 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
 | John William Carleton - 1847 - 708 страници
...once more to restore mankind to a practical knowledge of that most delicate simile of Suckling — " Her feet, beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light." To be sure tlio carriage and step of your city dame is not very remarkable for timidity;... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1840 - 550 страници
...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...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.... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1840 - 526 страници
...to say truth, for out it must, It looked like the great collar, just, About our young colt's neck. y 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.... | |
 | 1841 - 500 страници
...grape that's kindly ripe could be 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...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.... | |
 | John Elliot Bingham - 1843 - 910 страници
...Range of Thermometer — Squadron sail from Starboard Jack — Fishing-boats — Arrival at Toong-koo. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light. — SUCKLING. THE burning of the archives, alluded to in the previous Chapter, excited... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 страници
...was so small, the ring Would not stay on which they did bring ; It was too wide a peck : And, to say posts (for now they und out, As if they fear'd the light : Hut oh ! she dances such a way 1 No sun upon an Easter-day Is... | |
 | 1847 - 640 страници
...therefore may work wonders in combination. Take a stanza and a half from Suckling's " Bride :" — " 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.... | |
 | 1887 - 544 страници
...is this verse quoted from it by persons who know little or nothing of tlie author, — " Her f«et beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light: Bat 0! she dances such a way! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight"... | |
 | 1845 - 614 страници
...stny on which they did bring, It was too wide a peck : And to say truth, for out it must, It looked d, of flowers and birds,. which this poet had ready...occasions, — not to mention dews, gems, fee. — feared the light : But, oh I she dances such a way — No sun upon an Easter day la half BO fine a... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1845 - 466 страници
...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...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.... | |
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