The Ballads of Scotland, Volume 2William Edmondstoune Aytoun W. Blackwood and sons, 1859 - Ballads, English |
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... EARL OF MURRAY . 249 THE BATTLE OF BALRINNES .252 JOCK O ' THE SIDE . .264 HOBBIE NOBLE .271 DONALD OF THE ISLES .. .277 ELORE , LO .283 ROSLIN'S DAUGHTER ... .286 THE HONEYMOON ..292 INTRODUCTION . IN offering to the public a collected ...
... EARL OF MURRAY . 249 THE BATTLE OF BALRINNES .252 JOCK O ' THE SIDE . .264 HOBBIE NOBLE .271 DONALD OF THE ISLES .. .277 ELORE , LO .283 ROSLIN'S DAUGHTER ... .286 THE HONEYMOON ..292 INTRODUCTION . IN offering to the public a collected ...
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... Earl Richard's Wedding ; which the reader may confidently accept as ancient . are 99 But even Sir Walter Scott , with all his care and knowledge , was liable to imposition . It is now admitted that three ballads which appeared in the ...
... Earl Richard's Wedding ; which the reader may confidently accept as ancient . are 99 But even Sir Walter Scott , with all his care and knowledge , was liable to imposition . It is now admitted that three ballads which appeared in the ...
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... Earls , barons , and chieftains feasted in the hall with their re- tainers , and mingled with them in their sports ; and when the tables were drawn , and the minstrels called in , great was the crush to hear the last ballad of the ...
... Earls , barons , and chieftains feasted in the hall with their re- tainers , and mingled with them in their sports ; and when the tables were drawn , and the minstrels called in , great was the crush to hear the last ballad of the ...
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... Earl Richard , " and " The Border Widow's Lament . " As a set - off to these , I think we may fairly consider the fol- lowing ballads , which are current in England , " The Three Knights , " " The Outlandish Knight , " and " The West ...
... Earl Richard , " and " The Border Widow's Lament . " As a set - off to these , I think we may fairly consider the fol- lowing ballads , which are current in England , " The Three Knights , " " The Outlandish Knight , " and " The West ...
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... Earl of Surrey . ) But in the in- terval , Scotland produced several very distin- guished poets , to whose works I shall now refer . The foremost of these was James I. of Scotland , whose poem of " The King's Quhair " remains to us a ...
... Earl of Surrey . ) But in the in- terval , Scotland produced several very distin- guished poets , to whose works I shall now refer . The foremost of these was James I. of Scotland , whose poem of " The King's Quhair " remains to us a ...
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