 | Ida Prentice Whitcomb - 1922 - 402 ˹éÒ
...though thou have time But for a line, be that sublime, — Not failure, but low aim, is crime." ALADDIN When I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend nor a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp; When I could not sleep for cold, I had fire enough in my brain, And builded with roofs... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 513 ˹éÒ
...jar, Aladdin dye soap, etc.) The following poem by James Russell Lowell will be of interest : ALADDIN When I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend or a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp; When I could not sleep for the cold, I had fire enough in my brain,... | |
 | Paul Klapper, Abraham London - 1924
...the sea, yet the sea is not full. 7. He sailed up the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi River. 8. When I was a beggarly boy And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend or a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp. 130. Using Conjunctions In the following exercise fill the blanks... | |
 | Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1921
...spring is all the nearer, You have bitten into the heart of the earth, ALADDIN JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL When I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend nor a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp; When I could not sleep for the cold, I had fire enough in my brain, And builded with... | |
 | 1924 - 384 ˹éÒ
...breed offence: Thus do I live; thus will I die; Would all did so as well as I! ALADDIN Sir Edward Dyer WHEN I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend nor a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp; When I could not sleep for the cold, I had fire enough in my brain, And builded, with... | |
 | Arnold Levitas - 1924 - 320 ˹éÒ
...The first word of every line in poetry, whether it begins the sentence or not, must be capitalised. When I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend nor a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp. When I could not sleep for the cold, I had fire enough in my brain, And builded with... | |
 | James Russell Lowell, Horace Elisha Scudder - 1924 - 492 ˹éÒ
...Heightened and chastened by a household charm ; She smiled, and " Which is fairer," said ear, ALADDIN WHEN I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had nut. a friend uor a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp; When I could not sleep for the cold, I had fire... | |
 | Edward Walmsley Stitt - 1925 - 295 ˹éÒ
...foolish servant traded the old lamp for a new silver one. In the poem, "Fortune" represents the wizard. When I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend nor a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp: When I could not sleep for the cold, I had fire enough in my brain, And builded, with... | |
 | John Harrie Beveridge, Belle M. Ryan, William Dodge Lewis - 1926
...Aladdin's lamp? What does the poet mean by "castles in Spain"? Have you ever built "castles in Spain"? When I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, When I could not sleep for the cold, I had fire enough in my brain, And builded, with roofs of gold,... | |
 | Paul Carus - 1908
...brings out most forcibly the yearning for the romance of childhood. It reads thus : "When I was a beggar boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend nor a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp; When I could not sleep for cold, I had fire enough in my brain, And builded, with roofs... | |
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I could not sleep for the cold, I had fire enough in my brain, And builded, with roofs of gold, My beautiful castles in Spain ! Since then I have toiled day and night, I have money and power good store, But... 
