 The horse doth ease if he be ridden, The feast doth please if guest be bidden ; ' The bucket draws the water forth, The rose when plucked is still most worth : Such is the virgin, in my eyes, That lives, loves, marries, ere she dies.  The Roxburghe Ballads - Stran 293uredili: - 1874 - 502 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1817 - 524 strani
...but dyes a maid. The ring if worn, the finger decks, The bell pull'd by the ringer speaks, VOL. II. Z The horse doth ease, if he be ridden, The feast doth please, if guest be bidden, The bucket draws the water forth, The rose when pluck'd, is still most worth : Such is the virgin in my eyes,... | |
 | Sir John Mennes - 1817 - 568 strani
...Rose if no man pluck it : Just such as these may she be said, That lives, not loves, but dyes a maid The Horse doth ease, if he be ridden, The Feast doth please, if Guest be bidden, The Bucket draws the water forth. The Rose when pluck'd, is still most worth : Such is the Virgin in my eyes,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 strani
...loves, but dies a maid. The ring, if worn, the finger decks, The bell pulled by the ringer speaks ; The horse doth ease if he be ridden, The feast doth please if guest be bidden ; ' The bucket draws the water forth, The rose when plucked is still most worth : Such is the virgin, in my eyes,... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1846 - 556 strani
...loves, but dies a maid. The ring, if worn, the finger decks, The bell, pull'd by the ringer, speaks ; The horse doth ease if he be ridden, The feast doth please if guests be bidden ; The bucket draws the water forth, The rose when pluck' d is still most worth ; Such... | |
 | 1847 - 574 strani
...lose, And dyes a maid. The ring if worne The finger decketh, The bell if rung Good musicke maketh. The horse doth ease If he be ridden, The feast doth please If guests be bidden. The bucket drawes The water for thee, The rose when pluckt Is then most worthy. So... | |
 | Charles Hindley - 1872 - 450 strani
...The Wedding-night crownes all the pleasure : So is that Maiden in mine eyes, Who loves and marry es ere shee dyes. Like to a Ring without a finger, Or...without a weight, Or like a Barke without a fraught Or like a Locke without a Key, Or like a Souldier without pay ; Just such as those may she be said... | |
 | Roxburghe ballads - 1874 - 668 strani
...Wright the younger, and are to bee sold at the upper end of the. Old-Bayley. r* •» * * * * » * *1 OR, Prettie Comparisons wittily grounded, Which by...without a weight, Or like a Barke without a fraught Or like a Locke without a Key, Or like a Souldier without pay ; Just such as those may she be said... | |
 | sir John Mennes - 1874 - 568 strani
...not loves, but dyes a maid. The Ring if worn, the Finger decks, The Bell pull'd by the Ringer speaks, The Horse doth ease, if he be ridden, The Feast doth please, if Guest be bidden, The Bucket draws the water forth. The Rose when pluck'd, is still most worth : Such is the Virgin in my eyes,... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1899 - 334 strani
...; but dies a Maid ! The ring, if worn, the finger decks ! The bell, pulled by the ringer, speaks ! The horse doth ease, if he be ridden ! The feast doth please, if guests be bidden ! The bucket draws the water forth ! The rose, when plucked, is still most worth !... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1901 - 358 strani
...loves; but dies a Maid! The ring, if worn, the finger decks! The bell, pulled by the ringer, speaks! The horse doth ease, if he be ridden! The feast doth please, if guests be bidden! The bucket draws the water forth! The rose, when plucked, is still most worth ! Such... | |
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