 | 1909 - 844 pagine
...any tendency to moralizing or allegory is not wanted in that otherworld atmosphere. There is a spice of irreverence about the idea of making the fairy...white owl's feather. I think most of us would give up' many greater poems rather than these^ haunting echoes of old legend and rnmantle dreams which sing... | |
 | 1865 - 838 pagine
...[f any man so daring As dig one up in spite, He shall find the thornies set In his bed at night. " Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't...fear of little men, — Wee folk, good folk. Trooping all together ; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's leather ! " THE LADIES' REPOSITORY. LORELEY;... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pagine
...Bay. It is by WILLIAM ALLINOHAM. UP the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a hunting For fear of little men ; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping altogether ; Green jacket, red cap, BEAUTIFUL POETBY. Down alone the rocky shore Some make their home, They live on crispy pancakes Of... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1854 - 452 pagine
...displeasure from sin." CHARMS AND FAIRY FAITH. "Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We darn•t go a-hunting For fear of little men. "Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, Gray cock's feather." — Allingham. IT was from a profound knowledge... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 pagine
...there. Is any man so daring As dig one up in spite, He shall find the thornies set In his bed at night. Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't...fear of little men ; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together ; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather ! W. AllingJiam LXXXII THE SUFFOLK MIRACLE... | |
 | American Unitarian Association - 1862 - 588 pagine
...the songs : — THE FAIRIES: A CHILD'S SONG. Up the airy mountain, down the rushy glen, We dare not go a-hunting, for fear of little men ; Wee folk, good folk, trooping all together ; Green jacket, red cap, and white owl's feather. Down along the rocky shore some make... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1863 - 390 pagine
...up in spite. He shall find the thornies set Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We dare n't go a-hunting For fear of little men ; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together ; Green jacket, red cap, And -white owl's feather ! W. Allingham LXXXII THE SUFFOLK MIRACLE... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1865 - 562 pagine
...there. Is any man so daring As dig one up in spite, He shall find the thornies set In his bed at night. Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't...fear of little men ; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together ; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather! R WISHING. A CHILD'S SONG. ING-TING!... | |
 | 1865 - 276 pagine
...For thee, perchance, and thy Bard of sorrows. THE FAIEIES.i WILLIAM AIAINGHAM. A Song for Children. UP the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of little men ; 1 The whole of this beautifhl song can be seen in Mr. AUingham's ' Night and Day Songs ;" we have... | |
 | 1871 - 378 pagine
...hast brought him a pardon from good King John.' LXXXI THE FAIRIES Up the airy mountain, Old Ballad Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of little men ; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather ! Down along the rocky shore Some make... | |
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Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of little men; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather! 
