 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,...  A Student's History of English Literature - Pàgina 204per William Edward Simonds - 1902 - 483 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 pàgines
...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 our young colt's...petticoat Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear' d the light ; But oh ! she dances such a way ! JVo sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 386 pàgines
...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 our young colt's...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 - 1846 - 410 pàgines
...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 our young colt's...petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As \f 'they fear 'd the light ; But oh ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter day Is half so... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 pàgines
...George upon the Green, Or Vincent of the Crown. THE BRIDE. Her 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 (just) About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat Like... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 416 pàgines
...George upon the Green, Or Vincent of the Crown. I THE BRIDE. Her 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 (just) About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pàgines
...No grape that's kindly ripe could be So round, so plump, so soft as she, Nor half so full of juice. I C{H !C H look'd like the great collar (just) About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pàgines
...stay on which they did bring ; It was too wide a peck : And, to say truth (for out it must), It look'd ; Her wagoner, a small grey-coated gnat, Not half...little worm, Prick'd from the lazy finger of a maid oat, As if they fear'd the light : But oh ! she dances such a way 1 No sun upon an Kastcr-day Is half... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pàgines
...liveliness equal to the pictures of Chaucer. One well-known verse has never been excelled — ÍHer ing. Pri. Home, and be humble ; study to retrench ; Discharge the lazy ver fear'd the light ; j But oh ! she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pàgines
...grape that's kindly ripe could be So round, so plump, so soft as she, Л'ог hall' so full of juice. a new field of literature, by publishing a metrical...version of fourbooks of Homer's Odyssey, which was so w «ay truth (for out it must), It look'd like the great collar (just) About our young colt's neck. Her... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pàgines
...WhitNo grape that's kindly ripe could be So round, so plump, so soft as she, Nor half so full of jnice. Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on...wide a peck: And to say truth (for out it must), It look'd like the great collar, (just) About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like... | |
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