 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 pages
...Of theirs, which yet remanie ; Were footed in queen Maries daycs On many a grafly plavne. But firicc of late Elizabeth And later James came in ¡ They never danc'd on any heath, As when the time had been. By which wee note the fairies Were of the old profclfion : Their fongs were Ave Maries, Their... | |
 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...thofe rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain ; Were footed in Queen MARIES days But fince of late ELIZABETH, And later, JAMES came in; They never danc'd on any heath, As when the time had been. By which we note the FAIRIES Were of the old profeffion : Their fongs were Ave-Maries,' Their... | |
 | John Black - 1806 - 260 pages
...difappear about this time, though the good Bifhop did not know the true reafon. Witnefs thofe rings and round-e-lays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days, On many a gralTy plain : But fince of late Elifabeth, And later James came in ; They never danc'd on any heath,... | |
 | John Black - 1806 - 258 pages
...this time, though the good Bifhop did »ot know the true reafon. \Vitnefs thofe rings and rbWnd-e-lays Of theirs, which yet remain," Were footed in Queen Mary's days, On many a gra/Ty plain : But fince of late Elifabcth, And l»te James came in ; They never danc'd on any heath,... | |
 | Richard Corbet, Octavius Gilchrist - 1807 - 356 pages
...roundelayes Of theirs, which yet remaine, Were footed in queene Maries dayes On many a grassy playne ; But since of late, Elizabeth, And later, James came in, They never daunc'd on any heath As when the time hath bin. By which wee note the Faries Were of the old profession... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 pages
...exercitation of the friars, a latter bard, in the same vein of irony, imputes to the Reformation : By which we note the fairies, Were of the old profession ; . . Their songs were Ave Marie's; Their dances were proce&sioik It so befel in this king Arthur's reign, y A lusty knight was... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...roundelayea Of theirs, which yet remaine ; Were footed in queen Maries dayex On many a grassy playne. But since of late Elizabeth And later James came in; They never danc'd on any heath, As when the time had been. By which wee note the fairies Were of the old profession : Their songs were Ave Maries, Their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 pages
...roundelayes Of theirs, which yet remaine, Were footed in queene Marie's dayec On many a grassy playne; But since of late, Elizabeth, And later, James came in, They never daunc'd on any heath As when the time hath bin. By which we note the Faries Were of the old profession... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...roundelayes Of theirs, which yet remaine ; Were footed in queen Maries dayes On many a grassy |>layne. But since of late Elizabeth And later James came in...; They never danc'd on any heath, As when the time had been. •By which wee note the fairies Were of the old profession ; Their songs were Ave Maries,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 pages
...the exercitation of the friars, a later bard, in the same vein of irony, imputes to the Reformation : By which we note the fairies, Were of the old profession ; Their ttonirs were Ave Marie* ; Their (fences were procession. It so befel in this King Arthur's reign, "I... | |
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Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy plain; But since of late, Elizabeth And, later, James came in, They never danced on any heath As when the time hath been. 
