...and prettiest similes in poetry, where Sir John Suckling, in describing a celebrated beauty, says, " Her feet, beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light." Now, would not these little feet rather lose in attraction on the whole by being continually before...

...old superstition of the English peasantry, namely, that on Easter morning the sun always dances :—- Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light: But, oh! she dances such a way! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight...

...to the pictures of Chaucer. The following well-known stanza has, perhaps, never been excelled : — Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out. As if they fear'd the light ; But oh ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight....

...to say truth (for out it must), It look'd like the great collar, (just) About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light ; But oh! she dances such a way! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight....

...and charming specimens in the language. They glance like twinkles in the eye, or cherries bedewed • Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if theyfear'd the light; But oh ! she dances such a way ! JVo sun upon an Easter day, Is half so fine...

...for instance, in Suckling's ' Ballad on a Wedding,' is this part of the description of the bride ! ' Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light ; But, oh t she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter day, Is half so fine a sight.' The gracefulness...

...coming out of church ? Can we forget Sir John Suckling's beautiful lines in his ballad upon a weddiug? Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light. And then she dances such a way, No sun upon an Euster day Is kalf so fine a sight. * * * » * Now,...

...Thy presence near. E. LOUISA MATHER. SIR JOHN SUCKLING, in his "Billad on a Wedding," thus sings : Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light : But oh ! she dances such a wav ! No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight....

...to say truth (for out it must) It looked like the great collar (just) About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice,...stole in and out, As if they feared the light : But oh ! she dances such a way ! No sun upon an Easter Day Is half so fine a sight. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. 61...

...had not a voice recalled him to consciousness, by repeating the lively lines of Sir John Suckling. " Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they feared the light. And oh ; she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter day, Were half so fair a sight." Charles turned...