...recollected terms " Of these most brisk, and giddy-paced times. " Come, but one Verse. " Mark it, Cesario, it is OLD and PLAIN ; " The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, " And thefreemaids, that weave their thread with bones, " Do use to chant it : it is SILLY sooth, " And dallies...

...Re-enter CURIO, and Clown. Duke. О fellow, come, the song we had last night : — Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters...maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to cliaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And (lililíes with the innocence of love, Like the old age. Clo. Are...

...influence, of these ancient melodies. Mark it, Cesario— it is old and plain ; The spinsters, and die knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave...dallies with the innocence of love Like the old age. Music is introduced by Shakespeare more as tending to heighten the beauty of particular scenes, than...

...Countenanee. Re-enter CUHIo and CLowN. Duke. O fellow, come, the song we had last night : Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The spinsters and the knitters...chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, + And dallies with the iunocence of love, Like the old age. J Clo. Are you ready, Sir? f)uke. Ay ; pr'ythee, sing. [Musie....

...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...

...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...

...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...

...seems a marked 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...

...Re-enter CURIo, and Clown. DUK£. O fellow, come, the song we had last night : — Mark it, Cesario ; it is old, and plain : The 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...

...many varieties, is common in Northumberland — Your spinsters and your knitters in the sun, And those free maids that Weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it— it is «illy, sooth. Like most ballads, however, its vulgarity has a touch of the plaintive. .1 could only...