| Richard Corbet, Octavius Gilchrist - 1807 - 356 pages
...which wee note the Faries Were of the old profession ; Theyre songs were Ave Maryes ; Theyre daunces were procession : But now, alas ! they all are dead,...gone beyond the seas; Or farther for religion fled, 215 v A tell-tale in theyre company They never could endure, And whoe so kept not secretly Theyre mirth... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 500 pages
...gave. And they, not bad but in a vicious age, Had not, to please the prince, debauched the stage.* But now, alas ! they all are dead. Or gone beyond the seas ; Or farther for religion fled, Or ebe they take their ease. See " The Fairies Farewell," a lively little song, by the witty Bishop Corbet.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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...But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond trie seas, Or farther for religion fled, Or else they take their ease. A tell-tale in their company... | |
| 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... | |
| Richard Gooch - 1823 - 310 pages
...late Elizabeth, And later James came in ; They never danc'd on any heath, As when the time hath been. By which we note, the fairies Were of the old profession...Their dances were procession : But now, alas ! they are all dead, Or gone beyond the seas ; Or further, for religion fled, Or else they take their ease.... | |
| Cambridge tart - 1823 - 318 pages
...late Elizabeth, And later James came in ; They never danc'd on any heath, As when the time hath been. By which we note, the fairies Were of the old profession...Their dances were procession : But now, alas ! they are all dead, Or gone beyond the seas ; Or further, for religion fled, Or else they take their ease.... | |
| 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... | |
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