 | adolphus richter - 1834 - 506 pagine
...sing as of old, in despite of protocols and rumours of wars, but their songs are no longer such as " The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the...that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt ;" No — their songs are the production of the most accomplished poets of the day, the airs to which... | |
 | William John Thoms - 1834 - 316 pagine
...judgment." After this declaration in favor of National Tales, do National and Popular Ballads, which " The spinsters and the knitters in the sun. And the...weave their thread with bones. Do use to chaunt." require a word in their praise ? If their own merits and intrinsic beauty do not secure them favour... | |
 | Anne Drury Hall - 2010 - 217 pagine
...Shakespeare makes it plain that Orsino is pleased by the song's old-fashionedness: Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain. The spinsters and the knitters...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. This is practically... | |
 | 1915 - 766 pagine
...words in Shakespeare, in Twelfth Night — " — Come, that song we had last night: Hark it, Cesario, it is old and plain; The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their threads with bones, Do use to chaunt it: it is silly-sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1992 - 132 pagine
...phrase 'green and yellow melancholy'), it is gratifyingly sensuous when read aloud. Mark it, Cesario, it is old and plain: The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their threads with bones, Do use to chant it ... What seems to be a functional introduction to an old song... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1993 - 220 pagine
...perfezione. Entrano Curia e Feste ORSINO Vieni, amico, canta la canzone Della notte scorsa. Ascolta, Cesario, The spinsters, and the knitters in the sun, And the...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. FESTE Are you... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1994 - 692 pagine
...perfection grow. Enfer Curio and Feste ORSINO O, fellow, come, the song we had last night. Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain. The spinsters, and the knitters...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. 29 still al ways... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1994 - 264 pagine
...perfection grow. Enter CURIO and FESTE DUKE O fellow, come, the song we had last night. Mark it, Cesario, it is old and plain; The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave dieir direads with bones, Do use to chant it; it is silly soodi, And dallies with the innocence of... | |
 | Alan Sinfield, Lindsay Smith - 1998 - 208 pagine
...paced times', and claims to prefer the kind of 'old and plain' song that The spinsrers and the knitrers in the sun. And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt.43 Ptince Hamler, at a celebrared moment in his play, dismisses the 'low' rasre of the 'gmundlings'... | |
 | Jennifer Mulherin - 2001 - 36 pagine
...light airs and recollected terms Of these most brisk and giddy-paced times . . . Mark it, Cesario, it is old and plain; The spinsters and the knitters...maids that weave their thread with bones Do use to chant it; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, 1 '.ike the old age . Act ii Sciv... | |
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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. 
