 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...POETRY QUOTATIONS 38 His herd as any sowe or fox was reed. And therto brood, as though it were a spade. u prefiguring; And, for they look'd but with divining eyes, They h toft of herys Reed as the brustles of a sowes erys. His nosethirles blake were and wyde. (1. 554-559)... | |
 | Anne Powling, John O'Connor, Geoff Barton - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1996 - 166 pages
...or light shield; 4overskirt down to her feet (to wear when riding) The Miller is an expert wrestler: Upon the cop ' right of his nose he hade A werte '', and theron stood a toft of herys, Reed as the brustles of a sowes erys '; His nosethirles ' blake were and wyde. A swerd... | |
 | Joerg O. Fichte, Fritz Kemmler - English literature - 2005 - 412 pages
...with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And therto brood, as though it were a spade. 205 Upon the cop right of his nose he hade A werte, and theron stood a toft of herys, Reed as the brustles of a sowes erys; His nosethirles blake were and wyde. A swerd and... | |
 | Carolynn Van Dyke - Poetry - 2005 - 388 pages
...uses—sensory rather than typifying—but a shift from allusion and innuendo to prolonged observation: "Upon the cop right of his nose he hade / A werte, and theron stood a toft of herys" (554-55). A speaker here subjects himself to another individual. More explicitly, the... | |
 | 1869 - 762 pages
..." His bord аз any sowe or fox was reed (red), And thcrtn brood (broad) as though it were a spade. Upon the cop right of his nose he hade A werte, and tliereun stood a tuft of heres Keede as the berstles of a souwes eeres. His month аз wide was as... | |
 | 328 pages
...His berd, as any sowe or fox, was reed, And therto brood, as though it were a spade. Upon the cope right of his nose he hade A werte, and theron stood a toft of herys, 555 Reed as the brustles of a sowes erys; Hise nosethirles blake were and wyde. A swerd... | |
 | 224 pages
...His herd, as any sowe or fox, was reed, And therto brood, as though it were a spade. Upon the cope right of his nose he hade A werte, and theron stood a toft of herys, 555 Reed as the brustles of a sowes erys ; Hise nosethirles blake were and wyde. A swerd... | |
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Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, 550 Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. Up-on the cop... 
