The Ballads of Scotland, Volume 2William Edmondstoune Aytoun W. Blackwood and sons, 1859 - Ballads, English |
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... JOHN SETON ..139 ANNIE LAURIE GIL MORICE .143 .145 THE MOTHER'S MALISON .155 THE BONNIE BANKS O ' FORDIE ... .. .1.59 THE WIFE OF AUCHTERMUCHTY .. .162 DICK O ' THE COW .167 THE GAY GOSS - HAWK .178 JOHNIE FAA .. .183 THE DOWIE DENS O ...
... JOHN SETON ..139 ANNIE LAURIE GIL MORICE .143 .145 THE MOTHER'S MALISON .155 THE BONNIE BANKS O ' FORDIE ... .. .1.59 THE WIFE OF AUCHTERMUCHTY .. .162 DICK O ' THE COW .167 THE GAY GOSS - HAWK .178 JOHNIE FAA .. .183 THE DOWIE DENS O ...
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... JOHN GILCHRIST of Edinburgh . It is limited in extent , but was care- fully edited ; and besides ballads , it contains many curious specimens of Scottish humorous poetry . MR DAVID LAING's unique volume , " Select Re- mains of the ...
... JOHN GILCHRIST of Edinburgh . It is limited in extent , but was care- fully edited ; and besides ballads , it contains many curious specimens of Scottish humorous poetry . MR DAVID LAING's unique volume , " Select Re- mains of the ...
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... John Barbour , Archdeacon of Aber- deen , finished his poem of " The Bruce " in the year 1375 . It would be absurd to institute a comparison between Chaucer and Barbour - the former being one of the greatest poets of the world lviii ...
... John Barbour , Archdeacon of Aber- deen , finished his poem of " The Bruce " in the year 1375 . It would be absurd to institute a comparison between Chaucer and Barbour - the former being one of the greatest poets of the world lviii ...
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... John Gower , Shakespeare's personified prologue , to whom indeed he has acknowledged his obligation : " Unto impugning of my masters dear , Gower and Chaucer , that on the stepés sate Of rhetoric , while they were living here ...
... John Gower , Shakespeare's personified prologue , to whom indeed he has acknowledged his obligation : " Unto impugning of my masters dear , Gower and Chaucer , that on the stepés sate Of rhetoric , while they were living here ...
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... John , which the bards and minstrels used to sing , in preference to all others of the same kind of compositions . These popular songs and ballads , of which we can merely trace the existence , * were , in all probability , writ- ten by ...
... John , which the bards and minstrels used to sing , in preference to all others of the same kind of compositions . These popular songs and ballads , of which we can merely trace the existence , * were , in all probability , writ- ten by ...
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Page 40 - He has gotten a coat of the even cloth, And a pair of shoes of velvet green ; And till seven years were gane and past, True Thomas on earth was never seen.
Page 39 - So thick beset with thorns and briers? That is the path of righteousness, Though after it but few enquires. 'And see ye not that braid braid road. That lies across that lily leven? That is the path of wickedness. Though some call it the road to heaven, 'And see ye not that bonny road That winds about the fernie brae?
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