| Frederick Locker- Lampson - 1867 - 428 páginas
...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 little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light: But O ! she dances such a way! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
| John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 páginas
...brought down to us what is light and tumid, but sunk what was ponderous and solid. FEET. HEE feet, beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light: Buf, oh! she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter day, Is half so fine a sight.... | |
| Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1867 - 410 páginas
...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 little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light: But O ! she dances such a way! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
| Frederick Locker- Lampson - 1867 - 380 páginas
...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 little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light: But O ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
| John Bartlett - 1868 - 806 páginas
...but the devil builds a chapel hard by. Comparisons are odious. SIR JOHN SUCKLING. 1609-1641. Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light ; But O, she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight. Ballati upon a... | |
| John Bartlett - 1868 - 794 páginas
...ease, Ah ! little do you think upon The dangers of the seas. SIR JOHN SUCKLING. 1609-1641. Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light ; But O, she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight Her.lips were red,... | |
| 1868 - 416 páginas
...a scrap, which he said was very beautiful, but which we thought not at all apropos. 'Twas "Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out As if they feared the light." Yet he is a useful man and speaks beautifully. But he is at the door. The school will preserve order... | |
| Book - 1868 - 168 páginas
...like the great collar just About our young colt's neck. 43 44 THE BOOK OF ELEGANT EXTKACTS. Her feet beneath her 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!... | |
| 1900 - 624 páginas
...(and spoilt in the stealing) from Sir John Suckling's inimitable "Ballad upon 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. Mr. Lyon says... | |
| 1847 - 640 páginas
...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. 346 wrr ¿rn itv¿on.... | |
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