 | University of California, Berkeley - Education - 1920 - 498 pages
...when I cropped, I safely home conveyed, And o'er the Door the Spell in secret laid; The latch moved up, when who should first come in But in his proper person, Lubberkin. " (From Gay's The Shepherd's Week, 1714.) &£ !?a £3 ? Count nine stars for nine successive nights,... | |
 | John Gay - English poetry - 1926 - 758 pages
...My wheel I turn'd, and sung a ballad new, While from the spindle I the fleeces drew The latch mov'd up, when who should first come in, But in his proper person, — Lubberkin. i 8-itpvav s curd \aKffi fitya Kairnvpiaaaa. Theoc. 66. Daphnis me malus urit, ego hanc in Daphnide.... | |
 | Kathleen Winifred Campbell - English poetry - 1926 - 224 pages
...Wheel I turn'd, and sung a Ballad new, While from the Spindle I the Fleeces drew ; The Latch mov'd up, when who should first come in, But in his proper person — Lubberkin. I broke my Yarn surpriz'd the Sight to see, Sure Sign that he would break his Word with me. Eftsoons... | |
 | John Gay - English poetry - 1926 - 762 pages
...My wheel I turn'd, and sung a ballad new. While from the spindle I the fleeces drew The latch mov'd up, when who should first come in, But in his proper person, — Lubberhin. Line 64. • tyitf 8* fm AtAl/x5t 8cfJlvav Af0or x' w? avra Xavcct ntya Ka1rnvpioaffa.... | |
 | Kathleen Winifred Campbell - Poetry - 1926 - 220 pages
...Wheel I turn'd, and sung a Ballad new, While from the Spindle I the Fleeces drew ; The Latch mov'd up, when who should first come in, But in his proper person — Lubber kin. I broke my Yarn surpriz'd the Sight to see, Sure Sign that he would break his Word... | |
 | Natural history - 1834 - 700 pages
...when I cropp'd, I safely home convey'd, And o'er the door the spell in secret laid : The latch moved up, when who should first come in, But, in his proper person, — Lubberkin ! " The country youths, of both sexes, adopt the following method of ascertaining whether the objects... | |
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As peascods once I pluck'd, I chanced to see One that was closely fill'd with three times three, Which when I cropp'd I safely home convey'd, And o'er the door the spell in secret laid... 
