 Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on which they did bring, It was too wide a peck; And to say truth, for out it must, It looked like the great collar just About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole...  Putnam's Monthly - Страница 1771855Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1828 - 482 страници
...finger was so small, the ring Wou'd not stay on which they did bring, It was too wide a peck: And to say truth (for out it must) It look'd like the great collar...petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light: But oh! she dances such a way! No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1828 - 460 страници
...by his leave, for all his haste, He did not so much wish all past It was too wide a peck: And to say truth (for out it must) It look'd like the great collar (just) (.Perchance) as did the maid. ******* Her finger was so small, the ring Wou'd not stay on which they... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 816 страници
...thou make as many holes in an enemy's battle, as thou hast done in a woman's petticoat ? Sbaktptare. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light. SucUing. It is a great compliment to the sex, that the virtues are generally shewn... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 страници
...was so -mall, the ring Wonld not stay on which they did bring ; It was too wide a peck : And to say truth (for out it must) It look'd like the great collar (just) About oar young colt's neck. — Suckling. Day. Non. 7. litllftS. Dr. Thomas Bennet, 1673, SoIMury. Gerard... | |
 | 1833 - 388 страници
...was so small, the ring Would not stay on, which they did bring. It was too wide a peck ; And to say truth, (for out it must), It look'd like the great...petticoat. Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light. But oh ! she dances such a way ' No sun npon an Easter day, Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | Sir John Suckling - 1836 - 436 страници
...was so small, the ring Would not stay on which they did bring, It was too wide a peck : And to say truth, for out it must, ' It look'd like the great...petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light : But oh ! she dances such a way — No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | Garland - 1836 - 246 страници
...was so small, the ring Would not stay on which they did bring, It was too wide a peck : And to say truth, for out it must, It look'd like the great collar,...petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light : But, oh ! she dances such a way — No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a... | |
 | Theocritus - 1836 - 450 страници
...quote a few stanzas from the witty Sir John Suckling's excellent ballad " On a wedding." NOTES. 359 " Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light. But, oh ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | Theocritus (of Syracuse) - 1836 - 436 страници
...tempted to quote a few stanzas from the witty Sir John Suckling's excellent ballad " On a wedding." " Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light. But, oh ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | 1836 - 436 страници
...a poet. His Ballad upon a Wedding contains some descriptive passages of unapproached excellence— Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light ; And oh, she dances such a way ! No sun upon an eaiter day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
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