| Anne Pratt - 1840 - 448 pagina’s
...have matins said, And sung their thankful hymns ; — 't is sin, Nay profanation, to keep in ; Whereas a thousand virgins on this day Spring sooner than...fetch in May. Rise ! and put on your foliage, and be seen To come forth, like the spring-time, fresh and green, And sweet as Flora. Take no care For jewels... | |
| 1840 - 274 pagina’s
...mead, or flowering copse, in search of the early blossoms of May. Thus Herrick declares, 'tis Ml!, Nay profanation, to keep in ; When as a thousand virgins...this day, Spring sooner than the lark to fetch in May 1 This was, in fact, the great rural festival of «ur forefathers. At the first peep of day on May... | |
| 1830 - 494 pagina’s
...so much as out of bed, When all the birds have mattins said, And sung their thankful hymns ; 't is sin, Nay profanation, to keep in ; When, as a thousand...this day Spring sooner than the lark, to fetch in May ! * Old age. Rise, and put on your foliage, and be seen To come forth, like the spring time, fresh... | |
| William Howitt - 1841 - 520 pagina’s
...have matins said, And sung their thankful hymns ; 't is sin, Nay, profanation to keep in ; When us a thousand virgins on this day Spring sooner than the lark to fetch iu May ! Rise and put on your foliage, and be seen To come forth like the spring time, fresh and green,... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1843 - 970 pagina’s
...bespangling herbe and tree: Each flower has wept, and bow'd toward the east, Above an houre since ; — it is last, let me not pass, For I'll do you no harm. —...shape me in your arms, A toad, but and an eel ; Bu Come, my Corinna, come ; and comraing marke How each field turns a street, each street a parke Made... | |
| Edward Jesse - 1844 - 432 pagina’s
...! not so much as out of bed When all the birds have martens seyd, And sung their thankfull hymnes ; 'tis sin, Nay, profanation to keep in, When as a thousand...seene To come forth, like the Spring-time, fresh and greene, And sweet as Flora. Take no care For jewels for your gowne or haire ; Feare not, the leaves... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pagina’s
...Nav, not so much as out of bed ; When all the birds have matins said, And sung their thankful hymns : O| % ͎ 깫 M ;O _ | O | t n f K/ * z^. ... \zή Iw 銟 b 7 Y Ϝ; > |u C Z Ȗ seen To come forth, like the spring time, fresh and green, And sweet as Flora. Take no care For jewels... | |
| Albert Smith - 1844 - 526 pagina’s
...gode, and lo ! my tale is this. CHAUCER. BLANCHE HERIOT. A LEGEND OF OLD CHERTSEY CHURCH. CHAPTER I. Rise, and put on your foliage, and be seene To come forth, like the spring-time, fresh and greene, And sweet as Flora. HEBBICK. HOW MAY-DAY WAS KEPT FOUR CENTURIES AGO. CHERTSEY may be said... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1845 - 696 pagina’s
..., not so much as out of bed, When all the birds have matens seyd, And sung their thankful hymnes , 'tis sin, Nay, profanation, to keep in, When as a...seene To come forth, like the spring-time, fresh and greene, And sweet as Flora. Take no care For jewels for your gowne or haire ; Fear not, the leaves... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1845 - 682 pagina’s
...; not so much as out of bed, When all the birds have matens seyd, And sung their thankful hymnes ; 'tis sin, Nay, profanation, to keep in, When as a...seene To come forth, like the spring-time, fresh and greene, And sweet as Flora. Take no care For jewels for your gowne or haire ; Fear not, the leaves... | |
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