Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: The affectionate shepherdPercy Society, 1847 |
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the ..., Volum 20 Percy Society Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1847 |
Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the ..., Volum 20 Percy Society Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1847 |
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Side iv - And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired : but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.
Side 50 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, — Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, — And maidens call it love-in-idleness.
Side 73 - The distant hills are seeming nigh. How restless are the snorting swine ; The busy flies disturb the kine ; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings, The cricket too, how sharp he sings; Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws.
Side lv - And if he offereth eke with good deuocyon He shall not fayle to come to hyghe promocyon And another holy relyke here may ye see The great too of the holy trynyte...
Side 42 - Sow peas and beans in the wane of the moon, Who soweth them sooner, he soweth too soon.
Side 27 - Candlemas-day, throw candle and candlestick away. A windy Christmas and a calm Candlemas are signs of a good year. If Candlemas-day be fine, it portends a hard season to come. If Candlemas-day be cloudy and lowering, a mild and gentle season. The hind had as lief see his wife on the bier, As that Candlemas-day be pleasant and clear.
Side 53 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Side 10 - THE South wind brings wet weather, The North wind wet and cold together; The West wind always brings us rain, The East wind blows it back again.
Side 73 - And nimbly catch the incautious flies. The glow-worms, numerous and bright, Illumed the dewy dell last night. At dusk the squalid toad was seen, Hopping and crawling o'er the green ; The whirling wind the dust obeys, And in the rapid eddy plays ; The frog has changed his yellow vest, And in a russet coat is dressed.
Side i - Heywood's ready aptness for jest and repartee, together with the possession of great skill both in vocal and instrumental music, rendered him a favourite with Henry VIII. who frequently rewarded him very highly.