 | 1856 - 604 pages
...GEORGE WASHINGTON. Col. John Cropper. TO ZENOVA. SELECTED FROM THE POEMS OF THE LATE HENRT ELLBK. "And oh! she dances such a way No sun upon an Easter day /s half so Jlne a night." SIR JOHN SUCKLING. I hare often stood, fair lady — • Stood to watch thee... | |
 | 1852 - 448 pages
...feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light ; But, oh t she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter day, Is half so fine a sight.' The gracefulness of her dancing here, you will observe, seems in no wise to have been obstructed by... | |
 | 1852 - 572 pages
...petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light : But oh ! she dances such a wav ! No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight. It is very daring, and has a sort of playful grandeur, to compare a lady's dancing with the sun. But... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pages
...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. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. 61 Her cheeks so rare a white was on. No daisy makes comparison, (Who sees them is... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...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. Suckling. Lovest thou music? Oh, 'tis sweet! What's dancing? E'en the mirth of feet. Old Masque. A... | |
 | John Brand - 1853 - 580 pages
...Ingenious Head Pieces, 1667, I find this popular notion alluded to in an old ballad : — " But Dick, she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight." [Sir Walter Scott introduces a similar image applied to tha t (flection of the moon in the water, —... | |
 | John Brand - 1853 - 576 pages
...Pieces, 1667, I find this popular notion alluded to in an old ballad : — " Bat Dick, nhr dances tuch a way. No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight." [Sir Walter Scott introduces a similar image applied to the idlection of the moon in the water, —... | |
 | Passion - 1853 - 326 pages
...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, Were half so fair a sight." Charles turned to see who it was that spoke, and found it was a new acquaintance,... | |
 | George Wood - 1855 - 412 pages
...feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light. But, 0 ! she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight." was a daintiness of manner, met by a like extremity of refinement by her partner, the tips of whose... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 590 pages
...feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and ont As if they feared the light; Bat ah ! she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a eight. The poet had before told us that, Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on that they... | |
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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. 
