 O fellow, come, the song we had last night: Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence...  William Shakspere: A Biography - Page 203by Charles Knight - 1843 - 542 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 380 pages
...Re-enter CURIO, and Clown. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night : — Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids4 that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth,8 And dallies with... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1823 - 354 pages
...maidens spinning, or milking; and indeed Shakespeare had described them as " old and plain," chanted by " The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their threads with bones." • Twelfth Night. They were the favourites of the Poet of Nature, who takes every... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are. CHARACTER OF AN OLD SONG. Mark it, Cesario ; it is old and plain : The spinsters and the knitters...thread with bones*, Do use to chant it; it is silly soothf, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old ageJ. SONG. Come away, come away, death,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 658 pages
...music : — but that piece of song, That old and antique soug we heard last night: Mark it, Caesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters...maids, that weave their thread with. bones, Do use to chaunt it : — ' and I instantly sang to my harp that old and popular ditty, ' It was the friar of... | |
 | Nathan Drake (M.D.) - 1824 - 656 pages
...music : — but that piece of song, That old and antique song we heard last night: Mark it, Caesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters...maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it : — ' and I instantly sang to my harp that old and popular ditty, « It was the friar of... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 670 pages
...music : — but that piece of song, 'Jlui old and antique soug we heard last night: Mark it, Caesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters...maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it : — ' and I instantly sang to my harp that old and popular ditty, ' It was the friar of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 518 pages
...Re^nter Curio, and Clown. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night : — Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain : The spinsters and the knitters...free maids, that weave their thread with bones,' Do u«e to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth,10 And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.11... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters...sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bone, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, This music mads... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 882 pages
...lie-enter CURIO, andClown. Duke. 0 fellow, come, the song we had last night! — Mark it, Cesario ; thus moral on the time, My Inngs began to crow like chanticl snn, And the free maids,thatwe»ve theirthread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 pages
...andClown. Duke. 0 fellow, come, the song we had last night ! — Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, aud plain : The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids,that weave theirthread with bones, Uo use tochauntit; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the... | |
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