Fairy Tales, Legends and Romances Illustrating Shakespeare and Other Early English WritersKerslake, 1875 - 426 pages |
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... hath thresh'd the corn That ten day - labourers could not end , Then lies him down , the lubbar fend ; And stretch'd out all the chimney's length , Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop - full out of dores he flings , Ere the ...
... hath thresh'd the corn That ten day - labourers could not end , Then lies him down , the lubbar fend ; And stretch'd out all the chimney's length , Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop - full out of dores he flings , Ere the ...
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... hath been with you , She is the fairies ' midwife , and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate - stone On the forefinger of an alderman , Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon ...
... hath been with you , She is the fairies ' midwife , and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate - stone On the forefinger of an alderman , Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon ...
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... hath been seene With the fairies on the greene , And to them his pipe did sound , While they danced in a round , Mickle solace would they make him , And at midnight often wake him And convey him from his roome , To a field of yellow ...
... hath been seene With the fairies on the greene , And to them his pipe did sound , While they danced in a round , Mickle solace would they make him , And at midnight often wake him And convey him from his roome , To a field of yellow ...
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... hath sworn she did them spie , Come tripping to the room where thou didst lie ; And sweetly singing round about thy bed , Strew all their blessings on thy sleeping head . " L'Abbé Bourdelon , in his " Ridiculous Extrava- gances of M ...
... hath sworn she did them spie , Come tripping to the room where thou didst lie ; And sweetly singing round about thy bed , Strew all their blessings on thy sleeping head . " L'Abbé Bourdelon , in his " Ridiculous Extrava- gances of M ...
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... hath gone as manie , and as credible , tales , as upon witches ; saving that it hath not pleased the transla- tors of the Bible to call spirits by the name of Robin Good - fellow . " " 4 " Your grandams ' maides , " he says , " were ...
... hath gone as manie , and as credible , tales , as upon witches ; saving that it hath not pleased the transla- tors of the Bible to call spirits by the name of Robin Good - fellow . " " 4 " Your grandams ' maides , " he says , " were ...
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Artour blode child Claia commaund dæmon dance dayes doth Dream drinke elves eyes fair fairies fayre fayries feare feyre forto Gerames Gervase of Tilbury give gode gold grace grete hath heard horne horse Jocastus king Arthur king Oberon knyzt kyng lady laughing lond lord maid marvaile mayde merry Midsummer Night's Dream Mopsus mortal mother never night noble nymphs o'er pinch pray Puck Queen Mab quene quoth Huon quoth Oberon Reginald Scot Robin Good-fellow round ryche ryde sayd schall sche seyde shal shalbe shalt shee shew sing Sir Gawen song speake spirits stede sweet syr Launfal TALE thee ther things Thomas told Tom Thumb unther unto wende whan whyt wold woman wood word wyll wyth