 | 1858 - 604 psl.
...peculiar powers which he so unquestionably possesses, and knows so well how to use with advantage :— " Gold on her head, and gold on her feet, And gold where...pleasantly ; Margaret's hair falls down to her knee ; Ah ! gu'elle est belle La Marguerite. " If I were rich I would kiss her feet, I would kiss the place where... | |
 | William Morris - 1875 - 266 psl.
...you pray for Sir Hugh, A good knight and a true, And for Alice, his wife, pray too. THE EVE OF CRECY. GOLD on her head, and gold on her feet, And gold where...meet, And a golden girdle round my sweet ; — Ah ! qrfelle est belle La Marguerite. Margaret's maids are fair to see, Freshly dress'd and pleasantly... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 psl.
...belle la Marguerite I largaret's maids are fair to see, reshly dressed and pleasantly ; largaret's hair falls down to her knee ; Ah! qu'elle est belle la Marguerite! ' I were rich I would kiss her feet, would kiss the place where the gold hems meet, Jid the golden... | |
 | William Morris - 1886 - 332 psl.
...you pray for Sir Hugh, A good knight and a true, And for Alice, his wife, pray too. THE EVE OF CRECY. GOLD on her head, and gold on her feet, And gold where...pleasantly; Margaret's hair falls down to her knee; — Ah I qu'elle esi belle La Marguerite. If I were rich I would kiss her feet, I would kiss the place where... | |
 | Calendar - 1893 - 414 psl.
...Nor in some landlocked, unknown bay Can satiate thee for one day. From Tin Life and Death of Jason GOLD on her head, and gold on her feet, And gold where...sweet ; — Ah ! qu'elle est belle La Marguerite. If I were rich I would kiss her feet, I would kiss the place where the gold hems meet, And the golden... | |
 | William Morris - 1896 - 104 psl.
...pray for Sir Hugh, A good knight and a true, And for tAlice, his wife, pray too. THE EVE OF CRECY. GOLD on her head, and gold on her feet, And gold where the hems ofher kirtle meet, And a golden girdle round my sweet; — Ah ! qu'elle est belle La Marguerite. Margaret's... | |
 | Aymer Vallance - 1897 - 766 psl.
...master as Morris, unsurpassed for the peculiarly soothing and satisfying sense of beauty it produces. " Gold on her head, and gold on her feet, And gold where...meet, And a golden girdle round my sweet ; — Ah ! q1ielle est belle La Marguerite." And again, a few stanzas lower down we read : " Yet even now it... | |
 | 1858 - 1062 psl.
...strong, I take no heed of any weather, The sweet Saints grant I live not long. ***** THE EVE OF CBECT. GOLD on her head, and gold on her feet, And gold where the hems of her kirtlc meet, And a golden girdle round my sweet ; — Ah ! qu'elle est belle La Marguerite. Margaret's... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1902 - 598 psl.
...under his hood : " Sir Lambert de Bois, with all his men good, Has neither food nor firewood ; " — Ah ! quelle est belle La Marguerite. If I were rich I would kiss her feet, And the golden girdle of my sweet, And thereabouts where the gold hems meet ; Ah ! quelle est belle... | |
 | Edwin Wiley - 1903 - 272 psl.
...instance, his ballad The Eve of Crecy, and see what effect is gained by repetition of word and idea: Gold on her head and gold on her feet, And gold where the hems of her kirtle meet, And a golden girdle around my sweet; Ah! qu'elle est belle La Marguerite. Yet even now it is good to think Of Marguerite... | |
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GOLD on her head, and gold on her feet, And gold where the hems of her kirtle meet, And a golden girdle round my sweet; — Ah! qu'elle est belle La Marguerite. 
