 The losse or thine, or mine. If thou, my Deere, a winner be At trundling of the Ball, The wager thou shalt have, and me, And my misfortunes all.  Pastimes and Players - Page 4by Robert Macgregor - 1881 - 203 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1810 - 280 pages
...seem of great antiquity. It is enumerated by the second Randall Holme of Chester, If thou, my dear, a winner be At trundling of the ball ; The wager thou shalt have, and me, Aad my misfortunes all : But if, my sweetest, I shall get ; Then I desire but this, That likewise I... | |
 | John Brand - 1853 - 576 pages
...For sugar, cakes, and wine Or for a tansey let us pay, The loss be thine or mine. If thou, my dear, a winner be, At trundling of the ball, The wager thou shalt have and me, And my misfortunes all." Poor Robin, in his Almanack for 1677, in his observations on April, says : " Ycung men and maids, now... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1856 - 336 pages
...stool-ball, Lucia, let us play For sugar-cakes and wine ; Or for a transie let us pay, The losse or thine or mine. If thou, my deere, a winner be At trundling...wager thou shalt have, and me, And my misfortunes all. But if, my sweetest, I shall get, Then I desire but this ; That likewise I may pay the bet, And have... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1856 - 338 pages
...gives to some, enough to none. STOOL-BALL. AT stool-ball, Lucia, let us play For sugar-cakes and wine ; If thou, my deere, a winner be At trundling of the...wager thou shalt have, and me, And my misfortunes all. But if, my sweetest, I shall get, Then I desire but this ; That likewise I may pay the bet, And have... | |
 | 1866 - 338 pages
...gives to some, enough to none. STOOL-BALL. AT stool-ball, Lucia, let us play For sugar-cakes and wine ; If thou, my deere, a winner be At trundling of the...wager thou shalt have, and me, And my misfortunes all. But if, my sweetest, I shall get, Then I desire but this ; That likewise I may pay the bet, And have... | |
 | Nathan Boughton Warren - Christmas - 1868 - 274 pages
...ball during Easter, was the Tansy.cake : — " At stool.ball, Lucia, let us play " If thou, my dear, a winner be, At trundling of the ball, The wager thou shalt have and me, And my misfortunes all." These cakes were made of flour, butter, sugar, sherry, cream, and tansies ; whence they derived the... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - English language - 1868 - 542 pages
...a tanslc let us pay. The loue be thine or mine. If thou, my deere, a winner be \i trundling of Ihe ball. The wager thou shalt have, and me. And my misfortunes all. Poor Robin, in his Almanack for 1677, iu hii Observations on April, opposite the 16th anc 17th, Easter... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1869 - 304 pages
...stool-ball, Lucia, let us play, For sugar-cakes and wine ; Or for a tansie let us pay, The losse or thine, or mine. If thou, my deere, a winner be At...wager thou shalt have, and me, And my misfortunes all. But if, my sweetest, I shall get, Then I desire but this ; That likewise I may pay the bet, And have... | |
 | St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) - Headington (Oxford, England) - 1869 - 348 pages
...For sugar, cakes, or wine ; Or for a tansy let us pay, The loss be thine or mine. If thou, my dear, a winner be At trundling of the ball, The wager thou shalt have, and me, And my misfortunes all." In ' the black country ' of Staffordshire, and some neighbouring districts, the day is still called... | |
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