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" Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it; 'twas that smooth song which was made by Kit Marlow, now at least fifty years ago : and the milkmaid's mother sung an answer to it, which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in his younger days. "
The Bagford Ballads: Illustrating the Last Years of the Stuarts - Page 721
edited by - 1878 - 1131 pages
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 14

Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 446 pages
...with any fears of many things that will never be, as too many men too often do : but she cast away all care, and sung like a nightingale ; her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it : it was that smooth song which was made by Kit Marlow, now at least fifty years ago ; and the milkmaid's...
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A Little Book of English Prose

Annie Barnett - English prose literature - 1900 - 1060 pages
...the next field, a second pleasure entertained me ; 'twas a handsome Milkmaid that had cast away all care and sung like a Nightingale. Her voice was good,...it, 'twas that smooth Song, which was made by Kit Marlowe, now at least fifty years ago ; and the Milkmaid's mother sung an answer to it, which was made...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: With Historical and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - English drama - 1901 - 632 pages
...wisdom as to load her mind with any fears of many things that will never be; but she cast away all care, and sung like a nightingale: her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it; 'twas that smoothe song which was made by Kit Marlowe, now at least fifty years ago." Walton next mentions " an...
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The Works of William Shakespeare ...

William Shakespeare - 1901 - 394 pages
...load her mind with any fears of many things that will never be; but she cast away OF WINDSOR Notes all care, and sung like a nightingale : her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it ; 'twas that smoothe song which was made by Kit Marlowe, now at least fifty years ago." Walton next mentions " an...
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The Complete Angler [and] the Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert and ...

Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1901 - 524 pages
...with any fears of many things that will never be, as too many men too often do ; but she cast away all care, and sung like a nightingale. Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it ; it was that smooth song which was made by Kit Marlow, now at least fifty years ago ; and the milk-maid's...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: With Historical and ..., Volume 12

William Shakespeare - English drama - 1901 - 546 pages
...field, a second pleasure entertained me: 'twas a handsome milkmaid : she cast away all care and sang like a nightingale. Her voice was good and the ditty fitted for it : it was the smooth song which was made by Kit Marlowe, now at least fifty years ago. And the milkmaid's...
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English Prose from Mandeville to Ruskin

William Peacock - English literature - 1903 - 408 pages
...with any fears of many things that will never be, as too many meu too often do ; but she cast away all care, and sung like a nightingale. Her voice was good,...it; 'twas that smooth song, which was made by Kit Marlowe, now at least fifty years ago: and the Milkmaid's mother sung an answer to it, which was made...
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Palgrave's Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics, Volume 1

Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1903 - 166 pages
...with any fears of many things that will never be, as too many men too often do: but she cast away all care, and sung like a nightingale : her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it: it was that smooth song which was made by Kit Marlowe, now at least fifty years ago : and the milkmaid's...
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Notes to Palgrave's Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics, Books I-IV

John Henry Fowler - English poetry - 1904 - 516 pages
...with any fears of many things that will never be, as too many men too often do : but she cast away all care, and sung like a nightingale : her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it : it was that smooth song which was made by Kit Marlowe, now at least fifty years ago : and the milkmaid's...
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Social Life Under the Stuarts

Elizabeth Godfrey - Great Britain - 1904 - 356 pages
...many things ' that will never be, as too many men often do ; but she ' cast away all care, and sang like a nightingale : her ' voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it : it was that ' smooth song that was made by Kit Marlow, now at ' least fifty years ago ; and the milkmaid's...
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