The Legendary Cabinet: A Collection of British National Ballads, Ancient and ModernW. Joy, 1829 - 436 من الصفحات |
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... laid in foreign countries ; and also translations from foreign lan- guages , which are now numerous , and some of them very beautiful . Nor was it possible to include in this volume half the beauties of British Ballads . Should ...
... laid in foreign countries ; and also translations from foreign lan- guages , which are now numerous , and some of them very beautiful . Nor was it possible to include in this volume half the beauties of British Ballads . Should ...
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... lay , § By swords untimely swept away ; And seven , the earls of Anlaf's train . Unnumbered pirates from the main , || * Saxon , " the more ( i . e . greater ) twinkler . ” + North - men , - a general term for Danes , called also ...
... lay , § By swords untimely swept away ; And seven , the earls of Anlaf's train . Unnumbered pirates from the main , || * Saxon , " the more ( i . e . greater ) twinkler . ” + North - men , - a general term for Danes , called also ...
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... lay . ' Vailed not his barons to deplore , Young Atguth , old in wisdom's lore ; By bill - men stretched on foreign earth , §— Nought served his valour , nought his worth . " Steven , " a word which continued in use till the fifteenth ...
... lay . ' Vailed not his barons to deplore , Young Atguth , old in wisdom's lore ; By bill - men stretched on foreign earth , §— Nought served his valour , nought his worth . " Steven , " a word which continued in use till the fifteenth ...
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... lay ; Who sent Earl Percy present word He would prevent his sport . The English Earl , not fearing that , Did to the woods resort , With fifteen hundred bowmen bold ; All chosen men of might , Who knew full well , in time of need , To ...
... lay ; Who sent Earl Percy present word He would prevent his sport . The English Earl , not fearing that , Did to the woods resort , With fifteen hundred bowmen bold ; All chosen men of might , Who knew full well , in time of need , To ...
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... Lay gasping on the ground . O Christ ! it was a grief to see , And likewise for to hear The cries of men lying in ... laid on load , And made a cruel fight . * This , in the old ballad , is the beginning of the second fytte , or fit ...
... Lay gasping on the ground . O Christ ! it was a grief to see , And likewise for to hear The cries of men lying in ... laid on load , And made a cruel fight . * This , in the old ballad , is the beginning of the second fytte , or fit ...
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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?
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 413 - Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, Merrily, merrily, mingle they,
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 223 - With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.
الصفحة 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?
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.