The Book of British BalladsSamuel Carter Hall Douglas, printer, 1844 - 152 Seiten |
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... bright before . " 66 It is a striking feature of the more ancient of these poems , that , although the productions of a barbarous age , they are free from moral objections ; they are alike undegraded by rudeness and undebased by ...
... bright before . " 66 It is a striking feature of the more ancient of these poems , that , although the productions of a barbarous age , they are free from moral objections ; they are alike undegraded by rudeness and undebased by ...
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... bright ; Full twenty hundred Scottish speres All marching in our sight ; All men of pleasant Tivydale , Fast by the river Tweede : ' ' Then cease your sports , ' Erle Percy said , ' And take your bows with speede : And now with me , my ...
... bright ; Full twenty hundred Scottish speres All marching in our sight ; All men of pleasant Tivydale , Fast by the river Tweede : ' ' Then cease your sports , ' Erle Percy said , ' And take your bows with speede : And now with me , my ...
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... bright : And now sharp blows , a heavy shower , On shields and helmets light . They closed full fast on everye side , Noe slacknes there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground . O Christ ! it was a griefe to ...
... bright : And now sharp blows , a heavy shower , On shields and helmets light . They closed full fast on everye side , Noe slacknes there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground . O Christ ! it was a griefe to ...
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... bright , And many a gallant brave suitor had shee , For none was soe comelye as pretty Bessee . And though shee was of favor most faire , Yett seeing she was but a poor beggars heyre , Ofancyent housekeepers despised was shee , Whose ...
... bright , And many a gallant brave suitor had shee , For none was soe comelye as pretty Bessee . And though shee was of favor most faire , Yett seeing she was but a poor beggars heyre , Ofancyent housekeepers despised was shee , Whose ...
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... bright , That late was betrothed unto a younge knight ; All the discourse thereof you may see ; But now comes the wedding of pretty Bessee . Within a gallant palace most brave , Adorned with all the cost they could have , This wedding ...
... bright , That late was betrothed unto a younge knight ; All the discourse thereof you may see ; But now comes the wedding of pretty Bessee . Within a gallant palace most brave , Adorned with all the cost they could have , This wedding ...
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Aldingar arms arrow awaye babe ballad Balow barons blude bold bonny bower breast bright Colonsay comelye daughter dead dear deere eyes fair Annet fast father Fause Foodrage fayre fear fell fight frae gallant gane Gil Morrice gold grene wode gude hall hame hand hast hath heart heire of Linne Hermitage Castle King Arthur King Estmere kiss knee knight lady ladye land Little John Lord loud maid mair mankynde I love maun Minstrelsy ne'er never noble o'er Percy pretty Bessee queene quoth Robin Hood rose Rudiger sall sayd sayes Scott Scottish Scottish Border shee shold Sir Aldingar Sir Cauline Sir Patrick Spens Sir Walter Scott slain sleip song Soulis steed stood sweet sword tears thee weip thine thou art tree true love unto weel wold wyll Yett
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Seite 71 - I'm the chief of Ulva's isle, And this Lord Ullin's daughter. — And fast before her father's men Three days we've fled together, For should he find us in the glen, My blood would stain the heather. His horsemen hard behind us ride ; Should they our steps discover...
Seite 71 - I'll forgive your Highland chief. My daughter ! Oh ! my daughter...
Seite 60 - Few sorrows hath she of her own. My hope ! my joy ! my Genevieve ! She loves me best, whene'er I sing The songs that make her grieve.
Seite 34 - Wi' the auld moon in her arm; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap, It was sic a deadly storm; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship, Till a
Seite 61 - And saved from outrage worse than death The lady of the land ; And how she wept and...
Seite viii - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Seite 150 - Knight; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair. "His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en another mate, So we may mak our dinner sweet. "Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, And I'll pick out his bonny blue een: Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare.
Seite 108 - The youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds. "How pleasant...
Seite 60 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Seite 34 - A' for the sake of their true loves ; For them they'll see nae mair. O lang, lang, may the ladyes sit, Wi' their fans into their hand, Before they see Sir Patrick Spens Come sailing to the strand ! And lang, lang, may the maidens sit, Wi' their goud kaims in their hair, A' waiting for their ain dear loves ! For them they'll see nae mair.