Merry Drollery Compleat: Being Jovial Poems, Merry Songs, &c. Collected by W. N., C. B., R. S., & J. G., Both Parts: 1661, 1670, 1691 ; Now First Reprinted from the Final Edition, 1691. Edited with a Special IntroductionJoseph Woodfall Ebsworth |
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Page 371 - Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame; Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear; — They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Page 105 - And every man wished his. By this time all were stol'n aside To counsel and undress the bride; But that he must not know: But yet 'twas thought he guess'd her mind, And did not mean to stay behind Above an hour or so.
Page 103 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Page 366 - The hunt is up, the hunt is up, And it is well nigh day; And Harry our king is gone hunting, To bring his deer to bay.
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Page 172 - Ah what a trembling I feel when I venture, Ah what a Trembling does usher my joy! When, with a Sigh, she accords me the blessing, And her Eyes twinkle 'twixt pleasure and pain; Ah what a joy 'tis, beyond all Expressing, Ah what a joy to hear, shall we again...
Page 105 - Now hats fly off, and youths carouse, Healths first go round, and then the house *, The bride's came thick and thick ; And when 'twas nam'd another's health, Perhaps he made it hers by stealth ; (And who could help it, Dick ?) O...
Page 106 - It would have cost two hours to do 't, Which were too much that night. At length the candle's out, and now All that they had not done they do; What that is, who can tell ? But I believe it was no more Than thou and I have done before With Bridget and with Nell. SIR JOHN DENHAM,