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... side . Each of the systems , it is true , does in part satisfactorily account for this species of poetick compositions , but it would require them all blended together to obviate every objection which applies to each singly . Supposing ...
... side . Each of the systems , it is true , does in part satisfactorily account for this species of poetick compositions , but it would require them all blended together to obviate every objection which applies to each singly . Supposing ...
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... side of a narrow slip of paper , but those meant for being vended through the country by the worshipful fraternity of Flying Stationers , have the honour of being made up into the Book form . The historick ballads of Scotland will not ...
... side of a narrow slip of paper , but those meant for being vended through the country by the worshipful fraternity of Flying Stationers , have the honour of being made up into the Book form . The historick ballads of Scotland will not ...
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... side prevailed , and of which some speci- mens are preserved in the chronicles of the latter , do not properly belong to the class of narrative ballads . These rhymes , it may be stated , are written in what is called the " ryme Cowee ...
... side prevailed , and of which some speci- mens are preserved in the chronicles of the latter , do not properly belong to the class of narrative ballads . These rhymes , it may be stated , are written in what is called the " ryme Cowee ...
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... side , but who , like the False Sir John of the ballad of May Colvin , falls himself into the snare he had set for his love . The ballad alluded to begins thus : Lady Isabel sits in her bouir sewing , Aye as the gowans grow gay ; She ...
... side , but who , like the False Sir John of the ballad of May Colvin , falls himself into the snare he had set for his love . The ballad alluded to begins thus : Lady Isabel sits in her bouir sewing , Aye as the gowans grow gay ; She ...
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... side . 43. HOBIE NOBLE . " The New British Songster , a Collection of Songs , Scots and Eng- lish , with Toasts and Sentiments for the Bottle . - Falkirk , 1785 , " furnishes a ballad which belongs to a numerous class of Scottish ...
... side . 43. HOBIE NOBLE . " The New British Songster , a Collection of Songs , Scots and Eng- lish , with Toasts and Sentiments for the Bottle . - Falkirk , 1785 , " furnishes a ballad which belongs to a numerous class of Scottish ...
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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!