 | George Colman - 1777 - 368 pages
...Satyr. There's no motion yet appears,. Silenus. Strike a charm into their ears. CATCH, by the Satyrs. Buz, quoth the blue fly, Hum, quoth the bee : Buz and hum they cry. And fo do we. Jn his ear, in his nofe, Thus do you fee ? He eat the dormoufe, Elfe it was he ! [The two... | |
 | Richard Clark - Madrigals, English - 1814 - 530 pages
...to his mother, Shall have that kiss, and another. Ben Jonson. CATCH for Four Voices. Dr. ARNE. JBuz, quoth the blue fly ; hum, quoth the bee ; Buz and...so do we ; In his ear, in his nose, thus do you see : He eat the dormouse, else it was he. i Ben Jonson. GLEE for Five Voices. M. ROCK. JBv the pricking... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 462 pages
...charm into their ears. At which the Satyrs fell suddenly into this catch. Buz, quoth the blueflie, Hum, quoth the bee : Buz and hum they cry, And so...tickle them. He eat the dormouse ; Else it was he. The two Sylvans starting up amazed, and betaking themselves to their arms, were thus questioned by... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 468 pages
...ducks to die ? Eating o'polly wigs, eating o'polly wigs. [ie Tadpoles.] Heigh, ho ! heigh, ho ! CCLIX. Buz, quoth the blue fly, Hum, quoth the bee, Buz and...do we : In his ear, in his nose, Thus, do you see ; He ate the dormouse, Else it was thee. CCLX. [Out of the many songs relating to the heroine of the... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Ballads, English - 1841 - 434 pages
...ducks to die ? Eating o'polly wigs, eating o'polly wigs. [ie Tadpoles.] Heigh, ho ! heigh, ho ! CCLIX. Buz, quoth the blue fly, Hum, quoth the bee, Buz and...do we : In his ear, in his nose, Thus, do you see ; He ate the dormouse, Else it was thee. CCLX. [Out of the many songs relating to the heroine of the... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 476 pages
...ducks to die ? Eating o'polly wigs, eating o'polly wigs. [ie Tadpoles.] Heigh, ho ! heigh, ho ! CCLIX. Buz, quoth the blue fly, Hum, quoth the bee, Buz and...do we : In his ear, in his nose, Thus, do you see ; He ate the dormouse, Else it was thee. CCLX. [Out of the many songs relating to the heroine of the... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Counting-out rhymes - 1843 - 332 pages
...ducks to die ? Eating o'polly wigs, eating o'polly wigs. [ie tadpoles.] Heigh, ho ! heigh, ho ! CCCX. Buz, quoth the blue fly, Hum, quoth the bee, Buz and...do we : In his ear, in his nose, Thus, do you see ; He ate the dormouse, Else it was thee. CCCXI. [Out of the many songs relating to the heroine of the... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - English literature - 1844 - 590 pages
...the Satyrs fell suddenly into this catch — musicians know it well: — " Buz, quoth the bine flie, Hum, quoth the bee : Buz and hum they cry, And so do we. In his ear, in his nose, Thus, do you see ? [77i«y tickle tltem.] He eat the dormouse, Else it was In-." It is impossible that anything could... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - English literature - 1844 - 604 pages
...musicians know it well: — " Buz, quoth the blue flic, Hum, quoth the bee : /i'«. iun/ hum they try, And so do we. In his ear, in his nose, Thus, do you see ? [Tttcy tickle them."] He eat the dormouse, Else it was he." It is impossible that anything could... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...bids his Satyrs awaken a couple of Sylvans, who have fallen asleep while they should have kept watch. Buz, quoth the blue fly, Hum, quoth the bee; Buz and...so do we. In his ear, in his nose, Thus, do you see ? He ate the dormouse ; " It is impossible that anything could better express than this, either the... | |
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Buz, quoth the blue fly, Hum, quoth the bee: Buz and hum they cry, And so do we. 
