 And if they hap to fail of these They plague them with their warrants. But now they feed them with good cheer, And what they want they take in beer, For Christmas comes but once a year, And then they shall be merry.  The Casket - Page 3631828Full view - About this book
 | William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris - Literature - 1892 - 332 pages
...once a yeere." Femurs dailie diet, chap, xxii of Tom Tusser's Five Hundreds Points, etc., (1580). (2) "But now they feed them with good cheer, And what...take in beer. For Christmas comes but once a year." George Wither's Carol "Juvenilia," (162633). The same proverb is found in Camden's Remains (1605),... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris - Literature - 1891 - 322 pages
...once a yeere." Fermirs dailie diet, chap, xxii of Tom Tusser's Five Hundreds Points, etc., (1580). (2) "But now they feed them with good cheer, And what they want, they take in beer, For Christmas comes bul once a year." George Wither's Carol "Juvenilia," (162633). The same proverb is found in Camden's... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1890 - 976 pages
...men to the justices With capons make their errants ; And if they hap to fail of these, They plague them with their warrants : But now they feed them...cheer, And what they want they take in beer ; For Christinas comes but once a year, And then they shall be merry. Good farmers in the country nurse The... | |
 | George Wither - English poetry - 1891 - 200 pages
...men to the justices With capons make their errands ; And if they hap to fail of these, They plague them with their warrants. But now they feed them with...And what they want they take in beer, For Christmas con,es but once a year. And then they shall be merry. Good farmers in the country nurse The poor, that... | |
 | Abby Sage Richardson - English literature - 1892 - 452 pages
...poor men to the justices With capons make their errants, And if they hap to fail in these They plague them with their warrants. But now they feed them with...comes but once a year, And then they shall be merry. "The client now his suit forbears, The prisoner's heart is eased; The debtor drinks away his cares,... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1892 - 344 pages
...a tribute fully expected and as good as exacted; it was " understood " it should be duly paid in. " But now they feed them with good cheer, And what they...comes but once a year, And then they shall be merry." That is, the justices acknowledge the tribute by treating " the poor men " to a good dinner and as... | |
 | Edward Arber - English literature - 1895 - 672 pages
...men, to the Justices, With capons make their arrants : And if they hap to fail of these, They plague them with their warrants. But, now, they feed them...take in beer ; For Christmas comes but once a year! Good farmers in the country, nurse The poor that else were undone ; Some landlords spend their money... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1898 - 346 pages
...d. Gray, as far as I can discover, has the poets with him: eg Wither (1588—1667) in his Christmas, "Good farmers in the country nurse The poor that else...landlords spend their money worse ' On lust and pride in London"; and Gay in his Polly (1729): "The more in debt nm in debt the more Careless who is undone:... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 444 pages
...arrants, And if they hap to fail of these, They plague them with their warrants. But now they find them with good cheer, And what they want, they take...were undone ; Some landlords spend their money worse, The client now his suit forbears, The prisoner's heart is eased, The debtor drinks away his cares,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...arrants, And if they hap to fail of these, They plague them with their warrants. But now they find them with good cheer, And what they want, they take...else were undone ; Some landlords spend their money worsey The client now his suit forbears, The prisoner's heart is eased, The debtor drinks away his... | |
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