...home from labour, Or Cis to milking rose, Then merrily went the tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays, Of theirs which yet remain. Were footed in Queen Marie's days, On many a grassy plain." Ft is a belief still existing in some parts of England, that...

...labor, Or Ciss to milking rose. Then merrily, merrily went their tabor. And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs which...later, James came in, They never danced on any heath, Ai when the time liuth bin. By which we note the fairies Were of the old profession; Their songs were...

...labor, Or Ciss to milking rose. Then merrily, merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs which...footed in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy plain : Bat since, of late, Elizabeth, And, later, James came in, They never danced on any heath, As when...

...labor, Or Ciss to milking rose, Then merrily, merrily went their tabor. And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary'g days On many a grassy plain : Bat since, of late, Elizabeth, And, later, James came la, They...

...home from labour, Or Cis to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. 4 Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which...They never danced on any heath As when the time hath been. 5 By which we note the fairies Were of the old profession, Their songs were Ave-Maries, Their...

...merrily vent their tabor, And merrily went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theira which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days,...They never danced on any heath As when the time hath been. By which we note the fairies Were of the old profession, Their songs were Ave Maries, Their dances...

...home from labour, Or Cis to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which...late Elizabeth, And later, James came in, They never danc'd on any heath As when the time hath been. By which we note the fairies Were of the old profession,...

...home from labour, Or Cis to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which...many a grassy plain ; But since of late Elizabeth, • They never danc'd on any heath As when the time hath been. By which we note the fairies Were of...

...home from labour, Or Cis to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which...footed in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy plain ; Rut since of late Elizabeth, And later, James came in, They never danc'd on any heath As when the...

...disappearance of the English fairies very accurately when he writes : — ' But when of late Elizabeth, Or later James came in, They never danced on any heath, As when the time hath bin.' For the reign of James I marks — as far as the English nation is concerned — the sudden expansion...