The Book of British BalladsSamuel Carter Hall Douglas, printer, 1844 - 152 страници |
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... Ne may not fayle of good vitayle , Where is so grete plentè : And water clere of the ryvère Shall be full swete to me ; With which in hele I shall ryght wele Endure , as ye shall see ; And , er we go , a bedde or two I can provyde anone ...
... Ne may not fayle of good vitayle , Where is so grete plentè : And water clere of the ryvère Shall be full swete to me ; With which in hele I shall ryght wele Endure , as ye shall see ; And , er we go , a bedde or two I can provyde anone ...
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... er , And they'll ne'er bleed nae mair . ' He's lifted his brother upon his back , Ta'en him to yon well fair ; He's washed his bluidy wounds o'er and o'er , But they bleed ay mair and mair . Tak ye aff my Holland sark , And rive it gair ...
... er , And they'll ne'er bleed nae mair . ' He's lifted his brother upon his back , Ta'en him to yon well fair ; He's washed his bluidy wounds o'er and o'er , But they bleed ay mair and mair . Tak ye aff my Holland sark , And rive it gair ...
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... ne'er sae red , Nor e'er sae dear to me ; ' O what blude ' s that upon your cheek ? O dear son , tell to me . ' ' It is the blude of my greyhound , He wadna hunt for me . ' " O thy hounds blude was ne'er sae red , Nor e'er sae dear to ...
... ne'er sae red , Nor e'er sae dear to me ; ' O what blude ' s that upon your cheek ? O dear son , tell to me . ' ' It is the blude of my greyhound , He wadna hunt for me . ' " O thy hounds blude was ne'er sae red , Nor e'er sae dear to ...
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Samuel Carter Hall. And thus have you learned a secrette from mee , That ne'er had been knowne , but for pret- ty Bessee . ' Now when the faire companye everye one , Had heard the strange tale in the song hee had showne , They all were ...
Samuel Carter Hall. And thus have you learned a secrette from mee , That ne'er had been knowne , but for pret- ty Bessee . ' Now when the faire companye everye one , Had heard the strange tale in the song hee had showne , They all were ...
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... ne'er spy land . ' He hadna gane a step , a step , A step , but barely ane , When a boult flew out of our goodly ship , And the salt sea it came in . ' Gae fetch a web o ' the silken claith , Another o ' the twine , And wap them into ...
... ne'er spy land . ' He hadna gane a step , a step , A step , but barely ane , When a boult flew out of our goodly ship , And the salt sea it came in . ' Gae fetch a web o ' the silken claith , Another o ' the twine , And wap them into ...
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Страница 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...
Страница 71 - I'll forgive your Highland chief. My daughter ! Oh ! my daughter...
Страница 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.
Страница 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
Страница 61 - And saved from outrage worse than death The lady of the land ; And how she wept and...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.