Drinking songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient balladsJ. Johnson, 1783 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
BALLAD beauty better blow body bowl boys brave bring brought bumper comes court dear death delight Derry doth drink earl eyes faid fail fair fall fame father fear fhall fight fing fome foon forrow foul ftill fuch fure fweet gallant gave give gold gone grace grave hand happy head heart houſe hundred keep kind king knight lady land leave light live look lord merry mind moft muft ne'er never night noble o'er once pleaſure poor prince queen quoth quoth fhe rich round ſhall ſhe ſhould SONG tell thee there's Therefor theſe thing thou thought took true unto wealth Whofe wife wine young
Populaire passages
Pagina 153 - No wither'd witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew : The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew. The redbreast oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss, and gather'd flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid.
Pagina 140 - AN old song made by an aged old pate, Of an old worshipful gentleman, who had a great estate, That kept a brave old house at a bountiful rate, And an old porter to relieve the poor at his gate ; Like an old courtier of the queen's, And the queen's old courtier.
Pagina 144 - Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and...
Pagina 252 - Sweet sister, do not fear ; God never prosper me nor mine, Nor aught else that I have, If I do wrong your children dear, When you are laid in grave.
Pagina 87 - Who God doth late and early pray, More of His grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend : This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all.
Pagina 145 - Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And tune his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat-- Come hither, come hither, come hither! Here shall we see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i' the sun, Seeking the food he eats And pleased with what he gets-- Come hither, come hither, come hither!
Pagina 118 - Their purpose is ambition, Their practice only hate : And if they once reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell...
Pagina 82 - Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store: They poor, I rich; they beg, I give; They lack, I leave; they pine, I live.
Pagina 253 - ... strife ; With one another they did fight About the children's life : And he that was of mildest mood, Did slay the other there, Within an unfrequented wood...
Pagina 24 - But an eternal health goes round. Fill up the bowl, then, fill it high, Fill all the glasses there, for why Should every creature drink but I? Why, man of morals, tell me why?