 Then came old January, wrapped well In many weeds to keep the cold away; Yet did he quake and quiver, like to quell, And blowe his nayles to warme them if he may; For they were numbd with holding all the day An hatchet keene, with which he felled wood...  Daphnaïda: an elegie - Page 234by Edmund Spenser - 1805Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Spenser - 1596 - 738 pages
...beares, Of which he freely drinks an health to all his peeres 43 Then came old Ianuary, wrapped well In many weeds * to keep the cold away ; Yet did he quake and quiver like to quell, 2 And blowe his nayles to warme them if he may ; For they were numbd with holding all the day An hatchet... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1855 - 742 pages
...he freely drinks an health to all his peeres ti Then came old Ianuary, wrapped well In many weeds 1 to keep the cold away ; Yet did he quake and quiver like to quell,1 And blowe his nayles to warme them if he may ; For they were numbd with holding all the day... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - Epic poetry, English - 1758 - 702 pages
...to all his peeres. XLII. Then came old January, wrapped well In many weeds to keep the cold away j Yet did he quake and quiver like to quell, And blowe...which he felled wood, And from the trees did lop the needleffe fpray ; Upon an huge great earth-pot fleane he flood, From whofe wide mouth there flowed... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1758 - 514 pages
...maid ; And in his hand a broad deep bowl he bears ; XL. XLII. Then came old "January, wrapped well In many weeds to keep the cold away ; Yet did he quake and quiver like to quell, And blow his nails to warm them if he may : For they were numb'd with holding all the day An hatchet keen,... | |
 | English poetry - 1788 - 538 pages
...be fcegl.y -drinks aaltfalii to.ajl-hispwres. XL, Then came old lanuary, wrapped well In many weed?, to keep the cold away, Yet did he quake and quiver like to quell, And blows his nayles to warme them if he may, For they were numbd with holding all the day An hatchet keene,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 610 pages
...wrapped well , In many weeds to keep the cold away ; Yet did he quake and quiver like to quell, And hlowe his nayles to warme them if he may; For they were numbd with holding all the day An hatchet kcene, with, which he felled wood And from the trees did lop the needlesse spray : Upon an huge grout... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 600 pages
...beares, Of which he freely drinks an health to all his peeres. Then came old lanuary, wrapped well In many weeds to keep the cold away ; Yet did he quake and quiver like to quell, And hlowe his nayles to warme them if he may ; For they were numbd with holding all the day An hatchet... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1821 - 448 pages
...he should hear how Handel composed. CALENDAR OF NATURE. JANUARY. Then came old Jauuary, wrapped well In many weeds to keep the cold away ; Yet did he quake...which he felled wood, And from the trees did lop the needlesse spray ; Upon a huge great earth-pot steane he stood, From whose wide mouth there flowed forth... | |
 | William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 380 pages
...faculties. ******* Edinburgh Magazine. THE CALENDAR OF NATURE. JANUARY. Then came old January, wrapped well In many weeds to keep the cold away ; Yet did he quake...which he felled wood, And from the trees did lop the needlesse spray ; Upon a huge great earth-pot steane he stood, From whose wide mouth there flowed forth... | |
 | J. R - 1824 - 350 pages
...did he quake and quiver like to quell ; • And hlowe his nayles to warme them if he may ; For Jbey were numb'd with holding all the day An hatchet keene,...which he felled wood, And from the trees did lop the needlesse spray.' You see, mamma, that under his left arm he holds a billet ; near him is Aquarius,... | |
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