 Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on which they did bring, It was too wide a peck : And to say 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...  Rare Poems of the 16th and 17th Cent - Page 112edited by - 1883 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Sparkes Hall - Footwear - 1847 - 172 pages
...active movements of the feet, which Sir John Suckling has imitated in his Ballad of the 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... | |
 | 1847 - 522 pages
...however, to advantage here. We cannot omit r f— 'ines from "The Bride," though every one has admired " 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."... | |
 | American periodicals - 1847 - 610 pages
...therefore may 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 tine a sight.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...liveliness equal to the pictures of Chaucer. One well-known verse has never been excelled — ÍHer ing. Pri. Home, and be humble ; study to retrench ; Discharge the lazy vermin in thy hail, ; j But oh ! she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight 1* * Rerrlck,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...was so small, the ring Would not stay on which they did bring | It was too wide a peck : And, to «ay ceived, that, in 1675, he sent forth a translation...remainder of that poem, and also of the whole Iliad. fcar'd the light : But oh ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so âne a sight.... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...soft as she, Nor half so full of jnice. Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on which they did bring; It was too wide a peck: And to say truth...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. Her cheeks so rare a... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - Astronomical observatories - 1851 - 458 pages
...old superstition of the English peasantry, namely, that on Easter morning the sun always dances :—- 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 The book in the picture... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 602 pages
...to the pictures of Chaucer. The following well-known stanza has, perhaps, never been excelled : — 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. This ' Ballad,' and... | |
 | George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe - Literature - 1851 - 420 pages
...graрe that 'e kindly ripe could he So round, sо plump, sо sоп at ehe, Nor half so fulFot' juice. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light ; But 0)' ! ehe dances such u way — No sun upon an Kaster day Is half so fine a... | |
 | Literature - 1851 - 682 pages
...and prettiest similes in poetry, where Sir John Suckling, in describing a celebrated beauty, says, " Her feet, beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light." Now, would not these little feet rather lose in attraction on the whole by being... | |
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