| Walter Scott - 1806 - 478 pages
...the best sailor, " That ever sail'd the sea." Our king has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. " To Noroway, to Noroway, " To Noroway o'er the faem ; " The king's daughter of Noroway, "... | |
| John Finlay - Ballads, Scots - 1808 - 234 pages
...Spens is the best sailor " That ever sail'd the sea." Our king has written a braid letter, And sign'd it wi' his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. * Skeely skipper, skilful mariner. D " To Noroway, to Noroway, " To Noroway o'er the faem ;... | |
| John Finlay - Ballads, Scots - 1808 - 238 pages
...Spens is the best sailor " That ever sail'd the sea." Our king has written a braid letter, And sign'd it wi' his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. * Skeely skipper, skilful mariner. D " To Noroway, to Noroway, " To Noroway o'er the faem ;... | |
| Scottish border - 1821 - 718 pages
...the best sailor, " That ever sail'd the sea." Our King has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. " To Noroway, to Noroway, " To Noroway o'er the faem ; " The King's daughter of Noroway, "... | |
| Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 532 pages
...the best sailor, " That ever sail'd the sea." Our King has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. * In singing, the interjection O is added to the second and fourth line*. -|- Skecfy Skipper—Skilful... | |
| Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821 - 534 pages
...the best sailor, " That ever saiPd the sea." Our King has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. " To Noroway, to Noroway, " To Noroway o'er the facm; " The King's daughter of Noroway, " 'Tis... | |
| Minstrelsy - 1827 - 566 pages
...the best sailor That ever sailed the sea." Our king has written a braid letter, And sealed it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. "To Noroway, to Noroway, To Noroway o'er the faem ; The king's daughter of Noroway, Tis thou... | |
| William Motherwell - Ballads - 1827 - 566 pages
...the best sailor That ever sailed the sea." Our king has written a braid letter, And sealed it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. " To Noroway, to Noroway, To Noroway o'er the faem ; The king's daughter of Noroway, 'Tis thou... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...best sailor, That ever sailed the sea."— Our King has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. " To Noroway, to Noroway, To Noroway o'er the faem ; The king's daughter of Noroway, "Tis thou... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...best sailor, That ever sailed the sea." — Our King has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. " To Noroway, to Noroway, To Noroway o'er the faem ; The King's daughter of Noroway, 'T is... | |
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