 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...BRIDE. (From " The Ballad upon a Wedding.") TJTER finger was so small, the ring •*• Would not stay on, which they did bring ; It was too wide, a peck ; And to say truth (for out it must), It look'd like the great collar (fust) About our young colt's neck. Her... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1866 - 412 pages
...Suffolk. Here are a few of the sparkling stanzas : — Her finger was so small, the ring Would not 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 neck. * *... | |
 | J. H. - English poetry - 1867 - 860 pages
...from it fly ! Beaumont and Fletcher. 13. THE BRIDE. HER finger was so small, the ring Would not 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 neck. Her... | |
 | Humorous poetry - 1867 - 530 pages
...plump, so soft, as she Nor half so full of juyce. Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on which they did bring ; It was too wide a peck : And, to say truth (for out it must), It look'd like the great collar (just) About our young colt's neck. Her... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - English poetry - 1867 - 432 pages
...so soft, so plump as she Nor half so full of juice. Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on which they did bring ; It was too wide a peck : And to say truth (for out it must) It look'd like the great collar (just) About our young colt's neck. Her... | |
 | Book - English literature - 1868 - 168 pages
...content him. Fletcher, 43 THE CAVALIER'S SWEETHEART. TT ER finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on which they did bring, It was too wide a peck : And, to say truth — for out it must — It look'd like the great collar just About our young colt s neck.... | |
 | Henry Morley - Ballads, English - 1868 - 282 pages
...plump, so soft as she, Nor half so full of juice. Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on which they did bring, It was too wide a peck : And to say truth, for out it must, It look'd like the great collar — just — About our young colt's neck.... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...felicitous poems. FROM "A BALLAD UPON A WEDDING." Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on which they did bring ; It was too wide a peck : And, to say truth — for out it must — It look'd like the great collar just About our young colt's neck.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...plump, so soft as she, Nor half so full of juice. Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay gthof say truth, — for out it mast, — It looked like the great collar — just — About our young colt's... | |
 | Ambrose Philips - Ballads, English - 1723 - 328 pages
...Grape, that's kindly ripe, could be So round, fo plump, fo foft as fhe, Nor half fo full of Juice. It was too wide a Peck : And to fay truth (for out it muft) It look'd like the great Collar (juft) About our young Colt's Neck. Her Feet beneath her Peticoat,... | |
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Her finger was so small, the ring Would not 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 neck. 
