 Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.  Littell's Living Age - Sayfa 5091874Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 sayfa
...description and liveliness equal to the pictures of Chaucer. One well-known verse has never been excelled — ured As fast аз fear'd the light ; But oh ! she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a eight... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1847 - 490 sayfa
...spoiling what he takes. Suckling has an incomparable image on a lady dancing. Her feet beneath the petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the tight— Herrick has it thus : Her pretty feet, like snailt, did creep A little out ; A most singular... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 sayfa
...liveliness equal to the pictures of Chaucer. One well-known verse has never been excelled — ÍHer ing. Pri. Home, and be humble ; study to retrench ; Discharge the lazy ver fear'd the light ; j But oh ! she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight... | |
 | George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe - 1851 - 420 sayfa
...graрe that 'e kindly ripe could he So round, sо plump, sо sоп at ehe, Nor half so fulFot' juice. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light ; But 0)' ! ehe dances such u way — No sun upon an Kaster day Is half so fine a sight. Her checks so rare... | |
 | 1851 - 682 sayfa
...and prettiest similes in poetry, where Sir John Suckling, in describing a celebrated beauty, says, " Her feet, beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light." Now, would not these little feet rather lose in attraction on the whole by being continually before... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 sayfa
...to say truth (for out it must), It look'd like the great collar, (just) About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light ; But oh! she dances such a way! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 sayfa
...to the pictures of Chaucer. The following well-known stanza has, perhaps, never been excelled : — Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out. As if they fear'd the light ; But oh ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - 1851 - 458 sayfa
...old superstition of the English peasantry, namely, that on Easter morning the sun always dances :—- Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light: But, oh! she dances such a way! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1851 - 282 sayfa
...and charming specimens in the language. They glance like twinkles in the eye, or cherries bedewed • Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if theyfear'd the light; But oh ! she dances such a way ! JVo sun upon an Easter day, Is half so fine... | |
 | 1852 - 448 sayfa
...for instance, in Suckling's ' Ballad on a Wedding,' is this part of the description of the bride ! ' Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light ; But, oh t she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter day, Is half so fine a sight.' The gracefulness... | |
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