 | Dorothy Brewster - 1913 - 330 lapas
...versions of the first lines of the baIlad are interesting: in The Knight of the Burning Pestle — ' ' When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast asleep" — in the broadside — ' ' When all was wrapt in dark midnight, And all were fast asleep" — in the Plain... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1926 - 142 lapas
...Merrythought enters. WIFE But look, George, peace! Here comes the merry old gentleman again. MERRYTHOtTGHT " When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast...I have money, and meat, and drink beforehand, till to/ morrow at noon; why should I be sad ? Methinks I have half a dozen jovial spirits within me! "... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1926 - 140 lapas
...Merrytbougbt enters. WIFE But look, George, peace! Here comes the merry old gentleman again. MERRYTHOUGHT [ " When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast...I have money, and meat, and drink beforehand, till to' morrow at noon; why should I be sad? Methinks I have half a dozen jovial spirits within me! " I... | |
 | 1917 - 352 lapas
...his edition of Beaumont and Fletcher (Cambridge English Classics), based on the second folio, prints: 'When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast asleep, In came Margarets grimly Ghost, And stood at William's feet.' These lines are sung by old Merrie-Thought as... | |
 | 1879 - 718 lapas
...the Burning Fettle. It is impossible for one who heard it when a child to forget its terror :— " When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast asleep, And stood at William's feet." In came Margaret's grimly ghost, Mallet's ballad is founded on this.... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 2004 - 212 lapas
...peace; here comes the merry old gentleman again. Enter Old MERRYTHOUGHT. Old Merrythought. [Sings.] When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast asleep, In came Margaret's grimly ghost, 440 And stood at William's feet. I have money and meat and drink beforehand till tomorrow at noon;... | |
 | 576 lapas
...Enter MERRYTHOUGHT. But, look, George, peace ! here comes the merry old gentleman again. Mer. \sings\ When it was grown •» to dark midnight, And all...methinks I have half-a-dozen jovial spirits within me ; [Sings, I am three merry men1", and three merry men ! To what end should any man be sad in this world... | |
 | 1891 - 482 lapas
...Knight of the Burning Pestle entered his mind ; especially the lines repeated by old Merrythought, " When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast...Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet." Mallet said this stanza was probably a part of some old ballad, all the rest of which was lost ; but... | |
 | 1880 - 576 lapas
...memory was quickened by a verse repeated by Merrythought in The Knight of the Burning Pestle:— " When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast...Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet." ' These lines," he declared, "naked of ornament and simple as they are, struck my fancy. I closed the... | |
 | 452 lapas
...look George, peace, here comes the merry old Gentleman again. 190 Enter old Merry-thought. Old Mer. When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast asleep, In came Margarets grimly Ghost, And stood at W1lliam's feet. I have money, and meat, and drink before hand,... | |
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When it was grown to dark midnight, And all were fast asleep, In came Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. 
