 | Isaac Disraeli - 1823 - 354 pagine
...maidens spinning, or milking; and indeed Shakespeare had described them as " old and plain," chanted by " The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their threads with bones." • Twelfth Night. They were the favourites of the Poet of Nature, who takes every... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 518 pagine
...are : alas, that they are so ; To die, even when" they to perfection grow ! Re^nter Curio, and Clown. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night :...free maids, that weave their thread with bones,' Do u«e to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth,10 And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.11... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pagine
...and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are. CHARACTER OF AN OLD SONG. Mark it, Cesario ; it is old and plain : The spinsters...maids, that weave their thread with bones*, Do use to chant it; it is silly soothf, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old ageJ. SONG. Come... | |
 | Nathan Drake (M.D.) - 1824 - 656 pagine
...music : — but that piece of song, That old and antique song we heard last night: Mark it, Caesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters...weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it : — ' and I instantly sang to my harp that old and popular ditty, « It was the friar of orders grey,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 658 pagine
...music : — but that piece of song, That old and antique soug we heard last night: Mark it, Caesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters...weave their thread with. bones, Do use to chaunt it : — ' and I instantly sang to my harp that old and popular ditty, ' It was the friar of orders grey,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 670 pagine
...music : — but that piece of song, 'Jlui old and antique soug we heard last night: Mark it, Caesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters...weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it : — ' and I instantly sang to my harp that old and popular ditty, ' It was the friar of orders grey,... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pagine
...o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters...sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bone, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, This music mads... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 882 pagine
...alas, that they are so ; To die, even when they to perfection grow ! lie-enter CURIO, andClown. Duke. 0 crossed'on snn, And the free maids,thatwe»ve theirthread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 508 pagine
...when they to perfection grow ! Re-enter CURIO, and CLOWS. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters...free maids, that weave their thread with bones,* Do lue to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth,t And dallies with the innocence of love. Like the old age.J Clo.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 1010 pagine
...Clown. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : [night : — lerk.lv l nl. Now trust me, madam, it came hardly off"; For, being ignorant to whom it goes Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, [bones. And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old... | |
| |
The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. 
