 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 Seiten
...mentions her, together with a Fairy land. Again, in The Wif of Bathes Tale, v. 6439: ' In olde dayes of the king Artour, ' Of which that Bretons speken gret honour ; ' All was this lond fulfilled of faerie ; ' The Elf-quene, with hire joly compagnie ' Danced ful oft in many a grene... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 Seiten
...mentions her, together with a Fairy land. Again, in The Wif of Bathes Tale, v. 6439 1 • In olde dayes of the king Artour, ' Of which that Bretons speken gret honour ; ' All was this lond fulfilled of faerie ; ' The Elf-tfuene, with hire joly compagnie ' Danced ful oft in many a grene... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 490 Seiten
...shall beho!4 Thy rude langage full boystously unfold. VOL. XII. THE WIF OF BATHES TALE. IN olde days of the King Artour, Of which that Bretons speken gret honour, All was this lond fulfilled of Faerie ; The Elf quene with hire joly compagnie Danced ful oft in many a grene mede,... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1812 - 456 Seiten
...has, with equal humour, assigned a cause the very reverse, in his Wife of Bath's Tale. " In olde dayes of the king Artour, " Of which that Bretons speken gret honour, " All was this lond fulfilled of faerie ; " The elf-quene, with hire joly compagnie " Danced ful oft in many a grene... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 400 Seiten
...worthy frere. Yes, dame, quod he, tell forth, and I wol here. THE WIF OF BATHES TALE. IN olde dayes of the king Artour, Of which that Bretons speken gret honour, All was this lond fulfilled of faerie; The Elf-quene, with hire joly compagnie, Danced ful oft in many a grene mede.... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1828 - 392 Seiten
...passages will show. The Wife of Bathes Tale is evidently a Fairytale. It thus commences : In olde dayes of the king Artour, Of which that Bretons speken gret honour, All was this land fulfilled of faerie. The Elf-quene with her joly compagnie, Danced ful oft in many a grene mede ; This was the old opinion... | |
 | James Service - 1834 - 162 Seiten
...grateful for supernatural assistance." Chaucer thus accounts for their disappearance: — " In olde dayes of the king Artour, Of which that Bretons speken gret honour, All was this lond fulfilled of faerie ; The elf-quene with hire joly compagnie, Danced fill oft in many a grene... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1838 - 744 Seiten
...fables, refers even to the age of Arthur as the period of their full dominion : — " In old DayeB hath learn'd to sport and dance, To coy, to wanton, dally, smile, and je Lnnd fulfilled of Faerie, The Elf-Quene with hire jolie company Dauused full oft in many a greene mede,... | |
 | Walter Prideaux - 1840 - 188 Seiten
...grete c/writee ana prayeres of limitours and other holy freres.a But he tells us that « In old dayes of the King Artour « Of which that Bretons speken gret honour, « All was this lond fulfilled of faerie, « The Elf-quene with hire joly compagnie « Danced full oft in many a grene... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1840 - 694 Seiten
...grete charitee and prayeres of limitours and other holy freres.' But he tells us that " * In old dayes of the King Artour Of which that Bretons speken gret honour, All was this lond fulfilled of faerie, The Elf-quene with hire joly compagnie Danced full oft in many a grene mede.'... | |
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In olde dayes of the King Artour, Of which that Bretons speken gret honour, All was this lond fulfilled of faerie; The Elf-quene, with hire joly compagnie, • Danced ful oft in many a grene mede. This was the old opinion as I rede... 
