 | Zachary Grey - 1754 - 440 pàgines
...honour) *« All was this land fulfillid of fairy, *c The elquene with her jolly company " Daunfid full oft in many a grene mede, " This was the old opinion as I rede." Randolph, in his Amyntas, or fbe Impoffiblc Dowry, Aft iii. fc. iv. p. 57, has the following words.... | |
 | Zachary Grey - 1754 - 424 pàgines
...fairy, ** The elquene with her jolly company 36 Critical, HijIorical, and Explanatory " Daunfid full oft in many a grene mede, " This was the old opinion as I rede." Randolph, in his Amyntas, or The Impoffible Dowry, Act iii. fc. iv. p. 57, has the following words.... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1762 - 264 pàgines
...honour; All was this lond fulfillid of fayry : The ELF-O^UENE, with her jolly company^ Daunfid full oft in many a grene mede : This was the old opinion, as I rede*. Hence too we find, that Spenfer followed the eftabliihed tradition, in fuppofing his Fairy <jhucn f... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Bourne - 1777 - 466 pàgines
...Ring, fuppofed by the Vulgar to be traced by the Fairies in their Dances, to the Effefls Daunfed full oft in many a grene Mede*, This was the old Opinion, as I rede. I fpeke of many hundred Yere agoe, But now can no Man fe no Elfes mo. For now the .grete Charite and... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1794 - 428 pàgines
...honour, " All was this land fulfilled of faerie; " The elf-qnene, with hirejoly compagnic " Danced ful oft in many a grene mede. " This .was the old opinion as I redf, " Iff eke of many hundredyeres ago; " But now can no man fee non elves mo, " For now the grete... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 794 pàgines
...mcdc, This was the old opinion as I rede ; I fpeke of many hundred yeres ago, But now can no man fee non elves mo ; For now the grete charitee and prayeres Of limitoures and other holy freres, That ferchcn every land and every ftreme, As thikke as motes in the fonne bemc, Eliding hallcs, chambres,... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 448 pàgines
...; " All was this lond fulnllid of fayry : " The ELF-auENE, with her jolly compatjy, " Daunfld full oft in many a grene mede : " This was the old opinion, as I rede." Hence too we find, that Spenfer followed the eftablifhed tradition, in luppofing his Fairy Queen °... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 pàgines
...; ' 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." Steevens. s Playing on pipes of corn,] Richard Brathwaite f Strappado for the DeviI, 1615,) has a poem... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pàgines
...; ' All was this lond fulfilled of faerie ; ' The Elf-tfuene, with hire joly compagnie ' Danced ful oft in many a grene mede ; ' This was the old opinion as I rede." Steeiiem. 8 Playing on pipes of corn,] Richard Brathwaite ( Strappado for the Devil, 1615,) has a poem... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 452 pàgines
...; " All was this lond fuiiillid of fayry : " The ELF-QUENE, with her jolly company, " Daunfid full oft in many a grene mede : " This was the old opinion, as I rede." Hence too we find, that Spenfer followed the eftablimed tradition, in iuppofing his Fairy Queen " to... | |
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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... 
