There dwelt a man in Babylon Of reputation great by fame ; He took to wife a faire woman, Susanna she was callde by name : A woman fair and vertuous ; Lady, lady : Why should we not of her learn thus To live godly ? If this song of Corydon, &c., has not... Yale Studies in English - Page 1901913Full view - About this book
| Ross W. Duffin - Art - 2004 - 536 pages
...byname; A wo- man fair and vir - tu - ous, A? - dy, Why should we not of her learn thus to live god - ly. There dwelt a man in Babylon, of reputation great by fame; He took to wife a fair woman, Susanna she was call'd by name; A woman fair and virtuous, lady, lady, Why should we not... | |
| William Shakespeare - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 196 pages
...46 a then-current song 47 related to her by blood 48 nonsense 49 "The Ballad of Constant Susanna": "There dwelt a man in Babylon / Of reputation great by fame; / He took to wife a fair woman, / Susanna she was called by name: / A woman fair an virtuous; / Lady, lady: / Why should... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1838 - 476 pages
...Percy describes as a poor, dull performance, and very long. He gives us the following stanza: — " There dwelt a man in Babylon Of reputation great by fame ; He took to wife a fair woman, Susanna ehe woe call'd by name : Л woman fair and virtuous ; Lady, lady : Wby should we... | |
| Archaeology - 1881 - 320 pages
...Sir Toby Belch in Twefth Night, is proof that the ballad was well known to Shakspere. It begins : — There dwelt a man in Babylon of reputation great by fame ; He tooke to wife a faire woman, Susanna she was call'd by name ; A woman faire and vertuous : Lady, Lady,... | |
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