 | John Brand, Henry Bourne - Christian antiquities - 1777 - 466 pages
...344. At Eve laft Midfummer no Sleep I fought, But to the Field a Bag of Hemp-feed brought; I fcattered round the Seed on every Side, And three Times in a trembling Accent cry'd, This Hemp-feed with my Virgin Hand I fow, Who fliall my True-love be, the Crop (hall mow.''... | |
 | John Gay, Thomas Park - 1808 - 322 pages
...[ground, ' With my sharp heel I three times mark the And turn me thrice around, around, around. 26 ' At eve last midsummer no sleep I sought, But to the field a bag of hempseed brought ; I scatter'd round the seed on every side, And three times in a trembling accent cried, 30 " This hempseed... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...grew. * With my sharp heel I three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around. ' At eve last midsummer no sleep I sought, But to the field a bag of hempseed brought; 1 scatter'd round the seed on every aide, And three times in a trembling accent cried, " This hempseed... | |
 | John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1810 - 510 pages
...passage from Gay may be added to the Incantations of rustic Maids, relative to their Lovers. P. 344. " At Eve last Midsummer no Sleep I sought, " But to...every Side, " And three Times in a trembling Accent cry'd, " This Hemp-seed with my Virgin Hand I sow, " Who shall my True-love be, the Crop shall mow."... | |
 | John Brand - Great Britain - 1810 - 508 pages
...passage from Gay may be added to the Incantations of rustic Maids, relative to their Lovers. P. 344. " At Eve last Midsummer no Sleep I sought, " But to...every Side, " And three Times in a trembling Accent cry'd, " This Hemp-seed with my Virgin Hand I sow, " Who shall my True-love be, the Crop shall mow."... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 582 pages
...three times mark the ground And turn me tin ice around,- around, around.' " At eve last Midsummer ho sleep I sought, But to the field a bag of hemp-seed brought; I scatterM round the seed on every side, And threetimes in a trembling accent cry'd, 30 ' This hemp-seed... | |
 | 1818 - 502 pages
...Midsummer no jlccp I sought But tu the field a bag of tiemf-md brought : 1 scattered round the teed on every side, And three times, in a trembling accent, cried ; — • This hemp-tetd with my virgin hand I sow. Who shall my true love be, the crop shall mow.* I ttrait looked... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...grew. " With my sharp heel I three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around." At eve last midsummer no sleep I sought, But to the field a bag of hemp-seed brought : I scatter'd round the seed on every side, And three times in a trembling accent cry'd, " This hemp-seed... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...grew. ' With my sharp heel I three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around.' " ainty divides : By passions ? these dissimulation hides : Opinions ? they still take a w scatter'd round the seed on every side, And three times in a trembling accent cry'd, 30 ' This hemp-seed... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 364 pages
...grew. ' With my sharp heel I three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around. " At eve last Midsummer no sleep I sought, But to the field a bag of hemp-seed brought ; I scatter'd round the seed on every side, And three times in a trembling accent cry'd, 30 ' This hemp-seed... | |
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This hempseed with my virgin hand I sow, Who shall my true love be, the crop shall mow. 
