páginas
...astonishing for their cleverness, abundance, and extravagance. Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And us'd to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs,...I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot." And in another song, with an astounding confusion of ideas, natural in one sense, and impossible in...
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Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets; with an Illustrative Essay ...

Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 páginas
...astonishing for their cleverness, abundance, and extravagance. Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And us'd to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs,...I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot." And in another song, with an astounding confusion of ideas, natural in one sense, and impossible in...
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Wit and Humor

Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 páginas
...extravagance. Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And us'd to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took oft' his legs, So he laid down his arms. Now as they bore...I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot." And in another song, with an astounding confusion of ideas, natural in one sense, and impossible in...
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