 | 1907 - 584 pages
...sorrowing motherhood ; and both are equally impressive, equally individual. No one would mistake Greene's ' Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee ; When thou art old there's grief enough for thee. Mother's wag, pretty boy. Father's sorrow, father's joy . . . The wanton smiled, father wept, Mother... | |
 | Excerpta Tudoriana - 1814 - 350 pages
...woe, Fortune's change made him so : When he had left his pretty boy, Last his sorrow, first his joy. Weep not my wanton, smile upon my knee ; When thou art old, there's grief enough for thee ! Streaming tears that never stint, Like pearl drops from a flint, Fell by course from his eyes, That... | |
 | 1814 - 278 pages
...mother, baby bliss : For he left his pretty boy, Father's sorrow, father's joy. Ic.Tccrptn SFulloriana 41 Weep not my wanton, smile upon my knee; When thou art old, there's grief enough for thee ! A PLEASANT ECLOGUE BETtfEEN MONTANUS AND CORIDON. From "Z>r. Lcd£e's Euphnet' Gttliten Legaty."... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 508 pages
...kiss Child and mother, baby bliss : For he left his pretty boy, *. • Father's sorrow, father's joy. Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee : When thou art old, there's grief enough for thee. With this lullaby the baby fell asleep, and SEPIIESTTA laying it upon the green grass, covered it with... | |
 | 1822 - 398 pages
...Cliilde and mother, babie blisse, For he left his prettie boy, Father's sorrow, father's joy. Weepe not, my wanton, smile upon my knee, When thou art old there's griefe enough for thee. This beautiful song ¡i taken from Greene's Area. lia, pnbllshcd in 1500. Robert... | |
 | Thomas Lyle - 1827 - 272 pages
...must kiss Child and mother, baby bless; For he left his pretty boy, Father's sorrow, father's joy. Weep not my wanton, smile upon my knee; When thou art old, there's grief enough for thee. The above beautiful stanzas are from the Arcadia of ROBERT GREEN. Lond. 1616. Green was born a gentleman,... | |
 | Ancient ballads - 1827 - 270 pages
...must kiss Child and mother, baby bless; For he left his pretty boy, Father's sorrow, father's joy. Weep not my wanton, smile upon my knee; When thou art old, there's grief enough for thee. The above beautiful stanzas are from the Arcadia of ROBERT GREEN. Lond. l6l6. Green was born a gentleman,... | |
 | Robert Greene, Alexander Dyce - 1831 - 338 pages
...I was woe, Fortune changed made him so, When he left his pretty boy Last his sorrow, first his joy. Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee, When thou art old there's grief enough for thee. Streaming tears that never stint, Like pearl drops from a flint, Fell by course from his eyes, That... | |
 | Robert Greene, Alexander Dyce - 1831 - 340 pages
...must kiss Child and mother, baby bless, For he left his pretty boy, Father's sorrow, father's joy. Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee, When thou art old there's grief enough for thee. MENAPHON'S ROUNDELAY. WHEN tender ewes,* brought home with evening sun, Wend to their folds, And to... | |
 | Robert Greene, Alexander Dyce - 1831 - 340 pages
...must kiss Child and mother, baby bless, For he left his pretty boy, Father's sorrow, father's joy. Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee, When thou art old there's grief enough for thee. MENAPHON'S ROUNDELAY. WHEN tender ewes,* brought home with evening sun, Wend to their folds, And to... | |
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... wanton, smile upon my knee ; When thou art old there's grief enough for thee. 
