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Ancient Songs: From the Time of King Henry the Third, to the Revolution ... - Page 223
edited by - 1790 - 332 pages
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Gems for the Fireside: Comprising the Most Unique, Touching, Pithy, and ...

Otis Henry Tiffany - Anthologies - 1883 - 954 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...
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Fair Words about Fair Woman

Oliver Bell Bunce - Women in literature - 1883 - 332 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...
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Familiar Talks on English Literature: A Manual Embracing the Great Epochs of ...

Abby Sage Richardson - English literature - 1884 - 498 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 collar, just, About our young colt's neck. " Her feet...
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The Poems of Sir John Suckling

John Suckling - 1886 - 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 looked like the great collar (just) About our young colt's neck. Her...
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Lyria Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Specimens of Vers de ...

Frederick Locker-Lampson - English poetry - 1889 - 406 pages
...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...
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Famous Single and Fugitive Poems

Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 394 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...
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Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional ...

Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan - English poetry - 1891 - 452 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...
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Tales by Leigh Hunt, Now First Collected

Leigh Hunt - 1891 - 458 pages
...not allow a quoter to make much use of it in this. "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...
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The Poems, Plays and Other Remains of Sir John Suckling. With a Copious ...

Sir John Suckling, Alfred Inigo Suckling - Suckling, John, Sir, 1609-1642 - 1892 - 262 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...
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Poems of Love from the Best Authors

English poetry - 1893 - 260 pages
...profit so by Eden's blame. COVENTRY PATMORE. 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...
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