...and charming specimens in the language. They glance like twinkles in the eye, or cherries bedewed • Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if theyfear'd the light; But oh ! she dances such a way ! JVo sun upon an Easter day, Is half so fine...

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...Thy presence near. E. LOUISA MATHER. SIR JOHN SUCKLING, in his "Billad on a Wedding," thus sings : Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole...they fear'd the light : But oh ! she dances such a wav ! No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight. It is very daring, and has a sort of playful...

...for instance, in Suckling's ' Ballad on a Wedding,' is this part of the description of the bride ! ' Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light ; But, oh t she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter day, Is half so fine a sight.'...

...coming out of church ? Can we forget Sir John Suckling's beautiful lines in his ballad upon a weddiug? 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 Euster day Is kalf so fine a sight....

...description and liveliness equal to the pictures of Chaucer. One well-known verse has never been excelled — Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice,...No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight !* * ïlerrick, wbo had no occasion to steal, has taken this unag« from Suckling, und spoiled it in...

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...occurs the simile of the "little mice," what is the meaning of the allusion to the Easterday sun ? — " But oh ! she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight ! " CUTHBEBT BEDE, BA [It was formerly a common belief that the sun danced on Easter-day : see Brand's...

...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, 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....

...had not a voice recalled him to consciousness, by repeating the lively lines of Sir John Suckling. " 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, No sun upon an Easter day, Were half so fair a sight."...