...side of the glass, rich as Suckling's description of his mistress : — " No grape that's ever pluck'd could be So round, so plump, so soft as she, Nor half as full of juice." Dean. Decorum, Professor! You are wandering away from the tombs, from the solemn...

...maid. The maid, (and thereby hangs a tale : For such a maid no Whitsun ale Could ever yet produce) No grape that's kindly ripe could be So round, so...plump, so soft as she, Nor half so full of juice. Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on, which they did bring ; It was too wide a peck : And...

...to say truth, for out it must, It look'd like the great collar (just) About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light : But oh ! she dances such a way — No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight...

...maid. The maid, (and thereby hangs a tale ; For, such a maid no Whitsun ale Could ever yet produce) — No grape that's kindly ripe could be So round, so...plump, so soft as she, Nor half so full of juice. Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on- which they did bring, It was too wide a peck : And...

...and (barring nudity and immobility) they might have realised the tempting vision of Suckling : — ' Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light.* * The Dream, and other Poems. By the Honourable Mrs. Norton. p. 180. The illustrated edition of ' Italy...

...the maid. The maid (and thereby hangs a tale) For such a maid no Whitson-ale Could ever yet produce : No grape that's kindly ripe, could be So round, so plump, so soft as she. Nor half so full of juyce. Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on which they did bring! It was too wide a...

...rather prior to Herrick, being born twenty-two years before him, and dying at an early period of life : Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light : &c. SIR ]. SUCKLING'S Balladon a Wedding, CLXV. UPON HIS GREY HAIRS. ' me not, though...

...all his hast) He did not so much wish all past (Perchance) as did the Maid. Could ever yet produce : No grape that's kindly ripe, could be So round, so...plump, so soft as she, Nor half so full of juice. Her finger was so small, the Ring Would not stay on which he did bring, It was too wide a peck : And to...

...the maid. The maid (and thereby hangs a tale) For such a maid no Widson-ale Could ever yet produce : No grape that's kindly ripe, could be So round, so...plump, so soft as she, Nor half so full of juice. Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay on which he did bring, It was too wide a peck : And to...

...exquisite description of the Bride, in Sir John Suckling's poem of the Wedding; • . •• . - :.) " Her feet beneath her petticoat, : Like little mice stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light." As for those, who, with bad shapes, make an useless display of their legs, I must...