 Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy plain; But since of late, Elizabeth And, later, James came in, They never danced on any heath As when the time hath been.  The Guernsey and Jersey Magazine - Seite 3661836Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | 1909 - 1106 Seiten
...their tabor, And nimbly went their toes." " Witness these rings and roundelays Of theirs which still remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days, On many...late Elizabeth, And later James came in, They never dance on any hearth As when the time hath bin." Isn't it charming ? Could it ever have been done better,... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 Seiten
...home from labour, Or Ciss to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which...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 Marys, Their dances... | |
 | John Glyde - 1872 - 526 Seiten
...home from labour, Or Cisse to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays . Of theirs which yet remain, Were footed in Qneon Mary's days On many a grassy plain. A tell-tale in their company They never could endure, And... | |
 | David Masson - 1875 - 704 Seiten
...labor, Or Ciss to milking rose, Then merrily, merrily went their tubor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs which...: But since, of late, Elizabeth, And, later, James come In, They never danced on any heath, As when the time hath bin. By which we note the fairies Were... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 Seiten
...home from labor, Or Cis to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which...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... | |
 | John Hanmer Hanmer (1st baron) - 1876 - 318 Seiten
...or Elves' Orchard, but the "little people" have not lately been seen. Bishop Corbet said long since, But since of late Elizabeth, And later James came...never danced on any heath As when the time hath bin; and now, a presumptuous improver solicits me to let him grow potatoes in the direction of their boundaries.... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 Seiten
...home from labour, Or Cis to milking rose, Then merrily went their labour, And nimbly went their toes. ay, 'Tis thou maun ; • Louis ХШ. But since of late Elizabeth, And later, James came in, They never danced on any heath... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 Seiten
...home from labor, Or Cis to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's dnys On many a grassy plain ; But since of late Elizabeth, And later, James came in, They never danced... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 Seiten
...home from labor, Or Cis to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which...Mary's days On many a grassy plain ; But since of late Klizabcth, And later, James came in, They never danced on any heath As when the time hath been. By... | |
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