 | Literature - 1848 - 692 pages
...James. " Witness these rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain. Were footed in Queen Mary'« days, On many a grassy plain , But since of late Elizabeth, And later James came in, They never danced on any heath, As when the time hath bin." But it may be asserted with no less authority that... | |
 | Walter Scott - Authors, English - 1837 - 936 pages
...rose, Then merrily, merrily went their tabor,' And merrily went their toes. " Witness, those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed, in Queen Mary's days, On many a grassy plain ; « Wife qf Bath's Tale But since of late Elizabeth, And later, Jamea came in, They never danced on... | |
 | William Howitt - Country life - 1838 - 414 pages
...rose, Then merrily went their tabour. And merrily went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelayes Of theirs which yet remain ; Were footed in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy playne. But since of late Elizabeth, And later James came in, They never danced on any heath As when... | |
 | 1839 - 444 pages
...fairies' lost command : They did hut change priests' hahies, But some have changed your lanoV • * * " By which we note the fairies Were of the old profession, Their songs were Avo Mario, Their dances were procession. But now, alas! they all arc dead, Or gone heyond the seas... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - Table-talk - 1840 - 290 pages
...roundelayes Of theirs, which yet remaine ; Were footed in Queene Marie's dayes On many a grassy playne. But since of late Elizabeth And later James came in...They never danc'd on any heath As when the time hath bin. By which wee note the fairies Were of the old profession: Their songs were Ave Maries, Their dances... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - Table-talk - 1840 - 286 pages
...roundelayes Of theirs, which yet remaine ; Were footed in Queene Marie's dayes On many a grassy playne. But since of late Elizabeth And later James came in...They never danc'd on any heath As when the time hath bin. By which wee note the fairies Were of the old profession : Their songs were Ave Maries, Their... | |
 | London female mission - 1840 - 478 pages
...the reformation, as a poet of the 17th century intimates in these verses — " Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days, On many a errassy plain ; But since of late Elizabeth And later James came in, They never danced on any heath... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. * Louis X1IL Witness those rings ' |n H } ˲ zm r O{ u ym Y t p E _? ֥ o rͣ˚yMW}u q { } Ey which we note the fairies Were of the old profession, Their songs were Avc-Maries, Their dunces... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1844 - 318 pages
...roundelayes Of theirs, which yet remaine ; Were footed in queene Maries dayes On many a grassy playne. But since of late, Elizabeth And later James came...They never danc'd on any heath, As when the time hath bin. By which wee note the fairies Were of the old profession : Their songs were Ave Maries, Their... | |
 | Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1845 - 352 pages
...Ciss to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabourT And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed...They never danc'd on any heath, As when the time hath bin. By which we note the fairies Were of the old profession j Their songs were Ave Maries, Their dances... | |
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Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy plain; But since of late, Elizabeth And, later, James came in, They never danced on any heath As when the time hath been. 
