 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.  The Album - Side 2981823Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Leigh Hunt - 1851 - 282 sider
...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... | |
 | 1852 - 448 sider
...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.' The gracefulness of... | |
 | 1853 - 390 sider
...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. * * * » * Now,... | |
 | 1852 - 572 sider
...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 in and out, As if they fear'd the light : But oh ! she dances such a wav ! No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | 1853 - 560 sider
...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,...dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter Day Is half so fine a sight. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. 61 Her cheeks so rare a white was on. No daisy makes comparison,... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 sider
...makes things right or wrong appear, Just as they do her liv'ry wear. Butler. DANCE. DANGER. 227 DANCE. 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 Is half so fine a sight. Suckling. Lovest... | |
 | Passion - 1853 - 326 sider
...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." Charles turned... | |
 | John Brand - 1853 - 580 sider
...Ingenious Head Pieces, 1667, I find this popular notion alluded to in an old ballad : — " But Dick, she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight." [Sir Walter Scott introduces a similar image applied to tha t (flection of the moon... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 sider
...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 stole in and out, Ал if they fear'd the light : But oh ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter day Is half... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 980 sider
...to say truth (for out it must) It lonk'il like the great collar (just) About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice,...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 white was on " No daisy makes... | |
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