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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. "
Drinking-songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient ballads - Page 378
1819
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Demonology and Witchcraft: In a Series of Letters Addressed to J.G. Lockhart

Walter Scott - Demonology - 1872 - 454 pages
...milking rose, Then merrily, merrily went their tabor, And merrily went their toes. " Witness, those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed,...late Elizabeth, And later, James came in, They never danced on any heath As when the time hath bin. ' By which we note, the fairies Were of the old profession,...
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Golden leaves from the works of poets and painters, ed. by R. Bell

Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 pages
...Ciss to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed...late Elizabeth, And, later, James came in, They never danced on any heath. As when the time hath been. By which we note the Fairies Were of the old profession...
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Songs of Three Centuries

John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...Cis to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed...late Elizabeth, And later, James came in, They never danced on any heath As when the time hath been. By which we note the fairies Were of the old profession,...
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Fairy Tales, Legends and Romances Illustrating Shakespeare and Other Early ...

Joseph Ritson, William Carew Hazlitt - Dwarfs - 1875 - 444 pages
...Ciss to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabour, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain ; Were...late Elizabeth, And later James came in, They never danced on any heath, As when the time hath bin. By which we note the fairies Were of the old profession...
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The Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connexion with the Political ..., Volume 1

David Masson - 1875 - 698 pages
...milking rose, Then merrily, merrily went their tabor. And nimbly wont their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs which yet remain, Were footed...Elizabeth, And, later, James came in, • • They never danced on any heath, • • As when the time hath bin. • By which we note the fairies Were of the...
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The Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connexion with the Political ..., Volume 1

David Masson - 1875 - 704 pages
...milking rose, Then merrily, merrily went their tubor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs which yet remain, Were footed...: But since, of late, Elizabeth, And, later, James come In, They never danced on any heath, As when the time hath bin. By which we note the fairies Were...
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Songs of Three Centuries

John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...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. By which...fairies 'Were of the old profession, Their songs were Ave-Maries, Their dances were procession : But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas;...
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A New Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 2

William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...Cis to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed...late Elizabeth, And later, James came in, They never danced on any heath As when the time hath been. By which we note the fairies Were of the old profession,...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - Authors, English - 1876 - 870 pages
...Cis to milking rose, Then merrily went their labour, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings t with innocent ; • Louis ХШ. But since of late Elizabeth, And later, James came in, They never danced on any heath...
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Stories from history, by E. Taylor and other authors

Emily Taylor - Historical fiction - 1876 - 292 pages
...yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's dayes, On many a grassy plain. But since of late Efeabeth, And later James came in, They never danc'd on any heath, As when the time hath bin. By which we note, the fairies Were of the old profession, Their songs were " Ave Mariefc," Their...
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