Selections from the Early Ballad Poetry of England and ScotlandRichard John King Pickering, 1842 - 291 страници |
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... arrowes kene . " Their favourite heroes were some band of out- laws " Idling in the greneschawe , " Guesses at Truth , First Series , p . 48 . and well indeed might the greatest of modern poets give xxxiv INTRODUCTION .
... arrowes kene . " Their favourite heroes were some band of out- laws " Idling in the greneschawe , " Guesses at Truth , First Series , p . 48 . and well indeed might the greatest of modern poets give xxxiv INTRODUCTION .
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... arrowes whidderan that ran by , " and every fray of one clan with the men of another was " fought over again " in song . On the other hand , the English ballads are marked by a species of melancholy throughout , as though they touched ...
... arrowes whidderan that ran by , " and every fray of one clan with the men of another was " fought over again " in song . On the other hand , the English ballads are marked by a species of melancholy throughout , as though they touched ...
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... arrowes , and litle horne , Now with me I will beare ; For I will away to Barnèsdale , To see how my men doe fare . Robin Hood sett Guyes horne to his mouth , And a loud blast in it did blow , That beheard the sheriffe of Nottingham ...
... arrowes , and litle horne , Now with me I will beare ; For I will away to Barnèsdale , To see how my men doe fare . Robin Hood sett Guyes horne to his mouth , And a loud blast in it did blow , That beheard the sheriffe of Nottingham ...
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... arrowes eche one : When the sheriffe saw Little John bend his bow , He fettled him to be gone . Towards his house in Nottingham towne , He fled full fast away ; And soe did all his companye : Not one behind wold stay . But he cold ...
... arrowes eche one : When the sheriffe saw Little John bend his bow , He fettled him to be gone . Towards his house in Nottingham towne , He fled full fast away ; And soe did all his companye : Not one behind wold stay . But he cold ...
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... arrowes kene ; To raise the dere out of theyr denne ; Suche sightes hath ofte bene sene ; As by thre yemen of the north countrèy , By them it is I meane . The one of them hight Adam Bel , The other Clym of the Clough , The thyrd was ...
... arrowes kene ; To raise the dere out of theyr denne ; Suche sightes hath ofte bene sene ; As by thre yemen of the north countrèy , By them it is I meane . The one of them hight Adam Bel , The other Clym of the Clough , The thyrd was ...
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Adam Bell agayne ancient Annie Armorica arrowes awaye ballad banyshed Beowulf bonny milldams Border bright Carleile castle Cloudeslè daughter daye deare deere English Erl Richard Erle Douglas Ettricke Foreste fair Fair Annie fast fayre fight frae grete gude hall hame hand harpe Harry Percy hart hast hath hill Johnie King Arthur kyng Estmere lady ladye land Lochroyan Lord Gregory mair mankynde manye milldams of Binnorie myght mynde myne never Outlaw Outlaw Murray Percy queene quoth Robin Hood Romance ryght sall sayd the kyng saye Scotland Scottish shal shalt shee sholde Sir Aldingar sir Gawaine Sir Patrick Spens Sir Walter slain slayne sore steed swerde sword syde syr Cauline thee theyr Thomas the Rhymer thre tree Trouvères tyde weel wold wood wyfe wyll Wyllyam wyth yemen
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