| 单词 | kirtle |
| 例句 | I pulled out kirtles, caps, and bodices, the gilded prayer book and a cracked looking glass Gertrude had given me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The lady in the scarlet kirtle dropped her wooden bowl onto the ground. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z "I was going to be eating with fingers on a plate of fresh leaves," she said, handing a bowl to the lady in the scarlet kirtle. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z "When you knew me last," said the woman in the scarlet kirtle, "I ruled with my sisters in Carnadine, before it was lost." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “No matter. They will horse Bore again in a minute. Here he is, coming to the Queen. Oh, look! He has brought her a kirtle and a gown.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "How much did your mother tell you to take for the goat?" asked the woman in the scarlet kirtle. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Clad in a cloud-gray kirtle and a hood as blue as the sky. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "With good will," said the lady in the red kirtle. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't just her ivory-white breastplate or silvery kirtle—she glowed softly from within, radiating a warm, comforting light that elevated her physical perfection to something on a higher plane. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z "Here we go," she said, holding up a scarlet kirtle. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The lady in the scarlet kirtle stood up then and placed the bowl which had contained her portion of hare into the fire. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The six-piece ensemble — a silk underdress, a velvet drawstring bag and small purse mirror, a coronet, a kirtle and a mantle — will be the main attraction of an exhibit called “Encounters With Royalty.” How do you save a lady’s coronation robe? Very carefully. 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Herb gardens, honeysuckle and kirtles, but also ghostly suspense and fear foreshadowed. Teen book club: Lydia Syson's top 10 historical novels 2012-11-29T16:39:14Z Also she wears kirtles laced with silk and tiring pins of silver and silver gilt and has made all the nuns wear the like.... Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The kirtle and border was far too short for her majesty's height, and she asked every one how they liked her new fancied suit. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z And I will make thee beds of roses, And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle. Bacon and Shakspere 2012-03-14T02:00:24.313Z They were among the famous dancers in my mother's garden, and I can tell you that a country dance of Fritillaries in plaided kirtles and green caps is a lively sight. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z In this one at least wimple and kirtle reigned supreme; doublets and hose were few in number and feeble in act. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z The kirtle is ornamented with Indian embroidery, with tracings of gold, and her sandals are tied with golden strings. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Kate was dressed in a kirtle of white silk, her head attired with an habiliment of gold, and her hair, brighter itself than gold, woven about her face in cunningly wrought tresses. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Bacon and Shakspere 2012-03-14T02:00:24.313Z Cupid, seek thy mother's kirtle, Or hide thee 'neath her fragrant myrtle. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z But bide a bit till the hawthorn bloom, and anon thy walls put on their kirtle of brave roses, and sweet woodbine. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z A kirtle surrounds her waist, and falls with a feather fringe down to just above the knees. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The trousers, tunic, or kirtle, need no decided measurement, for one measure is sufficient for each garment, as from hip to ankle, or from neck to the knees, as the case may be. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z Buy yourselves purple kirtles, that ye for a little while may shine as the rose, that ye may speedily fade. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z So the knight took forty sous from his pouch, and gave them to her that she might buy a kirtle. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Till about the year 1550 ladies are not infrequently represented with heraldic devices covering their kirtles and mantles; but I should think such ornamentation was never really worn by them. Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church 2011-11-11T03:00:36.693Z Ben it came the Mayor's dauchters, Wi' kirtle coat alone; Their eyes did sparkle like the gold,65 As they tripped on the stone. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z The women, as if half ashamed of their ragged kirtles, had retreated behind the men. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Here's a red kirtle on the lower roof. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z Her dress consists of a tight-fitting, cherry-coloured kirtle of Hungarian velvet, wide open in front and fastened over her embroidered cambric smock by strings of pearls. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z The first enemy were the knights of Spain, in red kirtles and half turbans. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z For half a moment the girl's lips quivered, then her eyes gathered two great tears which rolled heavily down and lay glittering on her grey kirtle. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z A rich brocaded kirtle and shimmery silken paniers seemed to accentuate the dull pallor of her cheeks. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z She wore the same dark blue jacket, plaited kirtle, and light blue apron, in which Skirmen had first seen her, when he assisted in liberating her from Hegness. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z In her display of charms she was generous without being coarse and vulgar, and her short kirtle discovered the prettiest of ankles, and just enough of a well-shaped leg to be peculiarly attractive. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Her breasts all bare, her kirtle slipping down, Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z She put on the white taffeta kirtle and farthingale that was always kept for Sunday, and fastened a fluted ruff about her throat. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z "They were ladies from the Court, I feel sure," said the taller man of the two; "I swear I have seen the hem of that kirtle before." The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z "Put on thy white kirtle to-morrow, my child," replied the mother. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Nor did she spare the womenfolk, for she caused them to discard their long trains and heavy skirts and to don short kirtles so that they could move with freedom. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z Do you know that song of Schiller's, Mr. Berger: 'Sister with the linen kirtle. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z Remembering her dress, she unfastened it with haste and put on the kirtle of white taffeta. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z And even now, when he heard the rustle of a kirtle, he paused instinctively, vaguely, madly hoping that chance, and the great wild longing which was in him, had indeed drawn her footsteps hither. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z A knight, in magnificent attire, was seen in stately motion with a majestic lady in a scarlet kirtle, glittering with gold and precious stones. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Some were handsome matrons, some were young lasses, but all wore the snow-white kirtle and the short, striped linsey petticoat that showed their slender ankles and trimly-shod feet. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z She wore a kirtle of white satin and over it a crimson velvet robe with border of ermine. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z She was dressed in fashion of the Puritans, with kirtle of sad-coloured homespun. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z No scarlet then her kirtle had And little gold about it sprad; But her red mouth was always glad To kiss, albeit the eyes were sad With love they had to hold. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z Gold on her head, and gold on her feet, And gold where the hems of her kirtle meet, And a golden girdle round my sweet;— Ah! qu'elle est belle La Marguerite. A Selection from the Poems of William Morris 2011-02-11T03:00:29.580Z Quite young boys appear in this dress, and little girls are seen in ancient MSS. in the kirtle and gunna, the equivalents of the modern petticoat and dress. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z The kirtle flashed with gold embroidery, and the velvet robe was confined by a heavy golden cord and tassels. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z The snake priests were similarly clad, but their kirtles were of leather; eagle plumes were in their long hair, and under their knees they carried rattles made of tortoise-shell. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Your maid has gotten a kirtle new, All the skirt has braids of blue. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z At Anna Grace's door 'twas thus the maidens cried, Three merry maidens fair in kirtles of the green; And Anna laid the rock and the weary wheel aside, The fairest of the four, I ween. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry The costume of the Anglo-Saxon ladies consisted of a sherte, or camise, of linen next the skin, a kirtle, which resembled the modern petticoat, and a gunna, or gown, with sleeves. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z Now the captain and his servant lay sick in that same hospital, so he bade his wife to have me better clothed that she might not be put to shame by my miserable peasant's kirtle. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim I have three sacks, heavy as lead, full of fine linen, dresses, kirtles, and costly jewels, with scarlet cloth and furs. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. The ogress was standing outside the doors of her cave and wore a skin kirtle and was of a blackish hue. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes "Though she track the wilds, Though she breast the crags, Choosing no path— Her kirtle tears not, Her ankles gleam, Her sandals are silver." The Book of Susan A Novel The fear of burnt doublets or kirtles had effectually sobered these over-flowing tempers. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel But he had not sat long, when a fair maiden, an acquaintance of "mine hostess," entered the hostelry, and began to assist her in the cutting out or fashioning of a crimson kirtle. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative She wore a red kirtle and a necklet of beaten gold, and her hair was combed out smooth and shining. Black Amazon of Mars Men of ancient Persia, clad in leather kirtles and rusted armor, and they were hideous! Isle of the Undead Like a flood of sunbeams it rippled over her neck, which was only covered by a white woollen kirtle, that, confined at the waist with a leather girdle, reached a little above the knees. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 The tight sleeve of her kirtle appears on left arm, which holds cord of mantle. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See In this a piece of Tristrem’s green kirtle was left, and Meriadok bore the fragment to the King, to whom he unfolded his suspicions. Legends & Romances of Brittany Her scarlet kirtle was torn, her hair flying in wild elf-locks, and her face was the face of a mad thing. Black Amazon of Mars Many a kirtle there was rent, And hurt many a side! Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse For her of duskier lustre Whose favour still I wear, The snow be in her kirtle, The rose be in her hair! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) A striking and beautiful figure with flowing hair, long veil hanging below the waist, supertunic held by brooch, but without sleeves, the tight sleeves of her kirtle being visible to the shoulders. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle." A Danish Parsonage The mighty one was wearing the woman’s kirtle and carrying her distaff, and the girl was staggering under the lion-skin and leaning on the bludgeon. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards The shark-skin kirtles of the invaders turned their knives like armor, and the sea grew red with swirling blood that spread like scarlet smoke through the water. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 Then, plough-boy Jack, in kirtle gay,— Though shod with clouted shoon,— Stands forth the wilful maid to play Who ever saith to her lover "Nay"— When he sues for a lover's boon. The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme All tucked up the dress nearly to the waist, showing the invariable red kirtle. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Then Frithiof showed himself in a dark-blue kirtle, with the ring gleaming on his arm and his sword girt to a broad silver belt, from which hung a well-filled purse. Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas Her kirtle's swinging cadences Displayed her limbs of lustrous white. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems From either waist Flowed a white kirtle to the small snow feet With roses tinged. Legends of the Saxon Saints "My mistress would gladly have silk for a kirtle, an I may summon her to the courtyard," Anne ventured to whisper to Sir Mervyn. The Manor House School Gandeleyn bent his good bow, And set therein a flo; He shot through his green kirtle, His heart he cleft on two. Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series They were dressed in short kirtles of brilliant colors—scarlet, green, orange, purple—and wore brilliant belts suspended about their waists by straps which crossed over their breasts and passed over each shoulder. The God in the Box Over the skirt was a crimson kirtle of fine cloth, cut square in the bodice, and crossed by a thick white kerchief, edged with lace. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney She brought him a dark-coloured gown and kirtle, and a stout winsey petticoat, such as serving-maids wear, and after long search she found at the bottom of a drawer a milk-maid's cap. Tales From Scottish Ballads Tell me what you wish, my pretty Barbara—a new cap, kirtle, hood, or farthingale? The Buccaneer A Tale By Saint Mary her kirtle, but it shall not serve thy turn. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution “If you have a mind to enlist,” he said, temptingly, “you shall be ensign in my troop and we’ll carry your kirtle for a flag.” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel It was Sivard’s mother dear, In a kirtle red was clad: “The horse I fear will cost thee dear, And that fear makes me sad.” Grimmer and Kamper The End of Sivard Snarenswayne and other ballads I’ve of fish seen a store, But ne’er one with golden cloth kirtle before. The Brother Avenged and Other Ballads The proximity of so many petticoats and kirtles caused considerable restlessness to Hubert; but he felt the burning eye of the Grand Marshal fixed upon him, and sang away with all his might. The Dragon of Wantley His Tale Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy bed of roses, Thy cup, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten;— In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Tudor and Stuart Love Songs She stood there like a figure cut in snow, for her kirtle was all of white sémé, and her hair was as a cloud fallen round about her. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales She received the veil from S. Mel, nephew of S. Patrick; wore a leathern belt over a white kirtle, and had a veil over her shoulders. Chronicles of Strathearn As she smoothed out the blue kirtle, she asked—“Lettice, art thou sorry to be gone?” It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot She wore no garment but the long straight kirtle. The Valley of the Kings Luckily, Una was at that moment sitting among her maidens on the top of a high tower embroidering a kirtle, or she would have shared the same fate. The Red Romance Book And a was as fine a lad as e'er caused a lass to don her Sunday kirtle on a Saturday. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales You are my choice of all the girls, With your blushing cheeks and your fluttering curls, With your ribbons gay and your kirtle neat, None other is so fair and sweet. The Jingle Book “And my velvet hood, Aunt, and the green kirtle?” It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot And she dressed in a short white petticoat, And a kirtle of blue, with a looped-up look, And a snowy kerchief about her throat, And held in her hand a crook. On the Tree Top Gunnlaug was so clad that he had on a grey kirtle and white long-hose; he had a boil on his foot by the instep, and from this oozed blood and matter as he strode on. The Story Of Gunnlaug The Worm-Tongue And Raven The Skald 1875 So my lady comes in, with her gold hair blowing, and her white kirtle full of red roses, and seeing her lord goes to meet him. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales The form without the prefix appears in Fr. court, Ger. kurz, and the English diminutive kirtle— "What stuff wilt have a kirtle of?" The Romance of Words (4th ed.) “Ay, but they’re not all dug by the sexton,” remarked Temperance, patting the blue kirtle to make it lie in the hole she had left for it. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot And she hasn’t a decent kirtle, never name a hood. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century So the king gave him his own raiment of new scarlet, a gold-embroidered kirtle, and a cloak lined with choice furs, and a gold ring which weighed a mark. The Story Of Gunnlaug The Worm-Tongue And Raven The Skald 1875 I was married, and my little lady and Mistress Marian in long kirtles, and their hair looped up upon their heads. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales "This, with the antique kirtle and picturesque petticoat is an Acadian portrait." Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Thy black beaver hat thou wert best to journey in, for though it be good, ’tis well worn; and thy grey kirtle and red gown. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Whether goeth this lace or the wide one best with my blue kirtle?” The King's Daughters She ran up straight to Rachel, and grasped the blue serge kirtle in her small chubby hand. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada The red light from the west shone on her, and dabbled her white kirtle as with blood, and her face was like one of the red roses in her garden. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales This, with the antique kirtle and picturesque petticoat, is an Acadian portrait. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses To him there Came swift a spirit in shape of virgin slim, With snooded hair and kirtle belted trim, Short to the knee; and in her face the gale Had blown bright sanguine colour. Helen Redeemed and Other Poems I see the tall beauty in green kirtle get a friend to raise her flat basket of oranges on plaintain leaves on to her head, a slow elegant movement she may have learned in dancing. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah There was a little pull at the blue kirtle. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada And presently gets she to her feet without a word, still a-hiding of her face in her kirtle, and turns to go, a-feeling her way with one o' her little hands. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales By my love go there now, To fetch me my coif away, My coif and my kirtle, with pearls arow, Oliver, go to-day! The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems "No, sir; kirtles," said I. "Kirtles—so it was," said the Provost. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn This garment, with its white band tight across her bust, remains on when the green kirtle drops to her feet. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah I have made a pudding, maybe; I have shaken up a bed; I have cut an old gown into a kirtle. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Meseemed he sprouted like corn after a rain; and in five months a was waxed so strong a could stand on 's feet a-holding to his mother's kirtle. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales I TOOK my armour off, Put on king's robes of gold; Over the kirtle green The gold fell fold on fold. The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems You know very well it has nothing to do with harvesting nor harrowing," he cried; "I said kirtles, didn't I! John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Then they wash themselves very carefully with soap, and when the first comes out in her blue tight garment, she slips the green kirtle over her head and the blue dress drops off underneath it. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah “Call me an Anabaptist, if she hath not in her coffers two velvet gowns, and a satin, and a kersey, and three camlets—to say nought of velvet kirtles and other habiliments!” Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada She was as white as her kirtle, and her gray eyes were dark like water before a storm. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales I was in doublet and hose, and she wore a long, flowing kirtle. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance She looked miraculous tall and thin in the haze of the dawn, with the aspiring firs behind her, pallid at the face, wearied in her carriage, and torn at her kirtle by whin or thorn. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn The Phryne in hunting green is down again, languorously dropping her green kirtle. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah "And yet Master Winslow weareth cambric ruffs on occasion, and his dame hath a paduasoy kirtle and mantle, and so had Mistress Carver, and some others of our company." Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims Then, plough-boy Jack, in kirtle gay,— Though shod with clouted shoon,— Stands forth the wilful maid to play Who ever saith to her lover, 'Nay'— When he sues for a lover's boon. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries The Jews of Morocco, dressed in oriental fashion with silk kirtle and an ecclesiastical calotte, passed by leaning upon sticks, as if thus dragging along their bland, timid obesity. Luna Benamor The bowmen were dressed in green kirtles, rather shorter than those of the squires, and wore dark woolen hose; they carried their bows and arrows slung across their shoulders. King Arthur and His Knights See, my kirtle is destroyed by the shower thou didst bestow upon me so freely.” Erling the Bold Dressed in a shimmering blue kirtle, short after the Venus fashion, with long grey stockings beneath. Tarrano the Conqueror For she hath neither gown, nor kirtle, nor petticoat, nor no manner of linen, nor foresmocks, nor kerchiefs, nor sleeves, nor rails, nor body-stitchets, nor mufflers, nor biggins. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth She put on Mrs Jane’s skirt wrong side out, offered her the left sleeve of her kirtle for the right arm, and generally behaved like a girl who was frightened out of her wits. The Gold that Glitters The Mistakes of Jenny Lavender Each herald wore crimson silk stockings and crimson velvet kirtles, tight at the waist, and reaching half-way to the knee. King Arthur and His Knights “I will repay thee that with such a kirtle as might grace a queen the next time I go on viking cruise.” Erling the Bold She emerged from it—slim and beautiful in the shimmering blue kirtle, with long grey stockings beneath. Tarrano the Conqueror And I shouldn’t marvel if I can make up a kirtle or a hood for Collet by nows and thens, out of some gear of my own.” All's Well Alice's Victory The damsel donned her kirtle sheen; The hall was dressed with holly green; Forth to the wood did merry-men go To gather in the mistletoe. In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World A kirtle is a gown; Skeat suggests that it is a diminutive of skirt. Milton's Comus She wore a cloak of rich blue wool, and under it a scarlet kirtle with a silver girdle. Erling the Bold The fashion of Balmorals and kilted kirtles prevails not here; and maids and matrons are absurdly reluctant to submit their pedal perfections to the passing critic. Border and Bastille Petals of the pansy for little velvet shoon, Silk of the poppy for a dance beneath the moon, Lawn of the jessamine, damask of the rose, To make their pretty kirtles and airy furbelows. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 22, 1920 Saint Lateerin, a virgin of early Christian days, near here made her recluse, and every day she walked across the bog, and took "living fire" in her kirtle from the forge to her home. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway I have heard of a queen that took her son and sewed his kirtle fast to his flesh, yet he never blinked an eye. The Vikings of Helgeland The Prose Dramas Of Henrik Ibsen, Vol. III. They took away her pretty dresses, and put on her an old gray kirtle, and gave her wooden shoes to wear. Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm His vigilant eye, ever enfilading the tangled copse to the eastward, had caught through an opening in the bushes the flutter of a blue gown, which he recognized as the kirtle of his idolized Lucrèce. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett Her kirtle blue, whereon was many a stain, Made with the blood of wretched lovers slain. Hero and Leander They flit o'er the grass tops, they touch not the ground; Their kirtles of green are with diamonds bedight, All glittering and sparkling beneath the moonlight. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century The Tuscan sandals to his feet he ties, The kirtle dons, the Tegeæan sword Links to his side. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Next to him sat a man in a gilded saddle; he had on a scarlet kirtle, and a gold ring on his arm, and a gold-embroidered fillet was tied round his head. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic Malise MacKim smiled to himself, for he had not served a Douglas for thirty years without knowing by these signs that there was the swing of a kirtle in the case somewhere. The Black Douglas But I’ll warrant it sobered the lad’s speech; and he never reckoned himself safe till he made old Moll the present of a new kirtle and a stone of cheese.” Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland His hose were bound fast about his legs, and he had on a red linen kirtle, narrow above, and tied with strings at the sides. Notes and Queries, Number 61, December 28, 1850 Wearing her Norman cap, and her kirtle of blue, and the earrings and Shielding the house from storms, on the north were the barns and the farm-yard. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Next there sat a man on an enamelled saddle in a yellow green kirtle; he had a great finger ring on his hand. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic This is called bearing arms kirtle and mantle. The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science She had taken off her mail, and had put on a warm, blue kirtle over her white dress, and had made some differences otherwise, which are past my setting down. A Sea Queen's Sailing He was dressed always in a white kirtle beneath, and a brown sleeveless frock over it of the colour of his hair, that came to his ankles, and was girt with a leather band. The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary Why, even the maid had sleeping draught of spiced wine given her by her mother, that she might look her best in her bridal kirtle tomorrow. In the Wars of the Roses A Story for the Young Thorgils had on a red-brown kirtle, and had round his waist a broad silver belt. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic The vest or kirtle of the lady is formed entirely of the colours of her arms disposed quarterly, and parted horizontally, or fessways, by the line dancette. The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science "Here it is," replied Jennet, opening her kirtle. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest He was in his white kirtle only, with the five wounds upon his breast, and he had on his sandals. The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary No shoes upon her feet she had, And scantly were her shoulders clad; Through her brown kirtle's rents full wide Shone out the sleekness of her side. Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough He was usually dressed in this way—he wore a scarlet kirtle below and a grey cloak outside, and a bearskin cap on his head, and a sword in his hand. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic This lady is drawn with a kirtle only. The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science "What han ye getten there, lapped up i' your kirtle, eh?" The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest He was of a dainty person; clad mostly in a kirtle of light watchet-colour, thick set with loose points. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Out then spake a little page Was clad in kirtle red: "Sweet Signy burns in her bower aloft, With all her mays unwed." Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough He had on a kirtle of red scarlet. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic Great uncertainty exists respecting the true character of a garment much used by the Anglo-Saxon ladies, called a kirtle. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 Jem is the man in the tree, and Elizabeth is the owd crone in the red kirtle and high-crowned hat. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Get me brown juice for my skin, and a ragged kirtle and bodice, such as the Egyptians wear. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Then they home conveyed a lass with pendent keys, and goatskin kirtle; married her to Karl. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson Next sat a young man; he was in a blue kirtle and black breeches, and his tunic tucked into them. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic Then round the circle went their flight, They danced to left, they danced to right: Their kirtles all were playing. Faust Thus Hugh Scott's cloak could not be returned, because the thieves had gained time to make it into a kirtle. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft His weapons he took in hand, Arthur the strong; he threw on his back a garment most precious, a cheisil shirt, and a cloth kirtle; a burny exceeding precious, embroidered of steel. Brut His kirtle’s of the Arras-blue, His cap of pearls and green; His golden curls fall tumbling round The fairest face I’ve seen. Reviews There was a full kirtle of gray wool, falling to my ankles, and a white apron. Helmet of Navarre Marvellous clasps of gold and silver in the kirtle on her breasts and her shoulders and spaulds on every side. The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes On its shelves sparkled a bridal crown, and a shining girdle and breastplate and a kirtle, and all manner of bridal finery. Weird Tales from Northern Seas Then her eyes wandered down over her dress, and she said, 'Ah! how strange I did not notice my green fairy kirtle before. Aylwin Their white kirtles were girded high about their waists and they carried staffs. The Motor Maids in Fair Japan Despite the wretched kirtle tying up my legs, I gained on him, and when I had reached the corner of our house, he dropped the pursuit and made off in the darkness. Helmet of Navarre A kirtle she wore, long, hooded, hard-smooth, of green silk, with red embroidery of gold. The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes She wore a green kirtle, and round her body a broad silver girdle with figures upon it, such as the Finns use. Weird Tales from Northern Seas The Chinese are apparelled in long gowns, wearing kirtles, or shorter garments, under these; and are assuredly the most effeminate and cowardly nation in the world. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 I needs must think how in the deep alcove Thick chequer'd shadows of the window-glass Did fall across her kirtle and her locks, For I did see her thus no more. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. Also she wears kirtles laced with silk and tiring pins of silver and silver gilt and has made all the nuns wear the like. Medieval People Her only garment was a short kirtle of plaited grass, not long enough to conceal her chubby knees. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 She quite forgot herself, and a long tail hung down and whisked about from behind her kirtle. Weird Tales from Northern Seas So did the dressing of the fibre of the flax and palm-lily, and the weaving therefrom of "mats" or mantles, and of kirtles. The Long White Cloud And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England One by one the women, still holding their kirtles tightly round their shoulders, began to move away. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk But they understood her gestures, and showed her the kirtle of plaited grass, still damp with the thorough washing it had had the night before. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 I had to bind up my kirtle to-day behind," said she, "so we couldn't go dancing the Halling-fling3 together on the green sward. Weird Tales from Northern Seas And I will make her beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies; A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 Your kirtle would not be of silk, The band around it but torn leather. When hearts are trumps He bowed very low, until his hand could reach the hem of her kirtle, which he then raised to his lips. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk Her kirtle was of the long, slender leaves overlapping each other. Ethel Morton's Enterprise Alianora went magnificently this morning, on a white horse, and wearing a kirtle of changeable green like the sea's green in sunlight: her golden hair was bound with a gold frontlet wherein were emeralds. Figures of Earth Thus we find the mantle, the kirtle, and the gown mentioned by these names among the Saxons, and even the ornaments of cuffs. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 553, June 23, 1832 I have heard it gravely asserted that the wealth of a German damsel may be known by counting the number of her "kirtles." Views a-foot Having kissed the hem of her kirtle he turned towards the house. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk She was clad in a shift of spotless linen, and above her snowy kirtle was set a mantle of royal purple, clasped upon her breast. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Next after the music were four men each bearing a large garland of flowers, and after them followed the merry lads and smiling lasses in good order and arrayed in their holiday kirtles. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829 Housed beneath the gracious kirtle Of the shadowy water myrtle, Winds may hiss with heat, and hurtle— He is safe by Mooni yet! The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens The creature laid his muzzle on your lap, And sobbed, and you sobbed with it, and the blood Was sprinkled on your kirtle, and you wept. The Princess She descended a few steps, her delicate hand still resting on the banisters, her silken kirtle making a soft swishing noise against the polished oak of the stairs. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk These two maidens were richly dressed in kirtles closely laced and shapen to their persons and wore mantles of a goodly purple hue. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Now about the tables passed other dusky-haired maids, fair bosoms bare, their scanty kirtles looped high, pouring out the wines for the feasters. The Moon Pool The third damsel came afoot with her kirtle tucked up like a running footman; and she had in her hand a whip wherewith she drove the two steeds. The High History of the Holy Graal Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten; In folly rise. in reason rotten. The Compleat Angler That evening when they parted he knelt at her feet and kissed the hem of her kirtle. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk Very richly arrayed were these damsels in raiment of fine needlework, and their kirtles were covered by fresh fair mantles, embroidered with gold. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Between the buckled edges of her kirtle I caught gleams of translucent ivory as exquisitely moulded, as delectably rounded, as those revealed so naively beneath the hem. The Moon Pool The Queen riseth and two of her damsels with her, and apparelleth her of a kirtle of cloth of silk, furred of ermine, and cometh into the midst of the hall. The High History of the Holy Graal Thou useless fellow! with a coat without arms, and a kirtle with skirts, wilt thou drive me out of the country? Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway They had to seek shelter under the colonnaded porch of the summerhouse, and Sue had much ado to keep the heavy drops of rain from reaching her shoes and the bottom of her kirtle. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk Her clothes were strange—spurred boots and breeches over which fell a short green kirtle. Greenmantle Their bracelets and anklets of jewels were tinkling; their middles covered with short kirtles of woven cloth studded with the sparkling ornaments. The Moon Pool They look and see her enter within the door, and her kirtle was all torn with thorns and briars in the forest. The High History of the Holy Graal He was clad in a red kirtle, had a helmet on his head, a sword in his belt, and a large halberd in his hands. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway They had drawn their kirtles over their heads and looked like gigantic oval balls, gray or black, with small mud-stained feet peeping out below. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk At that same moment Halvor entered, and the girls were so astonished that they left their kirtles lying in the chimney corner, and ran away in nothing but their petticoats. The Red Fairy Book Each was clad in an extremely scanty bodice of silken blue, girdled above a kirtle that came barely to their very pretty knees. The Moon Pool They were fain not to refuse, lest the damsels should think they held them not in honour, and did on the two kirtles right poor as they were. The High History of the Holy Graal The English king Harald said to the Northmen who were with him, "Do ye know the stout man who fell from his horse, with the blue kirtle and the beautiful helmet?" Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway For her of duskier lustre Whose favour still I wear, The snow be in her kirtle, The rose be in her hair! Songs of Travel Marie wore a short red skirt of stoutly woven cloth, a white bodice and kirtle, a yellow silk turban wound low over her brown curls, and long coral pendants in her ears. O Pioneers! Christopher stood aside therewith, and sat down on a bench and laughed, and said in a high voice: "Stout men-at-arms, forsooth, to take a maid's kirtle to their shield." Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair Into that circular field of torrid glare bounded a woman wearing little more than an abbreviated kirtle of grass strands with a few festoons of artificial flowers. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf You came back then as you come back now,— Your kirtle torn and your face all white; And you stood outside and knockit and cried, Just as you, dearie, did to-night. A Little Book of Western Verse To see her spotless cuffs and snowy kirtle one would scarce credit how hard she laboured. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 And I will make her beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies; A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages So the King bade send for him, and there was silence in the chamber till he came in, clad in a scarlet kirtle and a white cloak, and with his sword by his side. Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair At this question Olaf turned aside, threw his pebbles away into the water, and wiped his wet hands on his coarse kirtle. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age So he brought out a kirtle, which was as bright as the copper wood, and she got a horse and saddle beside. Popular Tales from the Norse His kirtle was scarlet, and his helmet and shield flashed in the sun. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe "She was here when the man brought news of your arrival, Wulf, but she fled away like a startled deer, and has, I suppose, gone to put on her best kirtle in your honour." Wulf the Saxon A Story of the Norman Conquest Next to their smock they put on the pretty kirtle or vasquin of pure silk camlet: above that went the taffety or tabby farthingale, of white, red, tawny, grey, or of any other colour. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 He was dressing himself -- albeit with great trouble, for the things were strange to him who had hitherto worn naught but a poor slave's kirtle -- when a shrill horn was sounded from without. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age She went to the rock and knocked with the stick, and then the man came out and gave her a kirtle which was far grander than either of the others. Popular Tales from the Norse The knave has a shrewd eye for a kirtle, and knows a wild duck from a tame as well as e'er a man in Perth. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day The flax was used by the Maoris not only in weaving mats and kirtles, but also for making fishing lines. The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant She had taken her wedding-ring from her finger, and wore it on a chain, within her kirtle, so as to excite no inquiry. Grisly Grisell Sigurd leapt from his horse and at once unfastened the chain from Olaf's neck, and even helped him to draw off his kirtle and woollen sark. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Lady Mary looked very fresh and bright in her neat tailor gown, kilted kirtle, and tight-fitting bodice, with neat little brass buttons. Phantom Fortune, a Novel The maidens, Erech's daughters, now appear, With richest kirtles gaily decked with flowers, And on his head they rain their rosy showers. Babylonian and Assyrian Literature Meadow and flock, the wise folk said, It never were right to miss, But my maid Joan has a kirtle red And a merry mouth to kiss. Cap and Gown A Treasury of College Verse Whether by her awkwardness or that of the boy, it so chanced that the bird made a sudden leap from the impalement, and deposited itself in the lap of Lady Whitburn’s scarlet kirtle! Grisly Grisell Look at his skin, there where his kirtle is torn. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Then must I buy a jewel for her ear, A kirtle of some hundred crowns or more. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 Never were seen so many rich kirtles of divers colours, such costly mantles, such precious jewels and rings. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut On her shining limbs he gazed, As her kirtle she upraised. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction But I have never seen the word wimple in an inventory, list, invoice, letter, or book of colonial times, and but once the word kirtle. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) She wore a blue woven mantle ornamented with lace, and under it a scarlet kirtle with a silver belt. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Verily, good Fulk, hast ever a quick eye for the flutter of a kirtle. Beltane the Smith She wore a broad hat of straw, I remember, and her skirt and kirtle were of green, the fairies' colour. Salute to Adventurers Nicolette put on her fine silken kirtle, and took the bedclothes and knotted them together, and made a rope. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction I have never found the word forepart in this distinctive signification nor the word kirtle; though our modern writers of historical novels are most liberal of kirtles to their heroines. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Then he knelt down and gently drew aside the lad's cloak and opened the front of his kirtle, so that the moonlight fell upon the white skin of his throat and breast. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Then Insie knew that here was a mortal boy, not dead, but sadly wounded; and she drew her short striped kirtle down, because her shapely legs were bare. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale "Good woman," said De Valence, "if you will give me an explanation of this mystery, I will owe you a kirtle of the best raploch grey." Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Then she lifted up her kirtle with both hands, because the dew was lying deep on the grass, and went away down the garden. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction Our writers of historical tales are very fond of attiring their heroines in wimples and kirtles. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Yes, there indeed was his foster brother, mounted on one of the pack mules, with the sunlight falling on his white kirtle and downbent head! Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age But thou shalt have a new kirtle at Michaelmas, when I sell the buck's hides for the season. The Betrothed She went on to sing as she went, "Green as grass is my kirtle," "Tire me in tiffany," "Come ye bearded men-at-arms," and "The Bending Rush." The Splendid Spur "Do," said the gallant squire, "and if you bring me to him, you shall have a groat to-night, and a kiss on Sunday when you have on a cleaner kirtle." The Abbot She wore such unwieldy and ugly guise as this: kirtles of tawny damask and black satin; gowns of green and crimson striped velvet edged with purple tinsel, which must have been hideous. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Of these twelve were seven women, and all, save two of the women, were clad in one scanty kirtle or shirt only; for such was the wont of the Dusky Men with their thralls. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale "And how could you think, dearest Raoul, to let the wife of thy bosom go so long without a new kirtle?" said his helpmate. The Betrothed The pretty cheeks bloomed again and she was like some bright butterfly flitting about the bare room in her red kirtle. The Maid of the Whispering Hills Her short kirtle was white below the rose-red mantle, and fringed with gold thread above her perfect and lightly stepping feet. The Coming of Cuculain “Now, would you believe it, my fine madam, but my legs are bare underneath my kirtle?” I Will Repay But the women of the Shepherds were all clad in white, embroidered with green boughs and red blossoms, and the Woodland women wore dark red kirtles. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale "Confess the truth, Rose; thou wouldst give thy best kirtle to know all of my horrible adventure." The Betrothed Meg Kissock was tramping the blankets rhythmically, holding her green kirtle well up with both hands, and singing with all her might. The Lilac Sunbonnet "Whatever would she say were she to see the state of her kirtle and petticoats!" In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce Once she caught sight of the inner hall, and of a young girl in a dark kirtle and snow-white kerchief bidding him good-bye at his door. I Will Repay Bare are my feet for the rough waste’s wending, Wild is the wind, and my kirtle’s thin;Faint shall I be ere the long way’s ending Drops down to the Dale and the grief therein. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale "Why, thou hast got one from our young lady that might serve a countess," said Raoul, his concord jarred by her touching this chord—"how many kirtles wouldst thou have?" The Betrothed The sunlight, glancing from her silver helm, fell upon her floating hair and turned it into a golden glory that hid rents and stains, and redeemed even the kirtle, which stopped at the knee. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days She could not understand why, in the vineyard of letters, the laborer was not equally worthy of hire, whether the work was successfully accomplished in the toga virilis or the gay kirtle of contadina. St. Elmo She was quite calm, and exquisitely beautiful, dressed in a plain grey bodice and kirtle, with a black band round her slim waist and a soft white kerchief folded across her bosom. I Will Repay She was daintily clad in a flame-coloured kirtle embroidered with gold about the bosom and sleeves, and there was a fillet of golden roses on her ruddy hair. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale She had laid aside mourning since the ceremony of the fiancailles, and was dressed in a kirtle of white, with an upper robe of pale blue. The Betrothed Did a girl ever wear a helmet like a silver bowl, and a kirtle that stopped at the knee? The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days The damsel donned her kirtle sheen; The hall was dressed with holly green; Forth to the wood did merry men go, To gather in the mistletoe. Marmion The English King said to the Northmen who were with him, "Do you know the stout man who fell from his horse, with the blue kirtle, and beautiful helmet?" Letters from High Latitudes ‘Yea,’ she said; but he saw how the tears ran out of her eyes and wetted the bosom of her kirtle, and she hung her head for shame of her grief. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale Then the beautiful women busied them with their kirtles and their headgear that they were to wear. The Fall of the Niebelungs Nay, now, my comrade, you will not be mean enough to scold about my short kirtle, when it was you who taught me to do the things that make a short kirtle necessary! The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days She stood in scanty kirtle that came scarcely to her knees, her shoulders were bare, her curly brown hair unbound and tangled. The Metal Monster Out then spake a little page Was clad in kirtle red: “Sweet Signy burns in her bower aloft, With all her mays unwed.” Poems By the Way She was no longer in her war-gear, but was clad after her wont of Shadowy Vale, in nought but a white woollen kirtle. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale He had cast aside the splendor of the royal guards, wearing over his steel shirt a kirtle of blue that made his florid face seem redder and gave to his fiery hair a hotter glow. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest The little maid carried an anxious heart to her task of mending Helga's torn kirtle. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days Enter MARIA, carrying a kirtle full of flowers. The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 No shoes upon her feet she had And scantly were her shoulders clad; Through her brown kirtle’s rents full wide Shone out the sleekness of her side. Poems By the Way As for the Sun-beam, she was clad in a white kirtle embroidered from throat to hem with work of green boughs and flowers of the goodliest fashion, and a garland of roses on her head. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale Coming close to him, she pulled aside the dusty cloak, hot as a live coal in the glare of the day, and there—behold!—there were blood stains on the breast of his blue kirtle. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest Christina scarcely knew how she conveyed herself and her blue kirtle across the bemired stones to the next and still darker portal, under which a wide but rough ill-hewn stair ascended. The Dove in the Eagle's Nest The first companion was a lovely woman, jewel-hung, wearing false flowers in her streaming hair, and beneath her bared breasts a kirtle of white silk. Red Eve Through thy rent kirtle once again Thy shining shoulder showeth plain.” Poems By the Way She had a dark cloak cast over her kirtle, and had left her glittering gown behind her in the House. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale I am no English girl, to tremble and hide under a mean kirtle. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest The girls only wore the plain black kirtles that had been brought from Haddington at the time of the funeral, and the little boys had such homespun garments as the shepherd lads wore. Two Penniless Princesses ‘Nay never more,’ quoth the child, ‘For I see his pale head lying at Raven’s feet; but his body with the green gold-broidered kirtle I see not.’ The House of the Wolfings Full many a bow there was bent, And arrows let they glide, Many a kirtle there was rent, And hurt man-y a side. A Bundle of Ballads Said Face-of-god, looking on the three: ‘How comes it, maidens, that ye are but in your kirtles this sharp autumn morning? or where have ye left your gowns or your cloaks?’ The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale When Marguerite turned away from the mechanical toy, the last of the little crowd had disappeared, and she was alone in the booth with the woman in the dark kirtle and black lace hood. The Elusive Pimpernel She put her hand to her kirtle and gripped the knife at her side. Eric Brighteyes The braggart March stood in the season's door With his broad shoulders blocking up the way, Shaking the snow-flakes from the cloak he wore, And from the fringes of his kirtle gray. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies; A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 For indeed they were clad but in close-fitting blue kirtles of fine wool, embroidered about the hems with gold and coloured threads. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale It spreads the tail of its white kirtle over the red seams of the rugged north—and the Alaskan short story is born. Waifs and Strays Part 1 Indeed she would have fallen and been lost, had not Skallagrim, lying on his breast in the narrow hole, stretched out his arms, caught her by the cloak and kirtle and dragged her to him. Eric Brighteyes They mind me just a slip o' girl in tattered kirtle blue, But oh they loved me for myself, and not for what I do! Anthology of Massachusetts Poets Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither,—soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 And I am weary withal, and this kirtle is light and easy to me. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale Stop, will you wear another woman’s short kirtle over your cuisses and taslet? A Monk of Fife Loosing his hold of the cliff, he turns, facing the rock, and, bending over Gudruda, twists his hands in her kirtle below the breast and above the knee. Eric Brighteyes "Now, may God grant it, dear lady!" said Janet—"not that I may go with gayer apparel, but that we may both wear our kirtles over lighter hearts." Kenilworth Her long velvet habit was deeply edged with fur, and both kirtle and head-gear were of a rich purple tinge, while from beneath the latter just peeped a heavy coil of sunny, golden hair. Historic Girls There will I make thee a bed of roses, With a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle. Sonnets on Sundry Notes of Music Come forth,” he said, taking a long pull at a tankard,—“that nothing might be wasted,”—and so we went to quarters, and Randal trudged off, soon coming back, laughing, with the red kirtle. A Monk of Fife He leaps from his horse, and even as she looses the stone, clutches Swanhild's kirtle and hurls her back. Eric Brighteyes In this one at least wimple and kirtle reigned supreme; doublets and hose were few in number, and feeble in act. The Cloister and the Hearth Her eyes were large, and full of light, Her arms and neck were bare; No garment she wore save a kirtle bright, And her own long, raven hair. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Housed beneath the gracious kirtle Of the shadowy water-myrtle— Winds may kiss with heat and hurtle, He is safe by Mooni yet! Bulchevy's Book of English Verse Then the knights fetched the club and the kirtle, and some of the treasure they took to themselves, and returned again to the host. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 But Swanhild ran to that shut bed where she slept, and, closing the curtain, threw off her garments, shook the snow from her hair, and put on a linen kirtle. Eric Brighteyes But bide a bit till the hawthorn bloom, and anon thy walls put on their kirtle of brave roses, and sweet woodbine, Have we forgotten thee, and the foolish things thou lovest? The Cloister and the Hearth Now the Earl saw Swanhild and thought the maid wondrous fair, and so indeed she was, as she moved scornfully to and fro in her kirtle of white. Eric Brighteyes And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies; A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle. Bulchevy's Book of English Verse Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither—soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Bulchevy's Book of English Verse |
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