| English poets - 1883 - 364 psl.
...shineth gloriously, Thinly outspread in the clear air Against the jasper sea. THE HAYSTACK IN THE FLOODS Had she come all the way for this, To part at last...either shoe, She rode astride as troopers do; With kittle kilted to her knee, To which the mud splash'd wretchedly ; And the wet dripp'd from every tree... | |
| William James Dawson - 1890 - 396 psl.
...actors ; we see the whole episode in its tragic misery and rudeness when we read the opening lines — Along the dripping, leafless woods, The stirrup touching...do, With kirtle kilted to her knee, To which the mud splashed wretchedly ; And the wet dripped from every tree Upon her head and heavy hair, And on her... | |
| William Morris - 1896 - 104 psl.
...FLOODS. I_IAD she come all the way for tins, 1 1 To part at last without a kiss ? Vea, had she horne the dirt and rain That her own eyes might see him slain 'Reside the hay stack in the floods ? Along the dripping leafless woods, The stirrup touching either... | |
| Robert Blatchford - 1901 - 266 psl.
...description of a ride in the rain; the whole atmosphere, natural and dramatic, is magnificently rendered — Had she come all the way for this, To part at last...; With kirtle kilted to her knee, To which the mud splashed wretchedly ; And the wet dripped from every tree Upon her head and heavy hair, And on her... | |
| Edmund Gosse - 1904 - 296 psl.
...Against his heart the hair he prest ; Death him s^on will bless. FROM "THE HAYSTACK IN THE FLOODS." Had she come all the way for this, To part at last...in the floods ? Along the dripping leafless woods, Tlie stirrup touching either shoe, She rode astride as troopers do ; With kirtle kilted to her knee,... | |
| Aladár Kriesch - 1904 - 200 psl.
...11. William Morris. THE HAYSTACK ÍN THE FLOODS. Had she come áll the way fór this, Tó part át last without a kiss? Yea, had she borne the dirt and...in the floods ? Along the dripping leafless woods, By fits and starts they rode apace, And very often was his piacé Far off from her; he had tó ride... | |
| Curtis Hidden Page - 1904 - 942 psl.
...seas mourn'd for the dead ; for their song ceased, and they were dead ! 1858. THE HAYSTACK IN THE FLOO ii s S_. rai That her own eyes might see him -oi Beside the haystack iu the floods : tAlong the dripping leafless... | |
| Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch - 1905 - 196 psl.
...11. William Morris. THE HAYSTACK ÍN THE FLOODS. Had she come áll the way fór this, Tó part át last without a kiss? Yea, had she borne the dirt and...floods ? Along the dripping leafless woods, The Stirrup touchding either shoe, She rode astride as troopers do ; With kirtle kilted te her knee, To which the... | |
| William James Dawson - 1906 - 416 psl.
...actors; we see the whole episode in its tragic misery and rudeness when we read the opening lines — Along the dripping, leafless woods The stirrup touching...do, With kirtle kilted to her knee, To which the mud splashed wretchedly ; And the wet dripped from every tree Upon her head and heavy hair, And on her... | |
| William Stebbing - 1907 - 428 psl.
...attended by her knightly lover; with her other lover, accuser, and witch-catcher, in hot pursuit ?— Had she come all the way for this, To part at last...might see him slain Beside the haystack in the floods ? 9 And Harald reigned and went his way, ' So fair upriseth the rise of the sun.' And still is the... | |
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