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... original text , although it can scarcely be considered as such , seeing it has been transcribed by an English clerk , who perhaps took it down from the imperfect recitation of some wan- dering Scottish minstrel , and thereafter altered ...
... original text , although it can scarcely be considered as such , seeing it has been transcribed by an English clerk , who perhaps took it down from the imperfect recitation of some wan- dering Scottish minstrel , and thereafter altered ...
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... original moulds . We may regret that attention was not earlier bestow- ed on this neglected though interesting portion of national literature , but the only step we are warranted in taking to remedy what Sir Thomas Browne has ...
... original moulds . We may regret that attention was not earlier bestow- ed on this neglected though interesting portion of national literature , but the only step we are warranted in taking to remedy what Sir Thomas Browne has ...
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... original mechanism of all our ancient ballads , and the presence of which forms one of their most peculiar and dis- tinctive characteristicks , as contrasted with the modern ballad . Both of these copies , however , narrate the same ...
... original mechanism of all our ancient ballads , and the presence of which forms one of their most peculiar and dis- tinctive characteristicks , as contrasted with the modern ballad . Both of these copies , however , narrate the same ...
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... original text . Under the presence of such circumstances , then , it surely is the duty of the collector and editor of Traditionary ballads , to avoid the perilous and frequently abortive task , of uniting discordant and essen- tially ...
... original text . Under the presence of such circumstances , then , it surely is the duty of the collector and editor of Traditionary ballads , to avoid the perilous and frequently abortive task , of uniting discordant and essen- tially ...
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With an Historical Introd. and Notes William Motherwell. the age which produced the original poem . And , where the Ancient Minstrel , true in his delineations of society and of manners to the times in which he flourished , faithfully ...
With an Historical Introd. and Notes William Motherwell. the age which produced the original poem . And , where the Ancient Minstrel , true in his delineations of society and of manners to the times in which he flourished , faithfully ...
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Page liii - For Wetharryngton my harte was wo, That ever he slayne shulde be ; For when both his leggis wear hewyne in to, Yet he knyled and fought on hys kne.
Page 122 - Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well.
Page 121 - THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea. They hadna...
Page 45 - Hame cam his gude horse, But never cam he! Out cam his auld mither Greeting fu' sair, And out cam his bonnie bride Rivin' her hair. Saddled and bridled And booted rade he; Toom hame cam the saddle But never cam he! "My meadow lies green, And my corn is unshorn, My barn is to bigg, And my babie's unborn.
Page 374 - Lie you there, dove Isabel, And all my sorrows lie with thee ; Till Kemp Owyne come ower the sea, And borrow you with kisses three, Let all the warld do what they will, Oh borrowed shall you never be !
Page 7 - As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane ; The tane unto the t'other say, " Where sall we gang and dine to-day...
Page 184 - O mak' my bed, Lady Mother," he says, " O mak' it braid and deep ! And lay Lady Marg'ret close at my back, And the sounder I will sleep." Lord William was dead lang ere midnight, Lady Marg'ret lang ere day — And all true lovers that go thegither, May they have mair luck than they ! Lord William was buried in St.
Page 98 - O what hills are yon, yon pleasant hills, That the sun shines sweetly on ? ' ' O yon are the hills of heaven,' he said, ' Where you will never win.' ' 0 whaten a mountain is yon, she said, ' All so dreary wi' frost and snow ? ' ' O yon is the mountain of hell,' he cried,
Page 21 - The starling flew to his mother's window stane, It whistled and it sang ; And aye the ower word o' the tune Was — " Johnie tarries lang !
Page 183 - They lighted down to tak a drink Of the spring that ran sae clear; And down the stream ran his gude heart's blood, And sair she gan to fear. "Hold up, hold up, Lord William," she says "For I fear that you are slain!