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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. "
Notes Upon Some of the Obscure Passages in Shakespeare's Plays: With Remarks ... - Page 110
by John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 375 pages
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 11

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 528 pages
...alas, that they are so ; To die, even when they to perfection grow ! Re-enter CURIo, and Clown. DUK£. O fellow, come, the song we had last night : — Mark...spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free 1 maids, that weave their thread with bones, ' — lost and WORN,] Though lost and worn may mean lotl...
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The Poems of Robert Fergusson

Robert Fergusson, James Gray - 1821 - 292 pages
...see ye wi' a. suit on O' gude Braid Claith. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF SCOTS MUSIC. Mark it, Ca?sario ! it is old and plain, The spinsters and the knitters...maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it. Shakespeare's Twelfth Klgfit. ON Scotia's plains, in days of yore, When lads an' lasses tartan...
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The poems of Robert Fergusson, with a life of theauthor, and remarks on his ...

Robert Fergusson - 1821 - 278 pages
...cou'd see ye wi' a suit on O' gude Braid Claith. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF SCOTS MUSIC. Mark it, Cssario ! it is old and plain, The spinsters and the knitters...sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bonei, Do use to chant it. Shakespeare'! Twelfth XigM. ON Scotia's plains, in days of yore, When lads...
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The London Magazine, Volume 4

1821 - 724 pages
...secrets of the human heart, would have accounted to him why " old and plain songs," which The spinners and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt, and which, dally with the innocence of love, Like the old age, will always, so long as human nature...
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border: consisting of historical and ..., Volume 1

Scottish border - 1821 - 718 pages
...difference between the species of poem which is described, and that which is sung : " Mark it, Caesario ; it is old and plain. The spinsters, and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids who weave their thread with bones, Do wont to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1822 - 446 pages
...are : alas, that they are so ; To die, even when they to perfection grow ! Re-enter Curio, and Clown. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night :...weave their thread with bones,' Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth,' And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.2 Clo. Are you ready,...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...formerly, gave birth to the foregoing Poem. MAI-LET. EDWIN AND EMMA '. Mark it, Cesario, it is true and plain ; The spinsters and the knitters in the...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. SHAKSH. Twelfth...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: All's well that ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 380 pages
...are : alas, that they are so ; To die, even when they to perfection grow! Re-enter CURIO, and Clown. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night :...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...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 474 pages
...are: alas, that they are so; To die, even when they to perfection grow! Re-enter CURIO, and Clown. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night:...spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free 6 maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it; it is silly sooth 7 , And dallies...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, from the text of Johnson, Stevens ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pages
...grow ! Re-enter G'i.'Rio, and CLOWN. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last Mark it, Ccsario : ld these exhalations ? P. Hen. I do. Bard. What think you they portend? P. Hen mauls, that weave their thread with bones,* Do use to chuunt it ; it is silly sooth, t And dallies...
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