Over the hill to the poor-house I'm trudgin' my weary way.
Over the Hill to the Poor-house (1872).
There's lots of people—this town wouldn't hold them; Who don't know much excepting what's told them.
Carleton (1885)City Ballads, p. 143. Quote reported inHoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 419-23.
Not a log in this buildin' but its memories has got And not a nail in this old floor but touches a tender spot.
Out of the old House, Nancy, reported inBartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Fare you well, old house! you're naught that can feel or see, But you seem like a human bein'—a dear old friend to me; And we never will have a better home, if my opinion stands, Until we commence a-keepin' house in the house not made with hands.
Out of the old House, Nancy, reported inBartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
To appreciate heaven well 'T is good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.
Gone with a handsomer Man, reported inBartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Betsy and I Are Out (1871), published in the Toledo Blade and then reprinted by Harper’s Weekly, reported inBartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Things at home are crossways, and Betsy and I are out.
I have talked with Betsy, and Betsy has talked with me, And so we've agreed together that we can't never agree.
Betsy, like all good women, had a temper of her own.
The more we arg'ed the question the more we did n't agree.
I don't complain of Betsy or any of her acts, Exceptin' when we 've quarreled and told each other facts.
