Читать книгу Come Hither: A Collection of Rhymes and Poems for the Young of All Ages - Various - Страница 85

... Now milkmaids' pails are deckt with flowers,

And men begin to drink in bowers,

The mackarels come up in shoals,

To fill the mouths of hungry souls;

Sweet sillabubs, and lip-loved tansey,

For William is prepared by Nancy.

Much time is wasted now away,

At pigeon-holes, and nine-pin play,

Whilst hob-nail Dick, and simp'ring Frances,

Trip it away in country dances;

At stool-ball and at barley-break,

Wherewith they harmless pastime make....

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