SELECTIONS IN ENGLISH POETRY

And the jocund rebecks sound

To many a youth, and many a maid, . 95

Dancing in the chequered shade ;
And young and old come forth to play
On a sunshine holiday,
Till the livelong daylight fail;

Then to the spicy nut-brown ale, 100

JtVith stories told of many a feat,
.How Faery Mab the junkets ate.
She was pTncBS^ said,

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And he

^ goblin swgat, ^ 105
To earn his o^ajT^owT duly set, ' J
When in one night, ere glimgs^ pL morn,
His sliadowy flail hath threshed *the corn
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That ten^day-l^baiiiers.cowldjxateiiii,
Then lies him down the lubber fiend, IIO
And, stretched our all the chimney's length,
Basks at the fire his hairy strength ;
And cropful out of doors he flings,
Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, ! z 5
By whispering winds soon lulled asleep.
Towered cities please us
And the busy hum of men,
Wherethronffs of knights, ,and baroas* bold
JiL!?^^ - 120
Wjt£^S^^ad]es^ whose bright eyes
Rain injlumce^^d- judg&ihe ^prize ^*
Of wlt^jor.armsy .whUe^both, contend
Ta win her ^race, whom all commend.
'rhere let Hymen oft appear I2-
In saffron robe, with taper clear, °
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