...break thy Edwin's too !" THE FRIAR OF ORDERS GRAY. BY DR. PERCY. -" IT is old and plain; The spinners and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth (simple truth), And dallies with the innocence of love, Like...

...ft. 1 Dul-c. О fellow, come, the song we had last night:— Mark it, Cesarlo; it IB old, and plain; l, spurn me, strike me, Neglect me, lose me ; only give me leave, Unworthy as I am, to follow yo Do use to chainit it; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the Innocence of love, Like the old Agtt.*'...

...another beautiful remark from the Duke to his young favourite. " Mark it, Cesario, it is old and plain ; The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it : it is silly sooth. And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age."...

...their favour. old, in despite of protocols and rumours of wars, but.their songs are no longer such as " The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt;" No—their songs are the production of the most accomplished poets of the day, the...

...judgment." After this declaration in favor of National Tales, do National and Popular Ballads, which " The spinsters and the knitters in the sun. And the free maids that weave their thread with bones. Do use to chaunt." require a word in their praise ? If their own merits and intrinsic beauty do not...

...nose, and the other cried " boo," or something equally irreverent, — perhaps we were all mistaken. " The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids, that weave their threads with bones,'' kept the street in an uproar of singing and laughing half the night. I wished...

...nose, and the other cried " boo," or something equally irreverent, — perhaps we were all mistaken. " The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids, that weave their threads with bones," kept the street in an uproar of singing and laughing half the night. I wished...

...maidens spinning, or milking; and indeed Shakspeare had described them as "old and plain," chanted by " The spinsters, and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their threads with bones." Twelfth Night. They were the favourites of the Poet of Nature, who takes every...

...as that which is described by the enamoured Duke Orsino; — Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it. But if it requires little art and study to sing these ancient and simple airs,...

...remembrance of past events and past happiness. CHAPTER VI. Mark it, Ccsario. it is old and plain ; The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones. Do use to chaunt it : it ie silly, sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age....