 Of court, and ben estatelich of manere, And to ben holden digne of reverence. But for to speken of hire conscience, She was so charitable and so pitous, She wolde wepe if that she saw a mous B 2 Caughte in a trappe, if it were ded or bledde. Of smale...  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 6by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Hunting - 1838 - 566 pages
...fetisly, After the scole of Stratford atte Bowe," had also a lady-like affection for lap-dogs : " Of small houndes hadde she, that she fedde With rosted flesh,...and milk, and wastel brede ; But sore wept she if one of them were dede, Or if men smote it with a yerde smert : And all was conscience and a tendre... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 358 pages
...speken of hire conscience, She was so charitable and so pitous, She wolde wepe if that she saw a mous Caughte in a trappe, if it were ded or bledde. Of smale houndes hud tie she, that she fedde With rosted flesh, and milk, and wastel brede. But sore wept she if on... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1106 pages
...charitable and so pitous, She wolde wepe if that she saugh a mous Kaught in a trappe, if it were deed ng their flessh, or mylk and wastel-breed ; 7 But soore wepte she if any of hem were deed, Or if men smoot it... | |
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