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... Late , late the yestreen , I weened in peace To end my lengthened life ; My age might well excuse my arm Frae manly feats of strife . But now that Norse does proudly boast Fair Scotland to enthrall , It's ne'er be said of Hardyknute He ...
... Late , late the yestreen , I weened in peace To end my lengthened life ; My age might well excuse my arm Frae manly feats of strife . But now that Norse does proudly boast Fair Scotland to enthrall , It's ne'er be said of Hardyknute He ...
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... late yestreen I saw the new moon , The auld moon in her arm . Ohon , alas ! says Patrick Spens , That bodes a deadly storm . But I maun sail the seas the morn , And likewise sae maun you ; To Noroway , wi ' our king's daughter- A chosen ...
... late yestreen I saw the new moon , The auld moon in her arm . Ohon , alas ! says Patrick Spens , That bodes a deadly storm . But I maun sail the seas the morn , And likewise sae maun you ; To Noroway , wi ' our king's daughter- A chosen ...
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... Late , late yestreen , I saw the new moon Wi ' the auld moon in her arm : And I fear , I fear , my master dear , That we will come to harm . ' [ They had na sailed a league , a league , A league but barely three , When the lift grew ...
... Late , late yestreen , I saw the new moon Wi ' the auld moon in her arm : And I fear , I fear , my master dear , That we will come to harm . ' [ They had na sailed a league , a league , A league but barely three , When the lift grew ...
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... Late , late yestreen , I saw the new moon'- -a very peculiar expression , be it remarked - are repeated in Hardyknute Late , late the yestreen I weened in peace , To end my lengthened life . The grief of the ladies at the catastrophe in ...
... Late , late yestreen , I saw the new moon'- -a very peculiar expression , be it remarked - are repeated in Hardyknute Late , late the yestreen I weened in peace , To end my lengthened life . The grief of the ladies at the catastrophe in ...
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... late Mr. Riddell of Glenriddell , a sedulous Border Antiquary . ' With these quo- tations I proceed to give as much of the ballad as will recall the story to the memory of the reader , leaving him to compare the verses , I do not say ...
... late Mr. Riddell of Glenriddell , a sedulous Border Antiquary . ' With these quo- tations I proceed to give as much of the ballad as will recall the story to the memory of the reader , leaving him to compare the verses , I do not say ...
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Aberdeen ancient antiquity auld author of Hardyknute authorship barely three be't Beheld baith dale Bent sae Brown body bleed bonny boy Bonny Earl bower Buchan Carterhaugh castle century Chambers's Childe Owlet Clerk Saunders composition copies deadly storm Douglas e'er Earl of Murray Edinburgh Fair Annie fair Janet Fause Foodrage frae Gil Morrice Godscroft Gos-hawk gowd gude church hadna hame historical ballads History Janet king king's daughter kirk knight LADY WARDLAW HERESY ladyes laith Lochryan manuscript maun mony noble Noroway o'er the faem old ballad old literature Otterbourne ower Percy Percy's Peter Buchan's pieces poem printed queen quoted recitation references remark Robert Chambers Romantic Ballads ROMANTIC SCOTTISH BALLADS says Scotland Scots lords Scott's Minstrelsy ship Sir Patrick Spence Sir Walter Scott song spake Spens stanzas style sung Sweet William's Ghost thee true love verses version of Sir wan water weet ye lie yestreen Young Tamlane Young Waters
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Page 27 - He was a braw gallant, And he rid at the ring; And the bonny Earl of Murray, Oh he might have been a King! He was a braw gallant, And he playd at the ba; And the bonny Earl of Murray, Was the flower amang them a'.
Page 11 - Wi' the auld moon in her arm; And, if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap, It was sic a deadly storm; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship, Till a
Page 20 - Prefixed to them both is an advertisement, setting forth that the preservation of this poem was owing to " a lady, who favoured the printers with a copy, as it was carefully collected from the mouths of old women and nurses ;" and " any reader that can render it more correct or complete," is desired to oblige the public with such improvements.
Page 41 - London, upon Saint James his day. "Upon Saint James his day at noon, at fair London will I be; And all the Lords in merry Scotland, they shall dine there with me.
Page 38 - The shirt that was upon his back Was o' the Holland fine ; The doublet which was over that Was o
Page 17 - 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 43 - O listen, listen, ladies gay ! No haughty feat of arms I tell ; Soft is the note, and sad the lay, That mourns the lovely Rosabelle. — " Moor, moor the barge, ye gallant crew ! And, gentle ladye, deign to stay ! Rest thee in Castle Ravensheuch, Nor tempt the stormy firth to-day. " The blackening wave is edged with white : To inch* and rock the sea-mews fly; The fishers have heard the Water-Sprite, Whose screams...
Page 23 - 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.
Page 29 - O bury me by the braken bush, Beneath the blooming brier, Let never living mortal ken That ere a kindly Scot lies here.