Their dances were procession. But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas, Or farther for religion fled, Or else they take their ease. Travels in Crete - Page 194by Robert Pashley - 1837Full view - About this book
| Richard Corbet, Octavius Gilchrist - 1807 - 356 pages
...which wee note the Faries Were of the old profession ; Theyre songs were Ave Maryes ; Theyre daunces were procession : But now, alas ! they all are dead,...gone beyond the seas; Or farther for religion fled, 215 v A tell-tale in theyre company They never could endure, And whoe so kept not secretly Theyre mirth... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 pages
...gave. And they, not bad but in a vicious age, Had not, to please the prince, debauched the stage.* But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas ; Or farther for religion fled, Or else Uiey take their ease. See " The Fairies Farewell," a lively little song, by the witty Bishop Corbet.... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 500 pages
...gave. And they, not bad but in a vicious age, Had not, to please the prince, debauched the stage.* But now, alas ! they all are dead. Or gone beyond the seas ; Or farther for religion fled, Or ebe they take their ease. See " The Fairies Farewell," a lively little song, by the witty Bishop Corbet.... | |
| Thomas Percy - 1812 - 456 pages
...hath bin. By which wee note the fairies Were of the old profession : Their songs were Aw Maries, J5 Their dances were procession. But now, alas ! they...farther for religion fled. Or else they take their ease. 4<* A tell-tale in their company They never could endure > And And whoso kept not secretly ... ? Their... | |
| 1819 - 394 pages
...came in ; They never danc'd on any heath, As when the time hath been. By which we note, the fairies Were of the old profession ; Their songs were Ave...farther for religion fled, Or else they take their ease. A tell-tale in their company They never could endure ; And whoso kept not secretly Their mirth, was... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...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...But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond trie seas, Or farther for religion fled, Or else they take their ease. A tell-tale in their company... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 pages
...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 songs were Ave Maries ; Their dances were procession. It so befel in this King Arthur's reign, ") A lusty knight was pricking o'er the plain ; VA bachelor... | |
| Richard Gooch - 1823 - 310 pages
...came in ; They never danc'd on any heath, As when the time hath been. By which we note, the fairies Were of the old profession ; Their songs were Ave...Their dances were procession : But now, alas ! they are all dead, Or gone beyond the seas ; Or further, for religion fled, Or else they take their ease.... | |
| Cambridge tart - 1823 - 318 pages
...came in ; They never danc'd on any heath, As when the time hath been. By which we note, the fairies Were of the old profession ; Their songs were Ave...Their dances were procession : But now, alas ! they are all dead, Or gone beyond the seas ; Or further, for religion fled, Or else they take their ease.... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1825 - 404 pages
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