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Arthur Milman. eye , cleave to the popular ear , stir the popular heart . ' 1 But if it has indeed fulfilled all these conditions it would seem as if it might be employed for purposes of education even at the present time . For it is in ...
Arthur Milman. eye , cleave to the popular ear , stir the popular heart . ' 1 But if it has indeed fulfilled all these conditions it would seem as if it might be employed for purposes of education even at the present time . For it is in ...
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... heart of the common people , and were addressed rather to the nobles and learned . In re- ference to this classification it is not uninteresting to observe the very different process by which popular poetry was developed in England and ...
... heart of the common people , and were addressed rather to the nobles and learned . In re- ference to this classification it is not uninteresting to observe the very different process by which popular poetry was developed in England and ...
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... hearts , and even in the case of strangers has made the whole of Scotland as it were classic ground . The wilds of Roslin , Ettrick Forest , the shores of Yarrow , are household names familiar to the memory of every English reader . One ...
... hearts , and even in the case of strangers has made the whole of Scotland as it were classic ground . The wilds of Roslin , Ettrick Forest , the shores of Yarrow , are household names familiar to the memory of every English reader . One ...
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... hearts , Be lefte to moulder into dust ! ' Most loyal have yee been to mee , 75 Most true and faithful unto deathe : And , oh ! to rayse yee up againe , How freelye could I yielde my breathe ! 80 ' But see the traitor's yet alive , Lo ...
... hearts , Be lefte to moulder into dust ! ' Most loyal have yee been to mee , 75 Most true and faithful unto deathe : And , oh ! to rayse yee up againe , How freelye could I yielde my breathe ! 80 ' But see the traitor's yet alive , Lo ...
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... heart , Whose sweetness doth excelle : My royal Rose , a thousand times I bid thee now farwelle ! ' For I must leave my fairest flower , My sweetest Rose , a space , And cross the seas to famous France , Proud rebelles to abase . ' But ...
... heart , Whose sweetness doth excelle : My royal Rose , a thousand times I bid thee now farwelle ! ' For I must leave my fairest flower , My sweetest Rose , a space , And cross the seas to famous France , Proud rebelles to abase . ' But ...
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Page 251 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school : and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 245 - YE Mariners of England ! That guard our native seas ; Whose flag has braved a thousand years The battle and the breeze ! Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe ! And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 107 - Doglas, he says, Thow shalt never se that day; Nethar in Ynglonde, Skottlonde, nar France, Nor for no man of a woman born, But and fortune be my chance, I dar met him on man for on.
Page 75 - Our gude ship sails the morn." " Now ever alake, my master dear, I fear a deadly storm ! " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.
Page 244 - He was a wight of high renown, And thou art but of low degree: Tis pride that pulls the country down; Then take thine auld cloak about thee.
Page 60 - Now Robin Hood is to Nottingham gone, With a link, a down, and a day, And there he met with a silly old palmer, Was walking along the highway.
Page 106 - Ther-for the ton of us shall de this day." Then sayd the doughte Doglas Unto the lord Perse : " To kyll all thes giltles men, A-las ! it wear great pitte.
Page 74 - O whare will I get a skeely skipper, To sail this new ship of mine?' O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the King's right knee, 'Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That ever sailed the sea.
Page 59 - There are twelve months in all the year, As I hear many say, But the merriest month in all the year Is the merry month of May. Now Robin Hood is to Nottingham gone, With a link a down, and a day, And there he met a silly old woman, Was weeping on the way. ' What news ? what news ? thou silly old woman. What news hast thou for me?' Said she, 'There's my three sons in Nottingham town To-day condemned to die.
Page 100 - And he that had a bonnie boy, Sent out his horse to grass, And he that had not a bonnie boy, His ain servant he was. But up then spake a little page, Before the peep of dawn: 'O waken ye, waken ye, my good lord, For Percy's hard at hand.