 | Thomas Percy - 1794 - 428 Seiten
...The Fairies " Farewell, or God-a-mercy Will, to be futig or •wliftled " to the tune of The Meddow brow, by the learned; by the " unlearned, to the tune of Fortune." The departure of Fairies is here attributed to ike abolition of monkery: Chaucer has, •with equal... | |
 | Richard Corbet, Octavius Gilchrist - 1807 - 356 Seiten
...INTITULED THE FAERYES FAREWELL; GOD-A-MERCY WILL. To be sung or whisclecl to the Tune of " The Meddow Brow," by the Learned ; by the Unlearned, to the Tune of "Fortune." FAREWELL rewards and Faeries, Good houswives now may say, For now foule slutts in daries Doe fare, as well as they. And... | |
 | 1819 - 394 Seiten
...FAIRIES' FAREWELL, OR GOD-A-MERCY WILL. BY DR. CORBET.* To be sung or whistled to the tune of ' The Meddow Brow,' by the learned ; by the unlearned, to the tune...foul sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they ; And though they sweep their hearths no less Than maids were wont to do, Yet who of late for cleanliness... | |
 | Poor Humphrey's calendar - 1828 - 60 Seiten
...in the outset of A proper New Ballad, entitled^ THE FAIRIES FAREWELL. Farewell Rewards and Fairies I Good housewives now may say ; For now foul sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they ; And though they sweep their hearths no less Than maids were wont to do, Yet who, of late, for cleanliness,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 374 Seiten
...beginning of the 17th century. The poem is named, "A proper new Ballad, entitled the Fairies' Farewell, to be sung or whistled to the tune of the Meadow Brow,...foul sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they ; And though they sweep their hearths no less Than maids were wont to do, Yet who of late for cleanliness... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 358 Seiten
...beginning of the 17th century. The poem is named, "A proper new Ballad, entitled the Fairies' Farewell, to be sung or whistled to the tune of the Meadow Brow,...of Fortune." — " Farewell, rewards and fairies, (iood housewives now may say, For now foul sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they ; And though they... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 390 Seiten
...was originally published under a whimsical title : " to be sung or whistled to the tune of the Meddow Brow, by the learned : by the unlearned to the tune...FAREWELL rewards and Fairies! Good housewives now you may say ; For now foule sluts in dairies, Doe fare as well as they : And though they sweepe their... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 336 Seiten
...was originally published under a whimsical title : " to be sung or whistled to the tune of the Meddow Brow, by the learned : by the unlearned to the tune of Fortune." CORBET. THE FA;RIES FAREWELL. FAREWELL rewards and Fairies I Good housewives now you may say ; For... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1837 - 936 Seiten
...of the seventeenth century. The poem is named, "A proper new Ballad, entitled the Fairies' Farewell, to be sung or whistled to the tune of the Meadow Brow,...foul sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they ,And though they sweep their hearths no less Than maids were wont to Ho, Yet who of late for cleanliness... | |
 | 1839 - 444 Seiten
...to the tune of the Meadow Brow hy the learned ; hy tlic unlearned to the tune of Fortune: nm*a " " Farewell, rewards and fairies, Good housewives now...foul sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they ; And though they sweep their hearths no less Than maids were wont to do, Vet who of late for cleanliness... | |
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Farewell, rewards and fairies, Good housewives now may say, For now foul sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they ; And though they sweep their hearths no less Than maids were wont to do, Yet who of late for cleanliness Finds sixpence in her shoe ? "... 
