 | Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 pages
...fair! SIR JOHN SUCKLING. 1608 — 1642. 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... | |
 | Henry Southgate - Love poetry - 1873 - 448 pages
...tell. Sir T. Wyatt. DESCRIPTION OF A BEAUTIFUL 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 ,/or out it must), It look'd like the great collar (just) About our young colt's neck. Her... | |
 | Sir John Suckling, Alfred Inigo Suckling - Suckling, John, Sir, 1609-1642 - 1874 - 308 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 looked like the great collar (just) About our young colt's neck. Her... | |
 | Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth - Ballads, English - 1875 - 480 pages
...plump, so soft as she, Nor half so full of juice. Her fingers were 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 lookt like a great Collar just About our young colts neck. Her feet... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...so much wish all past, Perchance, as did the maid. Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on which they did bring; It was too wide a peck : And, to sny truth — for out it must — It looked like the great collar— just — About our young colt's... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - Authors, English - 1876 - 870 pages
...plump, so soft as she, Nor half so full of juice. Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay rlaine. . say truth — for out it must — It looked like the great collar — just — About our young colt's... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 pages
...Anatomy of Melancholv. 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 looked like the great collar just About our young colt's neck. Her... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama (Comedy) - 1876 - 474 pages
...supposed to be told by one countryman to another. * " 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 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 looked like the great collar — just — About our young... | |
 | William Jones - Jewelry - 1877 - 620 pages
...on a ' Wedding,' has this conceit on a ring : — Her fingers were 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. Perhaps... | |
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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. 
