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" ODE TO MESSRS. GREEN, HOLLOND, AND MONCK MASON, ON THEIR LATE BALLOON EXPEDITION. " Here we go up, up, up, — and there we go down, down, downy." — OLD BALLAD. O lofty-minded men ! Almost beyond the pitch of my goose pen ! And most inflated words !... "
Crotchets in the Air; Or An (un)scientific Account of a Balloon-trip: In a ... - Page 27
by John Poole - 1838 - 98 pages
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The Spirit of the Public Journals, Volume 12

Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1809 - 436 pages
...other delicacies of the season. To conclude with a, {rand ballet, called IL VOLTICO, SINKICO ; OB, Here we go up, up, up, and there we go down, down, down. NB There are accommodations round the port for, at least, two hundred thousand spectators. Tickets...
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The Comic Annual, Volume 8

Thomas Hood - English wit and humor - 1837 - 322 pages
...VOTE FOR CORK. ODE TO MESSRS. GREEN, HOLLOND, AND MONCK MASON, ON THEIR LATE BALLOON EXPEDITION. " Here we go up, up, up, — and there we go down, down, downy." — OLD BALLAD. О lofty-minded men ! Almost beyond the pitch of my goose pen ! And most inflated...
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Crotchets In the Air; or; an (Un) Scientific Account of a Balloon-Trip

John Poole, ESQ. - 1838 - 114 pages
...contempt. As for Pope— pooh ! for Addison—psha ! for Swift— pish! and all the Queen-An ne's-men tied together in a bunch — a fico for them! They...whereabout" with anything approaching to certainty, or precision—if at all. So much for one of the practical uses of the science of ballooning. This ought,...
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The Clockmaker: Or, The Sayings and Doings of Sam Slick, of Slickville ; to ...

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - Canada - 1839 - 838 pages
...storms is, that instead of " avaner," it takes a "pirouette/' and that the whole story of it is this: "Here we go up, up, up, And there we go down, down, downy; Here we go backward and forward, And there we go round, round, roundy." The West Indies is the...
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The Letter-bag of the Great Western: Or, Life in a Steamer

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - American wit and humor - 1840 - 110 pages
...is, that instead of an " avancer," it takes a " pirouette," and that the whole story of it is this : Here we go up up up, And there we go down down downy ; Here we go hackward and forward, And there we go round round rounJy. The West Indies is the...
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Adventures of Frank Ogilby

William S. Wickenden - 1855 - 500 pages
...impenetrable cuticle, and the thicker skull. Let us, then, establish a kind of see-saw between the races — "here we go up, up, up," and "there we go down, down, down." And, that this is the proper, philosophic way of treating the matter, I shall have abundant opportunities...
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The Miscellaneous Poems of Thomas Hood: Containing Lamia, the Epping Hunt ...

Thomas Hood - 1858 - 370 pages
...weeks after it. ODE TO MESSRS. GREEN, HOLLOND, AND MONCK MASON,7 ON THEIR LATE BALLOON EXPEDITION. " Here we go up; up, up — and there we go down, down, downy." — OLD BALLAD. 0 lofty -minded men ! Almost beyond the pitch of my goose pen ! And most inflated...
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A voice from the fireside; or, A few remarks on precociousness, and the ...

Mary Elizabeth Miller - Girls - 1865 - 68 pages
...our ruin. And so the world goes round, making its inhabitants for ever play at the baby's dance of " Here we go up, up, up; and there we go down, down, down." We might here pause to speculate on the question, whether our enjoyments are enhanced, or the reverse,...
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The British Poets, Volume 5

1866 - 378 pages
...house my own ! ODE TO MESSRS. GREEN, HOLLOND, AND MONCK MASON, ON THEIR LATE BALLOON EXPEDITION. " Here we go up, up, up, — and there we go down, down, downy." — OLD BALLAD. O lofty-minded men ! Almost beyond the pitch of my goose pen ! And most inflated...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: With a Memoir, Volume 3

Thomas Hood - 1867 - 372 pages
...house my own ! ODE TO MESSRS. GREEN, HOLLOND, AND MONCK MASON, ON THEIR LATE BALLOON EXPEDITION. " Here we go up, up, up, — and there we go down, down, dowuy." — OLD BALLAD. O lofty-minded men ! Almost beyond the pitch of my goose pen ! And most inflated...
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