 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 756 pages
...This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, Still walking like a ragged colt, And oft out of a bed doth bolt, Of purpose to deceive us; And leading us makes us to stray, Long winter's nights out of the way, And when we stick in mire and clay, He doth with laughter leave us.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...seems but a dreaming dolt, " Still walking like a ragged colt, " And oft out of a bush doth bolt, " Of purpose to deceive us; " And leading us, makes us to stray, " Long winter's nights, out of the way, " And when we stick in mire and clay, " He doth with laughter leave... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 584 pages
...Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, Still walking like a ragged colt, And oft out of a bed doth bolt, On purpose to deceive us ; And leading us makes us to stray, Long winter's nights out of the way, And when we stick in mire and clay, He doth with laughter leave us."... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - 1826 - 366 pages
...This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt Still walking like a ragged colt, And oft out of a bush doth bolt Of purpose to deceive us, And leading us makes us...out of the way, And when we stick in mire or clay Hob doth with laughter leave uV*>* The moving fire, or ignis fatuus, by which Morty was deluded, is... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1828 - 392 pages
...Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, Still walking like a ragged colt, And oft out of a bush doth bolt, Of purpose to deceive us ; And leading us, makes us...nights out of the way ; And when we stick in mire and clay, He doth with laughter leave us. In his " Poet's Elysium" there is some beautiful Fairy poetry,... | |
 | 1851 - 428 pages
...walking like a rayyed colt, A , .. ! oft out of a bush doth bolt Of purpose to deceive us ; And, leaving us, makes us to stray Long winter nights out of the...stick in mire or clay, He doth with laughter leave us. The early English adventurers imported to the Irish shores their softened version of the native Pooka,... | |
 | John Brand - 1842 - 312 pages
...follows it, hecause the air does so. One of the popular attrihutes of the Ignis fatuus, as has heen already noticed, is the love of mischief in leading...in England, AD 1598," tells us, that returning from Canterhury to Dover, "There were a great many Jack-w'-a-Lanthorns, so that we were quite seized with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...Puck seems but a dreaming dolt; Still walking like a ragged colt, And oft out of a buih doth bolt, Of purpose to deceive us ; And leading us, makes us...nights, out of the way, And when we stick in mire and clay, He doth with laughter leave us." " The nine-men'i morrit û filled up with mud" Act II.,... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 274 pages
...Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, Still walking like a ragged colt, And oft out of a bush doth bolt, Of purpose to deceive us. And leading us, makes us...winter nights out of the way, And when we stick in mire and clay, He doth with laughter leave us." — DRAYTON. But, see, another beautiful form comes, winnowing... | |
 | Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1845 - 352 pages
...Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, Still walking like a ragged colt, And oft out of a bush doth bolt, Of purpose to deceive us ; And, leading us, makes us to stray, Long winters nights out of the way, And when we stick in mire and clay, He doth with laughter leave us.... | |
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This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, Still walking like a ragged colt, And oft out of a bush doth bolt, Of purpose to deceive us ; And, leading us, makes us to stray, Long winters nights out of the way, And when we stick in mire and clay, He doth with... 
