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" When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain; A foolish thing was but a toy, For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came to man's estate, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain; 'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their... "
The Works of W. Shakespeare - Page 129
by William Shakespeare - 1864
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...it. (II, iv) CTC; E1L; ELP; FiP; GBL; GTBS; GTBS-P; NOBE; NoP; OBEY; OBSC; PoEL-2; PoRA; TrGrPo 177 mG߫ n ` O234 ')2 & [ " blushful Hippocrene,...47 Here, where men sit and hear each other groan; W But when I came, alas! to wive. With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, By swaggering could I never thrive....
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Shakespeare in Opera, Ballet, Orchestral Music, and Song: An Introduction to ...

Arthur Graham - 1997 - 244 pages
...Night. Nicolai parodies the Shakespeare song in the first four lines of both of his stanzas. Feste: When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho,...shut their gate, For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came, alas, to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, By swaggering could I never thrive,...
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Poetic Designs: An Introduction to Meters, Verse Forms, and Figures of Speech

Stephen Adams - 1997 - 260 pages
...punctuate stanzas internally. The song that ends Shakespeare's Twelfth Night rotates two refrain lines: When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho,...shut their gate, For the rain it raineth every day. Other linking devices between stanzas include patterned repetitions of words or phrases, and the interlocking...
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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 2000 - 60 pages
...deliberately overstated, designed to make us aware of how much sunshine and delight there is in our lives. When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho,...shut their gate, For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came, at last, to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, By swaggering could I never...
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Twelfth Night

Jennifer Mulherin - 2001 - 36 pages
...married). He storms out leaving the Clown to sing the last words of the play. ^ % 26 • The Clown's song When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho,...the rain, 'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gates, For the rain it raineth every day. Act v Sci IT The play's characters Orsino •• Viola v...
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The Discovery of Poetry: A Field Guide to Reading and Writing Poems

Frances Mayes - 2001 - 548 pages
...in my chains like the sea. WHEN THAT I WAS AND A LITTLE TINY BOY' (William Shakespeare, 1564-1616) When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho,...came to man's estate, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, ' When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy: the clown's song at the close of Twelfth Night. 'Gainst...
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Lectures on Shakespeare

Wystan Hugh Auden - 2002 - 428 pages
...famous songs in Twelfth Night is sung by the clown at the end of the play, when the stage is cleared: When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho,...shut their gate, For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came, alas! to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, By swaggering could I never thrive,...
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Twelfth Night

Simon Greaves - 2003 - 70 pages
...and queen of my heart. Everyone moves off, leaving the Fool alone. He sings to himself. When that 1 was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho, the wind...shut their gate, For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came, alas.to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, By swaggering could I never thrive,...
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Bartlett's Poems for Occasions

Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 pages
...TRANSLATED BY SIR THOMAS HAWKINS THE CYCLES When that I was and a little tiny boy OF LIFE From Twelfth Night When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho,...shut their gate, For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came, alas, to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and rain: By swaggering could I never thrive,...
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W. H. Auden's Book of Light Verse

W. H. Auden - 2004 - 604 pages
...peace; And the owner of it blest Ever shall in safety rest. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 50 Festis Song 'HEN that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho, the...shut their gate, For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came, alas ! to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain ; By swaggering could I never...
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