 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.  The Miscellaneous Works - Page 63by William Hazlitt - 1854Full view - About this book
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 392 pages
...colt's neck. 8 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 9 He would have kiss'd her once or twice, But she would not, she was so nice, She would not do't hi... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Literature - 1860 - 538 pages
...Did soon draw in again. — HERRICK. Imitated by SIR JOHN SUCKLING in his ballad of The Wedding : — Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light ; liut, oh, she dances such a way, No sun upon au Easter day Is half so flne a sight ! So the struck... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 392 pages
...to say truth (for out it must) It look'd like the great collar (just) About our young colt's neck. 8 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.... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 580 pages
...stay on which they did bring, It was too wide a peck ; And to say truth (for out it must) It looked like the great collar, just, About our young colt's...light ; But oh ! she dances such a way No sun upon an Easter day ' Is half so fine a sight. He would have kissed her once or twice, Hut she would not, she... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...on which they did bring ; It was too wide a peck : And, to say truth— for out it must— It looked like the great collar — just — About our young...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 a sight. Her cheeks... | |
 | Steven H. Gale - English wit and humor - 1996 - 690 pages
...Upon a Wedding" exhibits Suckling's use of the rustic perspective in the poem's most famous lines: Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light. The vivid image of the dainty feet in their delicate movement offers light, humorous criticism of the... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Humor - 1998 - 404 pages
...herself she will not love, Nothing can make her: The devil take her! 4098 'A Ballad upon a Wedding' Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light. 4099 'Against Fruition' Women enjoyed (whatsoe'er before they've been) Are like romances read, or sights... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...herself she will not love, Nothing can make her: The devil take her! 1 1270 :-! Ballad upon a Wedding' the objects for which government ought to be established are answered. 5028 11271 'Against Fruition Women enjoyed (whatsoe'er before they've been) Are like romances read, or sights... | |
 | Samuel Alexander - Philosophy - 2000 - 324 pages
...daring to quote it because under our modern conditions it requires an effort to realise the picture: Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light. And oh I she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight. Miss Austen's novels... | |
 | G. Gabrielle Starr - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 318 pages
...poem is truly charming — for those unfamiliar with it, here are two stanzas, one of description: 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.... | |
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