 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...us to go so fine ; Man, take thy old cloake about thee. My cloake, it was a very good cloake — It hath been alwayes true to the weare ; But now it is not worth a groat ; I have had it four-and-forty yeare. Sometime it was of cloth in graine ; 'Tis now but a sigh clout as you may see... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - American poetry - 1882 - 264 pages
...fine, Man, take thine old cloake about thee. HE. My cloake it was a very good cloake, Itt hath beene alwayes true to the weare, But now it is not worth a groat ; I have had it four-and-forty yeerc ; Some time itt was of cloth in grain, 'Tis now but a sigh clout, as you may see,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1882 - 812 pages
...Scots lords at his f«t." " My cloake it was a very good cltwke, It hath been alwayes true to the mean But now it is not worth a groat ; I have had it four-and-twenty yeett" Single and double rhymes are also to be distinguished. Ex. " The Abbot had preached... | |
 | James Parton - English poetry - 1884 - 732 pages
...fayle ; 1 wold be loth to see her pine, Hk My cloake it was a very good doake Itt hath been alwayea true to the weare, But now it is not worth a groat ; I have had it four and forty yeere ; Sometime itt was of cloth in graine, "1'is now but a sigh clout as you may see, It will neither hold... | |
 | James Parton - English poetry - 1884 - 734 pages
...loth to see her pine, HE My cloake it was a very good cloake Itt hath been alwayea true to the woare, But now it is not worth a groat ; I have had it four and forty yeere ; Sometime itt was of cloth in graine, 'Tis now but a sigh clout as you may see, It will neither hold... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...was a very good cloake 25 1 have had it four and forty yeere; Sometime itt was of cloth in graine, verlooked it. I set boldly forward the next morning. Every day lessened t 'Tis now but a sigh clout as you may see, It will neither hold out winde nor rame; And He have a new... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1887 - 458 pages
...husband, councell take of mee, It is not for us to go soe fine, Man, take thine old cloake about thee. HE. My cloake it was a verry good cloake, Itt hath been...worth a groat ; I have had it four and forty yeere : Sometime itt was of cloth in graine, 'Tis now but a sigh clout as you may see, It will neither hold... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 394 pages
...to go so fine ; Man, take thy old cloake about thee." " My cloake, it was a very good cloake — It hath been alwayes true to the weare ; But now it is not worth a groat, I have had it four-and-forty year. Sometime it was of cloth in graine ; 'T is now but a sigh clout as you may see;... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1890 - 976 pages
...cloake about thee. HE. My cloake, it was a very good cloake — It hath been alwayes true to the wearo ; But now it is not worth a groat ; I have had it four-and-forty усато. Sometime it was of cloth in graine ; 'Tis now but a sigh clout as you may... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1893 - 566 pages
...about thee. HE. My cloake it was a very good cloake, 25 Itt hath been alwayes true to the weare, 10 But now it is not worth a groat; I have had it four and forty yeare: Sometime it was of cloth in graine, "Tis now but a sigh-clout as you may see, 30 It will neither... | |
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Itt hath been alwayes true to the weare, But now it is not worth a groat ; I have had it four and forty yeere... 
