 | Walter Scott - 1872 - 454 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,...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."... | |
 | Nathan Boughton Warren - 1872 - 310 pages
...illustration as similar comic stories are by some of the popular preachers of our own day. CHAPTER IV. " By which we note the Fairies Were of the old profession...songs were Ave Maries, Their dances were procession." PERCY'S RELIQUES. THE origin of the care and solicitude which I, your patron saint, have ever felt... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1875 - 448 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...Their dances were procession. But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas, Or farther for religion fled, Or else to take their ease. A... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 pages
...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. By which...fairies 'Were of the old profession, Their songs were Ave-Maries, Their dances were procession : But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas;... | |
 | David Masson - 1875 - 698 pages
...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; Their songs were Avc-Maries, Then- dances were procession. But now, alas! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...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. By which...fairies Were of the old profession, Their songs were Ave-Maries, Their dances were procession : But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...grassy plain ; • Louis ХШ. But since of late Elizabeth, And later, James came in, They never danced iefly lives. Rtligion. All may of thee partake ¡...so mean, Which, with this tincture, for thy sake, Ave-Maries, Their dances were procession : But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...dnys 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. By which...fairies Were of the old profession, Their songs were A ve- Marios, Their dances were procession : But now, alas ! they ull are dead, Or gone beyond the... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1876 - 292 pages
...late Efeabeth, And later James came in, They never danc'd on any heath, As when the time hath bin. By which we note, the fairies Were of the old profession, Their songs were " Ave Mariefc," Their dances were procession. * Bishop Corbett. 107 But cow, alas ! they are all dead, Or... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 424 pages
...And later James came in, 30 They never danc'd on any heath, As when the time hath bin. By which wee note the fairies Were of the old profession ; Their songs were Ave Maries, 35 Their dances were procession. But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas, Or farther... | |
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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. 
