The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' by Compiled by Frank Sidgwick
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And columbine.
Within and out, in and out, round as a ball, With hither and thither, as straight as a line, With lily, germander and sops-in-wine. With sweet-brier, And bon-fire, And strawberry wire, And columbine. When Saturn did live, there lived no poor, The king and the beggar with roots did dine, With lily, germander and sops-in-wine. With sweet-brier, And bon-fire, And strawberry wire, And columbine. The maid, seeing him bare in clothes, pitied him, and against the next night provided him a waistcoat. Robin, coming the next night to work, as he did before, espied the waistcoat, whereat he started and said-- Because thou lay'st me, himpen, hampen,[6] I will neither bolt nor stampen; 'Tis not your garments new or old That Robin loves: I feel no cold. Had you left me milk or cream, You should have had a pleasing dream: Because you left no drop or crumb, Robin never more will come. |
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