 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1881 - 388 pages
...Cis to milking goes, How merrily went the tabor, , How 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 A tell-tale in their company They never could endure, And whoso kept not secretly... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...roundelayes Of theirs, which yet remaine; Were footed in Queene Maries dayes On many a grassy playne. rils snu 4 danced on any heath, As when the time hath bin. By which wee note the fairies Their songs were A ve... | |
 | Shropshire (England) - 1881 - 272 pages
...roundelayes Of theirs, which yet remaine. Were footed in queen« Marie'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 the time hath bin. By which we note the fairies Were of tho old profession... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 pages
...Cis to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. 4 Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's daya On many a grassy plain; But since of late Elizabeth, And later, James came in, They never danced... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - History - 1883 - 382 pages
...theirs, which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days And later, James came in, They never danced on any heath As when the time hath been. By which we note the fairies Their dances were procession: But now, alas ! they all are dead, Were of the old profession, Their... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1884 - 328 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, in Queen Mary's days, O:i many a grassy plain ; But since of late Elizabeth, And later James came in, They never danced on... | |
 | George Saintsbury - England - 1887 - 502 pages
...milking rose, Then merrily, 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. " Farewell rewards and fairies Good housewives now... | |
 | Walter Scott - Demonology - 1887 - 342 pages
...their tabor, And merrily went their toes. " Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which vet remain, Were footed, in Queen Mary's days, On many...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,... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1887 - 458 pages
...roundelayes Of theirs, which yet remaine ; Were footed in queene Maries dayea 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... | |
 | William Howitt - Country life - 1888 - 412 pages
...rose, Then merrily went their labour, 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... | |
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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. 
