 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 pages
...Then came the merry masquers in, And carols roar'd with blithesome din ; If unmelodious was the soug, It was a hearty note, and strong. Who lists may in...smutted cheeks the visors made ; But O ! what masquers, richly dight, Can boast of bosoms half so light ! England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 pages
...high tide, her savoury goose. Then came the merry masquers in, And carols roar'd with blithesome din ; If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note,...smutted cheeks the visors made ; But O ! what masquers, richly (light, Can boast of bosoms half so light ! England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought... | |
 | Edward Nares - Heraldry - 1823 - 386 pages
...with bays and rosemary. i Then came the merry masquers in. And carols roar'd with blithesome din ; If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note, and strong. Bnt O ! what masquers, richly dight, Can boast of bosoms half so light ? England was merry England,... | |
 | Edward Nares - Precedence - 1824 - 424 pages
...Crested with hays and rosemary. Then came the merry masquers in, And carols roar'd with blithesome din ; If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note, and strong. But O ! what masquers, richly dight, Can boiist. of bosoms half so light? England was nierry England,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 528 pages
...Nor fail'd old Scotland to produce, At such high tide, her savoury goose. Then came the merry maskers in, If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note,...And smutted cheeks the visors made ; But, O ! what maskers, richly dight, Can boast of bosoms half so light ! England was merry England, when Old Christmas... | |
 | 1827 - 590 pages
...high tide, her savoury goose. Then came the merry masquers in, And carols roared with blithsome din ; If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note and strong. Who lists may in their mumming sec Traces of ancient mystery. White shirls supplied the masquerade, And smutted cheeks the visors... | |
 | John Trotter Brockett - English language - 1829 - 368 pages
...rather the oddity of their dresses. See more on this subject in Brand's Pop. Antiq. Vol. I., p. 354. Who lists may in their mumming see Traces of ancient...smutted cheeks the visors made ; But, O ! what masquers, richly dight, Can boast of bosoms half so light. MUMP, to slap— to beat about the mouth. A very low... | |
 | William Sandys - Carols - 1833 - 370 pages
...high tide, her savoury goose. Then came the merry masquers in, And carols roared with blithesome din; If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note,...smutted cheeks the visors made : But, O ! what masquers, richly dight, Can boast of bosoms half so light ! England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1838 - 448 pages
...savoury goose. Then came the merry maskers in, And carols roared with blithesome din ; If umnelodious was the song, It was a hearty note, and strong. Who lists may in their mumming see Traces of antient mystery ; White shirts supplied the masquerade, And smutted cheeks the visors made ; But, 0,... | |
 | Thomas Miller - Country life - 1837 - 466 pages
...high tide, her savoury goose. Then cam&*he merry masquers in, And carols roar'd with blithesome din : If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note, and strong. Who lists may, in4heir mumming, see Traces of ancient mystery ; White shirts supplied the masquerade, And smutted... | |
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And carols roared with blithesome din ; If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note and strong. Who lists may in their mumming see Traces of ancient mystery... 
