loathsome

Bijgewerkt: 29 mei 2025

And then with kind embracements, tempting kisses, And with declining head into his bosom Bid him shed tears, as being overjoy'd To see her noble lord restor'd to health, Who, for this seven years bath esteem'd him No better than a poor and loathsome beggar: And is the boy have not a woman's gift, To rain a shower of commanded tears, An onion will do well for such a shift; Which in a napkin being close convey'd, Shall in despite enforce a watery eye.

Josef Cohen - Nederlandsche Sagen en Legenden