 Thro' bogs, thro' brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes I meete them like a man, Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound ; And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot...  A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: A midsummer night's dreame. 1895 - Page 306by William Shakespeare - 1895Full view - About this book
 | Ballads, English - 1765 - 404 pages
...ho, ho ! 30 Sometimes I meete them like a man ; Sometimes an ox ; fometimes a hound ; And to a horfe I turn me can ; To trip and trot about them round. But if, to ride, 35 My backe they ftride, •More fwift than wind away I go, Ore hedge and lands, Thro' pools and ponds,... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1783 - 360 pages
...ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes I meet them like a man, Sometimes, an ox, fometimes, a hound ; And to a horfe I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round ; But if, to ride, My back they flride, More fwift than wind away I go ; O'er hedge and lands, Through pools and ponds I... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1812 - 456 pages
...I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho, ho, ho ! yi Sometimes I meete them like a man ; Sometimes, an ox, sometimes, a hound...To trip and trot about them round. But if, to ride, v K My backe they stride, More swift than wind away I go, Ore hedge and lands, Thro' pools and ponds... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...other for a hairy savage. Sometimes I meet them like a man, Sometimes, an ox ; sometimes, a hound j And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round ; But if, to ride, My back they stride, . More swift than wind away .1 go ; O'er hedge and lands, Through pools and ponds... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1825 - 392 pages
...I go, All in the nicke, To play some tricke, And frolicke it with h'o ! ho ! ho ! Sometimes I meete them like a man ; Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound ; And to a horse I turne me can, To trip and trot about them round : But if to ride By backe to stride, More swift than... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1823 - 450 pages
...hound; And to a horse I turn me can; To trip and trot about them round. But if, to ride, 35 My burke they stride, More swift than wind away I go, Ore hedge and lands, Thro' pools and ponds I whirry, laughing, ho, ho, ho! 40 When lads and lasses merry be, With possets... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 390 pages
...I go, All in the nicke, To play some tricke, And frolicke it with ho ! ho ! ho ! Sometimes I meete them like a man ; Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound ; And to a horse I turne me can, To trip and trot about them round : But if to ride By backe to stride, More swift than... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 392 pages
...I go, All in the nicke, To play some tricke, And frolicke it with ho ! ho ! ho ! Sometimes I meete them like a man ; > Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound ; And to a horse I turne me can, To trip and trot about them round : But if to ride By backe to stride, More swift than... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1825 - 388 pages
...I go, All in the nicke, To play some tricke, And frolicke it with ho ! ho ! ho ! Sometimes I meete them like a man ; Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound ; And to a horse I turne me can, To trip and trot about them round : But if to ride By backe to stride, More swift than... | |
 | William John Thoms - English literature - 1828 - 354 pages
...transmutation which we see exercised in the course of the following tale : — « Sometimes I meete them like a man, Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound, And to a horse turn me I can, To trip and trot about them round. In fact, whether he is called Robin Goodfellow, Puck,... | |
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