 | Maximilian Schele de Vere - 1872 - 706 halaman
...and lasses, with many a merry custom inherited from their forefathers, " For each red ear a gen'ral kiss he gains, With each smut ear, she smuts the luckless swains." (Barlow's Hasty Pudding.) and thus " In the barn the youths and maidens Strip the corn of husk and... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1873 - 730 halaman
...laugh, alternate notes resound. And the sweet cider trips in silence round. The laws of husking every wight can tell. And sure no laws he ever keeps so well : For each red ear a ((eneral kiss he gains. With each smut ear he smuts the luckless swain*: But when to some sweet maid... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1877 - 998 halaman
...liuskiny every wight can tell ; And sure no laws he ever keeps so well : For each red ear a gen'ral kiss he gains, With each smut ear she smuts the luckless...swains; But when to some sweet maid a prize is cast, Red as her lips, and taper as her waist. She walks around, and culls one favor'd beau, Various the... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1877 - 894 halaman
...mirth and play Unite their charms to chase the hours away. The laws of hulking every wight can tell j And sure no laws he ever keeps so well: For each red ear a gen'ral kiss he gains, With each smut ear she smuts the luckless swains; But when to some sweet maid... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1877 - 886 halaman
...where work and mirth and play Unite their charms to chase the hours away. The laws of hutting every wight can tell; And sure no laws he ever keeps so well: Kor each red ear a gen'ral kiss he gains, With each smut ear she smuts the luckless swains; But when... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1878 - 510 halaman
...laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round. The laws of husking every wight can tell, And sure no laws he ever keeps so...red ear a general kiss he gains, With each smut ear he smuts the luckless swains : But when to some sweet maid a prize is cast, Red as her lips and taper... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1878 - 450 halaman
...trips in silence round. The laws of husking every wight can tell, And sure no laws he ever keeplTso well : For each red ear a general kiss he gains, With each smut ear he smuts the luckless swains : But when to some sweet maid a prize is cast, Red as her lips and taper... | |
 | Charles Burr Todd - 1886 - 316 halaman
...laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round. The laws of husking every wight can tell — And sure no laws he ever keeps...swains ; But when to some sweet maid a prize is cast, Red as her lips and taper as her waist, She walks the round, and culls one favored beau, Who leaps,... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 564 halaman
...laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round, The laws of husking every wight can tell; And sure no laws he ever keeps so...red ear a general kiss he gains, With each smut ear he smuts the luckless swaina; But when to some sweet maid a prize is cast, Red as her lips, and taper... | |
 | George Washington Greene - 1890 - 626 halaman
...raise the window, and let himself cautiously down upon " The Inws of husking cv'ry wight can fell, And sure no laws he ever keeps so well : For each...swains ; But when to some sweet maid a prize is cast, Red as her lips, and taper as her waist, She walks the round and culls her favored beaux, Who leaps... | |
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Alternate ranged, extend in circling rows, Assume their seats, the solid mass attack ; The dry husks rustle and the corn-cobs crack ; The song, the laugh, alternate notes resound, And the sweet cider trips in silence round. The laws of husking... 
