 Take a crowat, a pint-stoup, and a quart, A gallon pitcher, a punsion, and a tun. Of wine, or balm, give every one his part, And fill them full till they be over-run, The little crowat, in comparison. Shall be so full, that it can hold no more, Of such...  The Works of ... Sir David Lindsay of the Mount: Alias Lion King of Arms ... - Page 147by David Lindsay - 1776Full view - About this book
 | English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...submitting it to the reader. Take a crowat,1 a pint-stoup, and a quart, A gallon-pitcher, a puncheon, and a tun ; Of wine, or balm, give every one his part : And fill them full till they be over-run : The little crowat in comparison * Shall be so full that it can hold no more : (Of such measures... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 pages
...example subsequent. XXXttI. Take a crowat, a pint-stoup, and a quart, A gallon pitcher, a punsion, and a tun, Of wine, or balm, give every one his part, And fill them full till they be over-run. The little crowat, in comparison. Shall be so full, that it can hold no more, Of such measures,... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 pages
...example subsequent. XXXIII. Take a crowat, a pint-stoup, and a quart, A gallon pitcher, a punsion, and a tun. Of wine, or balm, give every one his part, And fill them full till they be over-run, The little crowat, in comparison. Shall be so full, that it can hold no more, Of such measures,... | |
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