 | Isaac Disraeli - 1823 - 354 psl.
...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 - 1824 - 518 psl.
...are : alas, that they are so ; To die, even when" they to perfection grow ! Re^nter Curio, and Clown. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night :...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 psl.
...and unfirm, More 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...maids, that weave their 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... | |
 | Nathan Drake (M.D.) - 1824 - 656 psl.
...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...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 orders grey,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 658 psl.
...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...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 orders grey,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 670 psl.
...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...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 orders grey,... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 psl.
...o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters...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 psl.
...alas, that they are so ; To die, even when they to perfection grow ! lie-enter CURIO, andClown. Duke. 0 crossed'on snn, And the free maids,thatwe»ve theirthread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 508 psl.
...when they to perfection grow ! Re-enter CURIO, and CLOWS. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters...free maids, that weave their thread with bones,* Do lue to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth,t And dallies with the innocence of love. Like the old age.J Clo.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 1010 psl.
...Clown. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : [night : lerk.lv l nl. Now trust me, madam, it came hardly off"; For, being ignorant to whom it goes Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, [bones. And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old... | |
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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 of love, Like the old age. 
