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" Happy the age, and harmless were the dayes, (For then true love and amity was found,) When every village did a May-pole raise, And Whitsun ales and May-games did abound: And all the lusty yonkers in a rout, With merry lasses daunc'd the rod about, Then... "
English country gentlemen - Page 32
by Washington Irving - 1835
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Bracebridge Hall; Or, The Humorists, Volume 2

Washington Irving - American fiction - 1822 - 418 pages
...(For then true love and amity was found) When every village did a May-pole raise, And Whitson-ales and May-games did abound : And all the lusty yonkers...poetical day, which was considered in old times, as the houndary that parted the frontiers of winter and summer. With all its caprices, however, I like the...
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The perennial calendar, and companion to the almanack, revised and ed. [or ...

Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...Whitson ales and May games did abound: And all the lusty yonkers, in a rout, With merry lasses daunced the rod about, Then Friendship to their banquets bid the guests, And poore men fared the better for their feasts. ' The lords of castles, mannors, townes, and towers, Rejoiced when...
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The every-day book, or, The guide to the year

William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...Whitson-ales and MAY-GAMES did abound : And all the lusty yonkers, in a rout, With merry lasses dittinc'd t beautifull pórtico (for structure comparable to any in Europe, as poare men far'd the better for their feasts. The lords of castles, mannors, townes, and towers, Rojoic'd...
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The Every-day Book: Or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports ...

William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1826 - 892 pages
...(For then true love and amity was found,) When every village did a Mav Pole raise, And Whitson-ales and MAY-GAMES did abound : And all the lusty yonkers,...guests, And poore men far'd the better for their feasts. The lords of castles, manners, townes, and towers, Rejoic'd when they beheld the farmer's flourish,...
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The Every Day Book, Or, A Guide to the Year: Describing the ..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...(For then trne love and amity was found,) When every village did a May Pole raise, And Whitson-ales wn it), he tasted — crackling! Again he felt and...much now, still he licked his fingers from a sort of The lords of castles, manners, towncs, and towers, Rejoic'd when they beheld the farmer's flourish,...
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The Every-day Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements ...

William Hone - Calendars - 1868 - 846 pages
...dayes, r then true love and amity was found,) When every village did a May Pole raise, And Whitson-ales and MAY-GAMES did abound : And all the lusty yonkers,...guests, And poore men far'd the better for their feasts. The lorda of castles, mannors, townes, and towers, Rejoic'd when they beheld tbe farmer's flourish,...
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Londiniana: Or, Reminiscences of the British Metropolis, Volume 3

Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1828 - 414 pages
...(For then true love and amity was found,) When every village did a May Pole raise, And Whitson-ales and MAY-GAMES did abound : And all the lusty yonkers,...guests, And poore men far'd the better for their feasts. " The lords of castles, mannors, townes, and towers, Rejoic'd when they beheld the farmers nourish,...
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Londiniana: Or, Reminiscences of the British Metropolis: Including ..., Volume 3

Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1829 - 416 pages
...(For then true love and amity was found,) When every village did a May Pole raise. And Whitson-ales and MAY-GAMES did abound: And all the lusty yonkers,...guests, And poore men far'd the better for their feasts. " The lords of castles, mannors, townes, and towersi Rejoic'd when they beheld the farmers nourish,...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of ..., Volume 1

William Hone - Days - 1830 - 878 pages
...I ,' ••' j. •*nd a^ tDe '^'y y°nkers> '" a rout> v i-<i'jia • ,. With merry lasses dnunc'd the rod about, Then Friendship to their banquets bid...' And poore men far'd the better for their feasts. bw ..'>•.'. i "ii ;o 31 isle oat so ^cm ti .. i Tit i(> tcw,1: :-• ••. i:.: The lords of castles,...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calandar of Popular ...

William Hone - Days - 1835 - 876 pages
...(For then true love and amity was found,) When every village did a May Pole raise, And Wliitson-ales and MAY-GAMES did abound : And all the lusty yonkers,...guests, And poore men far'd the better for their feasts. The lords of castles, manners, towncs, and towers, Rejoic'd when they beheld the farmer's flourish,...
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