 | 1887
...Border ballads. ' I sewed his sheet, making my mane ; I watched the corpse, myself alane ; I watched the body night and day ; No living creature came that way. ' I took his body on my back, And whiles I gaed, and whiles I sat ; I digg'da grave, and laid him in, And happ'd him with the sod... | |
 | 1804
...away ; And brought the king, that very night, Who brake my bower, and slew my knight. « He slew my knight, to me sae dear ; He slew my knight, and poin'd...for life did flee, And left me in extremitie. • I sew'tl his sheet, making my maw ; I watched the corpse, myself alane ; I watched his body, night and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806
...went away; And brought the king that very night, Who brake my bower, and slew my knight. He slew my knight, to me sae dear ; He slew my knight, and poin'd...all for life did flee, And left me in extremitie. • Poin'd— Poioded, attached by legal distress. • I sew'd his sheet, making my mane ; I watched... | |
 | Scottish border - 1812
...brought the king that very night, Who brake my bower, and slew my knight. He slew my knight, to me sac dear ; He slew my knight, and poin'd* his gear ; My servants all for life did flea, And left me in extremitie. * Poiu'd — Poinded, attached by legal distress. 320 I sew'd his... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821
...went away ; And brought the King that very night, Who brake my bower, and slew my knight. .He slew my knight, to me sae dear ; He slew my knight, and poin'd...all for life did flee, And left me in extremitie. * I'mifil. — Poinded, attached by legal distress. I sew'd his sheet, making my mane ; I watch'd the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 370 pages
...my knicht. He slew my knicht, to me sae dear, And burnt my bouir, and dravo my gear. My servants a' for life did flee, And left me in extremitie. I sew'd his sheet and made my maen ; I watch'd his corpse, myself alane ; I watch'd by nicht and I watch'd by day ; No... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833
...went away ; And brought the King that very night, Who brake my bower, and slew my knight. He slew my knight to me sae dear ; He slew my knight, and poin'd* his gear ; My servants all fer life did flee, And left me in extremitie. I sew'd his sheet, making my mane ; I watch'd the corpse,... | |
 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1833
...brake my bower, and slew my knight. He slew my knight, to me sae dear ; He slew my knight, and poiu'd1 his gear ; My servants all for life did flee, And left me in extremitie. I sewM his sheet, making my mane ; I watch'd the corpse, myself alane ; 1 Poin'd — Poinded, attached... | |
 | Richard John King - Ballads, English - 1842 - 291 pages
...brake my bower, and slew my knight. He slew my knight, to me sae dear; He slew my knight, and poin'd1 his gear; My servants all for life did flee, And left...creature came that way, I took his body on my back, And whiles I gaed, and whiles I sat I digg'da grave, and laid him in, And happ'd him with the sod sae... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 699 pages
...brake my bower, and slew my knight. He slew my knight to me sae dear j He slew my knight, and poiri'd* his gear ; My servants all for life did flee, And...extremitie. I sew'd his sheet, making my mane ; I watch d the corpse, myself alane ; I walch'd his body, night and day; No living creature came that... | |
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A brawer bower ye ne'er did see, Than my true love he built for me. There came a man, by middle day, He spied his sport, and went away ; And brought the king that very night, Who brake my bower, and slew my knight. He slew my knight, to me sae dear ;... 
