...perfection grow. Enter CURIO and FESTE DUKE O fellow, come, the song we had last night. Mark it, Cesario, it is old and plain; The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave dieir direads with bones, Do use to chant it; it is silly soodi, And dallies with the innocence of...

...Feste] Duke O, fellow! come, the song we had last night. Mark it, Cesarie; it is old and plain; 45 The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the...dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. 50 Feste Are you ready, sir? Duke Ay; prithee sing. Feste [Singing] Come away, come away, death, A...

...paced times', and claims to prefer the kind of 'old and plain' song that The spinsrers and the knitrers in the sun. And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt.43 Ptince Hamler, at a celebrared moment in his play, dismisses the 'low' rasre of the 'gmundlings'...

...that I owe Olivia. [H.iv.94-104] 3. O, fellow, come, the song we had last night. / Mark it, Cesario, it is old and plain; /The spinsters and the knitters...dallies with the innocence of love, / Like the old age. [II. ¡v.42-48] 4. For boy, however we do praise ourselves, / Our fui icios are more giddy and unfírn1,...

...light airs and recollected terms Of these most brisk and giddy-paced times . . . Mark it, Cesario, it is old and plain; The spinsters and the knitters...silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, 1 '.ike the old age . Act ii Sciv Orsino is surprised when Viola talks herself with such feeling about...

...lady; old cronies together in a tavern were expected to troll catches over their pots of ale. Even the 'spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones' were accustomed to lighten their labours with song. Songs in Shakespeare's plays could be as natural...

...control. FALL 1854-1859 Minding île Wheel O, fellow, come, the song we had last night. Mark it, Cesarlo; it is old and plain. The spinsters and the knitters...dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. -SHAKESPEARE, Twelfth Night I am moved by fancies that are curled Around these images, and cling: The...

...Night could be pointed to as an indication that I'm wrong in my reading of the poem: Mark it, Caesario; it is old and plain, The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their threads with bones, Do use to chant it. Epigraphs are printed, literary devices. But, if my notion...

...57-58. Qome aAway, Qome oAway* DUKE ORSINO: O fellow come, the song we had last night: Mark it Cesario, it is old and plain; The Spinsters and the Knitters...dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. FESTE: Are you ready Sir? DUKE ORSINO: I prithee sing. Music. The Song. Come away, come away death,...

...people knitting four or five in a company under the hedges'. And Shakespeare's Orsino refers casually to 'The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, | And...the free maids that weave their thread with bones', singing old songs as they work together. 118 Monotonous work such as knitting and spinning devoured...