 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pages
...called the Knight of the Iturninir Pestle, old Merry-Thought eu'ers repoating the following verses : When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast...Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. This was probably the beginning of some ballad, commonly known, at the time when that author wrote;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pages
...old Merry-Thought CU'I.TS repeating the following verses: When it was grown to dark midnight, And ul) were fast asleep. In came Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. This was probably the beginning of some ballad. cmnnumly known, at the time when that author wrote;... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1811 - 640 pages
...him. But look, George ; peace! here comtstne merry ulil gentleman again. Enter Old Merrythought. Mer. When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast...Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet**. I have money, and meat, and drink, beforehand, till tomorrow at noon ; why should I be sad? Methiuks... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 574 pages
...from the first quarto too. Sytnpim. 46'2 Act 2.] 46S Enter Old Merrythought. Mer. When it wasgrown to dark midnight, And all were fast asleep, In came...Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet*. I have money, and meat, and drink, beforehand, till tomorrow at noon; why should I be sad? Methinks... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 pages
...has her not yet ? SCENE V. An Apartment in Merrythought's House. Enter Old MERRYTHOUGHT. Men [Sings.] When it was grown to dark midnight And all were fast...Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet? I have money, and meat, and drink, before-hand, till to-morrow at noon; why should I be sad ? Methinks... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...called ' The Knight of the Burning Pestle,' old Merrythought enters, repeating the following verses: When it was grown to dark midnight. And all were fast...Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. This was, probably, the beginning of some ballad commonly known at the time when that author wrote... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1823 - 450 pages
...this distich, " You are no love for me, Margaret, " I am no love for you." And the following stanza, " When it was grown to dark midnight, " And all were fast asleep, "In came Margarets grimly ghost " And stood at Williams feet. These lines have acquired an importance by giving... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...drama of the Knight of the Burning Pestle: You are no love for me, Margaret, I am no love for you. When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast...Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. " These lines," says Mallet, " naked of ornament and simple as they are, struck my fancy; and bringing... | |
 | 1829 - 432 pages
...are this distich : You are no love for me, Margaret, I am no love for you. And the following stanza: When it was grown to dark midnight. And all were fast...Margaret's grimly ghost. And stood at William's feet. In glided Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. Her face was like an April morn, Clad... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - 1840 - 286 pages
...beautiful ballad was suggested to him by a fragment quoted in one of Beaumont and Fletcher's plays : — " When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast...Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet."" " These lines," he says, " naked of ornament and simple as they are, struck my fancy, and, bringing... | |
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When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast asleep, In came Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. 
