 | Henry Allon - 1874 - 698 pages
...describes a man's presents to his mistress — ' Given earrings we will wear ! Bracelets of our lover's hair, Which they on our arms shall twist, With their names carv'd on our wrist.' Sometimes the man gave a ring to his lady. In Davison's ;< Rhapsody' (1611) there is a sonnet from... | |
 | 1874 - 870 pages
...describes a man's presents to his mistress — Given earrings we will wear 1 Bracelets of our lover's hair, Which they on our arms shall twist, With their names carv'd on our wrist. Sometimes the man gave a ring to his lady. In Davison's "Rhapsody" (1611) there is a sonnet from one... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 pages
...accepted by their fair mistresses. They are thus described in one of Beaumont and Fletcher's plays : — " Given earrings we will wear, Bracelets of our lovers' hair, Which they on our arms shall twist, (With our names carved) on our wrist." THE LADYBIRD. THE goddess Holda is only another form of Freyja or... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1883 - 756 pages
...will wear, Bracelets of our lovers' liair, Which they on our arms shall twist, With their names carved on our wrist; All the money that we owe We in tokens...our loves know what is meant. Oh, then pardon what U past, And forgive onr sins at last ! What, mends she ? Hero. Nothing ; you do it not wantonly ; you... | |
 | Frederick William Fairholt - 1885 - 468 pages
...splendid. In the following one they are repeatedly named, and were given as lovetokens, and worn by men. " Given earrings we will wear, Bracelets of our lovers' hair, Which they on our arms shall twist, With our names carved on our wrist." BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER'S Cvpid's Sevenffe. " Where is your 'larum watch,... | |
 | 1887 - 726 pages
...also given by the gentlemen and worn by their mistresses. An old play, alluding to this custom says : Given earrings we will wear, Bracelets of our lovers' hair, Which they on our arms shall twist, (With our names carved) on our wrist. Amongst the various superstitions connected with the first step to... | |
 | Arthur Henry Bullen - 1889 - 290 pages
...will wear, Bracelets of our lovers' hair, Which they on our arms shall twist, With their names carved, on our wrist ; All the money that we owe ' We in tokens...pardon what is past, And forgive our sins at last ! 1 Own. From BEAUMONT and FLETCHER'S The Maid's Tragedy, 1619.' BRIDAL SONGS. . FIRST SONG, during... | |
 | Arthur Henry Bullen - 1889 - 288 pages
...And will tread a dance each night, In the fields, or by the fire, With the youths that have desire. Given ear-rings we will wear, Bracelets of our lovers'...Which they on our arms shall twist, With their names carved, on our wrist ; All the money that we owe * We in tokens will bestow ; And learn to write that,... | |
 | Arthur Henry Bullen - 1891 - 348 pages
...And will tread a dance each night, In the fields, or by the fire, With the youths that have desire. Given ear-rings we will wear, Bracelets of our lovers' hair, Which they on their arms shall twist, With their names carved, on our wrist; All the money that we owe ' We in tokens... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1892 - 360 pages
...And will tread a dance each night, In the fields, or by the fire, With the youths that have desire. Given ear-rings we will wear, Bracelets of our lovers'...Which they on our arms shall twist, With their names carved, on our wrist ; All the money that we owe We in tokens will bestow ; And learn to write that,... | |
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Then we will be coy no more, But thy deity adore : Troths at fifteen we will plight, And will tread a dance... 
