| George Augustus Sala - 1859 - 436 páginas
...church ? Can you forget Sir John Suckling's beautiful lines in his ballad upon a wedding ?— 'Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light. And then she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.' * Now, alas! my... | |
| England - 1860 - 532 páginas
...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 in and out, As if they feared the light: But oh! she dances such a way 1 No sun upon an Easter Day FLETCHER. Her cheeks so rare a white was... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1860 - 396 páginas
...truth (for out it must) It look'd like the great collar (just) About our young colt's neck. 8 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.... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 páginas
...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 in and out As if they feared the light; But oh! she dances such a way No sun upon an Easter day' Ts half so fine a sight. He would have kissed... | |
| 1861 - 300 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 fcar'il the light: But oh ! she dances such a way ; No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
| Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 páginas
...a corporeal poesy, embellishes, eiei equalizes all the muscles at once. DANCING—a Lady. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light. And oh ! she dances such a way t No sun upon an Easier day Is half so fine a sight. DANCING—Proscription... | |
| Cyril Thornton (M.A.) - 1862 - 416 páginas
...not whether they bore any resemblance to those of the bride Sir John Suckling describes: 1 Her feet beneath her petticoat, like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light' To see the two together was somewhat amusing. Gawaine, with his olive complexion ; short, black, woolly-looking... | |
| English poets - 1862 - 626 páginas
...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 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. For streaks of... | |
| John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 páginas
...by MRS. CEXTLIVRE. MURPHY'S Life of Garrick, Vol. II. Page 131. FEET—FELL. 125 FEET.—Iler feet, beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light: Bnt oh ! she dances snch a way ! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half BO fine a sight.... | |
| 1864 - 654 páginas
...in Suckling's " Bride " does not remove it from the category of witty compositions :— " Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light. But oh, she dances sucha way ! No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fino a sight " Пег lips were... | |
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