 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 pages
...exercitation of the friars, a latter bard, in the same vein of irony, imputes to the Reformation : By which we note the fairies, Were of the old profession ; . . Their songs were Ave Marie's; Their dances were proce&sioik It so befel in this king Arthur's reign, y A lusty knight was... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...Elizabeth And later James came in; They never danc'd on any heath, As when the time had been. By which wee note the fairies Were of the old profession : Their songs were Ave Maries, Their dunces were procession. Gut now, alas! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas, I Or farther for... | |
 | 1819 - 394 pages
...Ciss to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those ringi and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed...Their dances were procession : But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas ; Or farther for religion fled, Or else they take their ease.... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...And later James came in ; They never danc'd on any heath, As when the time had been. •By which wee note the fairies Were of the old profession ; Their...Their dances were procession. But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond trie seas, Or farther for religion fled, Or else they take their ease.... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 pages
...the exercitation of the friars, a later bard, in the same vein of irony, imputes to the Reformation : By which we note the fairies, Were of the old profession...songs were Ave Maries ; Their dances were procession. It so befel in this King Arthur's reign, ") A lusty knight was pricking o'er the plain ; VA bachelor... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 pages
...the exercitation of the friars, a later bard, in the same vein of irony, imputes to the Reformation : By which we note the fairies, Were of the old profession ; Their ttonirs were Ave Marie* ; Their (fences were procession. It so befel in this King Arthur's reign, "I... | |
 | 1826 - 570 pages
...Reformation; and the lines from Bishop Corbet's facetious ballad are no less witty than _historically just : " By which we note the fairies Were of the old profession ; Their songs were Ave-Maries, Their dances were procession." Fairies' Farewell. To this enumeration of the probable means... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 372 pages
...late Elizabeth, And later, James came in, They never danced on any heath As when the time hath hin. " By which we note, the fairies Were of the old profession, Their songs were Ave Maries, w Their dances were procession. But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas ; Or farther... | |
 | 1831 - 600 pages
...men, to forget its sweet immunities. It is said Luther drove the Fairies from England — By wbich we note the Fairies Were of the old profession : Their songs were A ve Maríts, Their dances were procession. Yet, after the expulsion of his clan, Puck would, as before,... | |
 | 1836 - 784 pages
...late Elizabeth, And later James came in, They never danced on any heath. As when the time hath bin. By which we note, the fairies Were of the old profession....Maries, Their dances were procession. But now, alas 1 they all are dead. Or gone beyond the seas ; Or farther for religion fled, Or else they take their... | |
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Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy plain ; But since of late Elizabeth, And later, James came in, They never danced on any heath As when the time hath been. 
