 | Joseph Sparkes Hall - 1847 - 172 oldal
...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...No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight ! " Very beautiful also is the following, from one of our old poets — the words are given entire... | |
 | 1847 - 610 oldal
...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...dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter Day Is half so tine a sight. • « » • Her lips were red, and one was thin, Com par' d to that was next her chin... | |
 | Joseph Sparkes Hall - 1847 - 236 oldal
...active movements of the feet, which Sir John Suckling Las imitated in his ballad of the Wedding : — " Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole...feared the light ; But oh, she dances such a way, No Ban upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight !" Very beautiful also is the following, from one of... | |
 | 1847 - 522 oldal
...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." And again, " Her lipa... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 oldal
...description and liveliness equal to the pictures of Chaucer. One well-known verse has never been excelled — ured As fast аз fear'd the light ; But oh ! she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a eight... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1847 - 490 oldal
...spoiling what he takes. Suckling has an incomparable image on a lady dancing. Her feet beneath the petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the tight— Herrick has it thus : Her pretty feet, like snailt, did creep A little out ; A most singular... | |
 | 1856 - 604 oldal
...GEORGE WASHINGTON. Col. John Cropper. TO ZENOVA. SELECTED FROM THE POEMS OF THE LATE HENRT ELLBK. "And oh! she dances such a way No sun upon an Easter day /s half so Jlne a night." SIR JOHN SUCKLING. I hare often stood, fair lady — • Stood to watch thee... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 oldal
...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 ver fear'd the light ; j But oh ! she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight... | |
 | George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe - 1851 - 420 oldal
...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 sight. Her checks so rare... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1851 - 682 oldal
...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 continually before... | |
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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. 
