The Legendary Cabinet: A Collection of British National Ballads, Ancient and ModernW. Joy, 1829 - 436 страници |
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... heard , and cheeks were wet ; For many a heavy ransom told , Must free their friends from captive hold : And they the weighty charge must brook , Which first , with oaths , they undertook . The Northern ships , with tackled gear ↑ And ...
... heard , and cheeks were wet ; For many a heavy ransom told , Must free their friends from captive hold : And they the weighty charge must brook , Which first , with oaths , they undertook . The Northern ships , with tackled gear ↑ And ...
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... Well sing'st thou , cuckoo ! Nor swik thou never now . ED . * i . e . Come . + " Goes to harbour in the fern . " . RITSON . Perhaps from vert , green . - ED . Be silent . CHEVY - CHASE . I never heard the old song P 2 SAXON ODE .
... Well sing'st thou , cuckoo ! Nor swik thou never now . ED . * i . e . Come . + " Goes to harbour in the fern . " . RITSON . Perhaps from vert , green . - ED . Be silent . CHEVY - CHASE . I never heard the old song P 2 SAXON ODE .
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... heard the old song of Piercy and Douglas , that I found not my heart more moved than with a trumpet ; and yet it is sung by some blind crowder , with no rougher voice than rude style , which being so evil ap- parelled in the dust and ...
... heard the old song of Piercy and Douglas , that I found not my heart more moved than with a trumpet ; and yet it is sung by some blind crowder , with no rougher voice than rude style , which being so evil ap- parelled in the dust and ...
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... heard it ever with eagerness and de- light ; and that mature age has looked back upon it with complacency and fondness , as the delight of childhood . KING ESTMERE . the THE high antiquity of this ballad CHEVY - CHASE . 23.
... heard it ever with eagerness and de- light ; and that mature age has looked back upon it with complacency and fondness , as the delight of childhood . KING ESTMERE . the THE high antiquity of this ballad CHEVY - CHASE . 23.
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... heard he blow , Over the bents so brown ; Quoth he , if cryance † come to my heart , I am far from any good town . And soon he spied on the moors so broad , A furious wight , and fell ; A lady bright his bridle led , Clad in a fair ...
... heard he blow , Over the bents so brown ; Quoth he , if cryance † come to my heart , I am far from any good town . And soon he spied on the moors so broad , A furious wight , and fell ; A lady bright his bridle led , Clad in a fair ...
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Страница 339 - TURN, gentle Hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread, With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds, immeasurably spread, Seem lengthening as I go." " Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom.
Страница 342 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Страница 435 - That light we see is burning in my hall. How far that little candle throws his beams ! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Страница 413 - Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, Merrily, merrily, mingle they,
Страница 345 - Twas Edwin's self that pressed ! "Turn, Angelina, ever- dear. My charmer, turn to see Thy own, thy long-lost Edwin here, Restored to love and thee. "Thus let me hold thee to my heart; And every care resign : And shall we never, never part, My life — my all that's mine ? " No, never from this hour to part, We'll live and love so true, The sigh that rends thy constant heart Shall break thy Edwin's too.
Страница 223 - With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.
Страница 358 - 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, Then who will cheer my bonny bride When they have slain her lover?
Страница 403 - No STIR in the air, no stir in the sea, The ship was still as she could be, Her sails from heaven received no motion, Her keel was steady in the ocean.
Страница 360 - It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
Страница 16 - I'll fight with heart and hand.' Our English archers bent their bows, Their hearts were good and true ; At the first flight of arrows sent Full fourscore Scots they slew.