...between the species of poem which is described, and that which is sung : " Mark ll, Ciesarlo. It It old and plain : The spinsters and the knitters In...maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to cbant It ; II Is silly sooth, And dollies with the Innocence of love. Like the old agu." The song,...

...well be said that that is the happiest time of life !" '' It is an old saying," observed Mr. Percy ; ' It is old and plain : The spinsters and the knitters In the sun, And the free maids that weave their threads with bone, Do use to chaunt it;' yet I cannot submit to its correctness, and I would debate...

...sir. If we doubted Orsino's self-love before, the melancholy selfindulgence of a song that belongs to The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones must now set us right. With Andrew Aguecheek's song, Il.iii, Shakespeare had no need to exercise himself...

...song from Feste. Shakespeare makes it plain that Orsino is pleased by the song's old-fashionedness: Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain. The spinsters...maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it. It is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love. Like the old age. This is practically...

...immemorial words in Shakespeare, in Twelfth Night — " — Come, that song we had last night: Hark it, Cesario, it is old and plain; The spinsters and...knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their threads with bones, Do use to chaunt it: it is silly-sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love...

...orally-voluptuous phrase 'green and yellow melancholy'), it is gratifyingly sensuous when read aloud. Mark it, Cesario, it is old and plain: The spinsters...knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their threads with bones, Do use to chant it ... What seems to be a functional introduction to an old song...

...perfezione. Entrano Curia e Feste ORSINO Vieni, amico, canta la canzone Della notte scorsa. Ascolta, Cesario, The spinsters, and the knitters in the sun, And the...maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it. It is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love Like the old age. FESTE Are you...

...Alas, that they are so, 40 To die, even when they to perfection grow. Enfer Curio and Feste ORSINO O, fellow, come, the song we had last night. Mark...maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it. It is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love Like the old age. 29 still al ways...

...are; alas, that they are so - 40 To die, even when they to perfection grow. Enter CURIO and FESTE DUKE O fellow, come, the song we had last night. Mark it,...knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave dieir direads with bones, Do use to chant it; it is silly soodi, And dallies with the innocence of...

...much. Make no compare / Between that love a woman can bear me / An that I owe Olivia. [H.iv.94-104] 3. O, fellow, come, the song we had last night. / Mark...maids that weave their thread with bones / Do use to chant it: it is silly sooth, /And dallies with the innocence of love, / Like the old age. [II. ¡v.42-48]...