 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 470 pages
...beste begger in all his hous: And gave a certeine ferme for the grant, Non of his bretheren came in hia haunt. For though a widewe hadde but a shoo, 255 (...he lisped for his wantonnesse, To make his English swete upon his tonge; And in his harping, whan that he hadde songe, His eyen twinkeled in his hed aright,... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 468 pages
...bretheren came in his haunt. For though a widewe hadde but a shoo, 255 (So plesant was his In principle) Yet wold he have a ferthing or he went. His pourchas...semicope, That round was as a belle out of the presse. 365 Somwhat he lisped for his wantonnesse, To make his English swete upon his tonge; And in his harping,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 766 pages
...And rage he coude as it hadde ben a whelp, fa lovedayes, ther conde he mochel help. For ther was be nat like a cloisterere, With thredbare cope, as is a poure scolere, But be was like a maister or a pope. Of double worsted was his semicope, That round was as a belle out... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 468 pages
...than his rent. And rage he coude as it hadde ben a whelp, In lovedayes, ther coude he mochel help. For ther was he nat like a cloisterere, With thredbare...his semicope, That round was as a belle out of the pressc. Somwhat he lisped for his wantonnesse, To make his English swete upon his tongue ; And in his... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 432 pages
...Farm. ' Purchase. And rage he coude as it hadde ben a whelp, In lovedayes ', ther coude he mochel help. For ther was he nat like a cloisterere, With thredbare...maister or a pope. Of double worsted was his semicope 2, That round was as a belle out of the presse. Somwhat he lisped for his wantonnesse, To make his... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...than his rent. And rage he coude as it hadde ben a whelp, In lovedayes1, ther coude he mochel help. For ther was he nat like a cloisterere, With thredbare...like a maister or a pope. Of double worsted was his semicope2, That round was as a belle out of the presse. Somwhat he lisped for his wantonnesse, To make... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 388 pages
...than his rent. And rage he coude as it hadde ben a whelp, In lovedayes, ther coude he mochel help. For ther was he nat like a cloisterere, With thredbare...semicope, That round was as a belle out of the presse. Somwhat he lisped for his wantonnesse, To make his English swete upon his tonge; And in his harping,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 400 pages
...than his rent. And rage he coude as it hadde ben a whelp, In lovedayes, ther coude he mochel help. For ther was he nat like a cloisterere, With thredbare cope, as is a poure scplere, But he was like a maister or a pope. Of double worsted was his semicope, That round was as... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...a whelp, In lovedayes, there coude he mochel help; For ther was he — nat like a cloisterere, W,th rina descends, and the Lady rises out of her teat. Spi. Virgin, daughter of Locrine, Sprung from Somwhat he lisped for his wantonnesse, To make his English swete upon his tonge ; And in his harping,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...moehel help ; For ther was he — nat like a eloisterere, With thredhare eope, as is a poure seolere— [' 6 } ^ , w> s [ ߝ5 ^ O^ semieope, That round was as a belle out of the presse, Somwhat he lisped for his wantonnesse, To make... | |
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To make his English swete upon his tonge ; And in his harping, whan that he hadde songe, His eyen twinkeled in his hed aright, As don the sterres in a frosty night. 
