 | William Henry Smyth - 1851 - 458 oldal
...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... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 oldal
...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, 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.... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 oldal
...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.... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1851 - 282 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 oldal
...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,...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, (Who sees them is... | |
 | Passion - 1853 - 326 oldal
...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... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 oldal
...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... | |
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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. 
