 Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.  Peter's Letters to His Kinsfolk - Page 124by John Gibson Lockhart - 1820 - 575 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 pages
...to say truth (for out it must) It looked like the great collar, just, About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out As if they feared the light ; But oh ! she dances such a way No sun upon an Easter day ' Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...truth— for out it must— It looked like the great collar — just — About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light : -. v But oh ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter-day V Is half so fine... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...corporeal poesy, embellishes, exercises, and equalizes all the muscles at once. Jtic&tcr. DANCING-a Lady. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light. And oh ! she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1865 - 398 pages
...glance so heavily, and fill, As tear on tear grows gathering stilL Byron. Alluring Beauty of her Feet. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light : But oh ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pages
...goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast. The Pulley. SIR JOHN SUCKLING. 1609-16-11. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light ; But oh ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | 1865 - 380 pages
...glance so heavily, and fill, As tear on tear grows gathering stilL Byron. Alluring Beauty of her Feet. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light : But oh ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | Theocritus - 1866 - 400 pages
...88. I am tempted to quote a few stanzas from the witty Sir John Suckling's excellent ballad ' On a wedding.' ' Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light. But, oh ! She dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 pages
...say truth, for out it must, It looked like the great collar, just, About our young colt's neck. * * * Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light. But, oh ! she dances such a way — No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.... | |
 | Robert Cowtan - 1866 - 430 pages
...prettiest little feet I ever saw ; they remind me, even at this distant period, of Wordsworth's lines — " Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light." Oh ! there is something very beautiful in a fair young girl of nineteen, with "... | |
 | Robert Cowtan - 1866 - 436 pages
...prettiest little feet I ever saw ; they remind me, even at this distant period, of Wordsworth's linea — " Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light." Oh ! there is something very beautiful in a fair young girl of nineteen, with "... | |
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