 | Samuel Johnson - 1810
...called the Knight of the Iturninir Pestle, old Merry-Thought eu'ers repoating the following verses : When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast...Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. This was probably the beginning of some ballad, commonly known, at the time when that author wrote;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 638 pages
...old Merry-Thought CU'I.TS repeating the following verses: When it was grown to dark midnight, And ul) were fast asleep. In came Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. This was probably the beginning of some ballad. cmnnumly known, at the time when that author wrote;... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811
...from the first quarto too. Sytnpim. 46'2 Act 2.] 46S Enter Old Merrythought. Mer. When it wasgrown to dark midnight, And all were fast asleep, In came...beforehand, till tomorrow at noon; why should I be sad? Methinks I have 1ml fa-dozcn jovial spirits within me ; ' I am three merry men 3°, and three merry... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 14 pages
...has her not yet ? SCENE V. An Apartment in Merrythought's House. Enter Old MERRYTHOUGHT. Men [Sings.] When it was grown to dark midnight And all were fast...before-hand, till to-morrow at noon; why should I be sad ? Methinks I have half-a-dozen jovial spirits within me; [Sings."] ' I am three merry men,' and three... | |
 | British poets - 1822
...called ' The Knight of the Burning Pestle,' old Merrythought enters, repeating the following verses: When it was grown to dark midnight. And all were fast...Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. This was, probably, the beginning of some ballad commonly known at the time when that author wrote... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1823
...this distich, " You are no love for me, Margaret, " I am no love for you." And the following stanza, " When it was grown to dark midnight, " And all were fast asleep, "In came Margarets grimly ghost " And stood at Williams feet. These lines have acquired an importance by giving... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825
...drama of the Knight of the Burning Pestle: You are no love for me, Margaret, I am no love for you. When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast...Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. " These lines," says Mallet, " naked of ornament and simple as they are, struck my fancy; and bringing... | |
 | 1829 - 399 pages
...are this distich : You are no love for me, Margaret, I am no love for you. And the following stanza: When it was grown to dark midnight. And all were fast...Margaret's grimly ghost. And stood at William's feet. In glided Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. Her face was like an April morn, Clad... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1840
...again." SCENE V. — AnAparlment in MERRYTHOUGHT'S House. ElltCI- Dili MERIlYTHOfOHT. Mer. [Sings.] When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast...William's feet. I have money, and meat, and drink, before. hand, till to-morrow at noon ; why should I be sad ? Methinks I have half-a-dozen jovial spirits... | |
 | Deliciae - 1840 - 273 pages
...beautiful ballad was suggested to him by a fragment quoted in one of Beaumont and Fletcher's plays : — " When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast...Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet."" " These lines," he says, " naked of ornament and simple as they are, struck my fancy, and, bringing... | |
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When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast asleep, In came Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. 
