Like snails did creep
A little out, and then,
As if they playéd at bo-peep,
Did soon draw in again.
were stolen (and spoilt in the stealing), from Sir John Suckling’s inimitable Ballad upon a Wedding:
Her feet beneath her petticoat,
Like little mice, stole in and out,
As if they feared the light:
But oh! she dances such a way!
No sun upon an Easter-day