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... heard of Lucy Gray , Oft in the stilly night , · Oh , call my brother back to me , Oh , Mary , go and call the cattle home , 133 185 257 239 276 292 349 139 Oh ! the days are gone when Beauty bright , 273 Oh , the sweet contentment ...
... heard of Lucy Gray , Oft in the stilly night , · Oh , call my brother back to me , Oh , Mary , go and call the cattle home , 133 185 257 239 276 292 349 139 Oh ! the days are gone when Beauty bright , 273 Oh , the sweet contentment ...
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... OUT OF FAITHFUL FRIENDS RICHARD EDWARDES IN going to my naked bed as one that would have slept , I heard a wife sing to her child , that long before had wept ; She sighed sore , and sang full sweet , to 2 SONGS AND BALLADS.
... OUT OF FAITHFUL FRIENDS RICHARD EDWARDES IN going to my naked bed as one that would have slept , I heard a wife sing to her child , that long before had wept ; She sighed sore , and sang full sweet , to 2 SONGS AND BALLADS.
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... heard the strange tale in the song he shown , They all were amazed , as well they might be , Both at the blind beggar , and pretty Bessee . With that the fair bride they all did embrace , t , ANONYMOUS 33 Thus was the feast ended with.
... heard the strange tale in the song he shown , They all were amazed , as well they might be , Both at the blind beggar , and pretty Bessee . With that the fair bride they all did embrace , t , ANONYMOUS 33 Thus was the feast ended with.
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... heard him play , Even the billows of the sea , Hung their heads , and then lay by . In sweet music is such art , Killing - care and grief - of - heart Fall asleep , or hearing , die . THE PEDLAR LAWN as white as driven snow ; Cypress ...
... heard him play , Even the billows of the sea , Hung their heads , and then lay by . In sweet music is such art , Killing - care and grief - of - heart Fall asleep , or hearing , die . THE PEDLAR LAWN as white as driven snow ; Cypress ...
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... fro , Soon as the well - known voice he heard , He sigh'd and cast his eyes below ; The cord flies swiftly through his glowing hands , And quick as lightning on the deck he stands . ' O Susan , Susan , lovely dear , My I JOHN GAY 129.
... fro , Soon as the well - known voice he heard , He sigh'd and cast his eyes below ; The cord flies swiftly through his glowing hands , And quick as lightning on the deck he stands . ' O Susan , Susan , lovely dear , My I JOHN GAY 129.
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Agincourt Allan Water Allen-a-Dale ANONYMOUS auld auld lang syne birds blood blow bonny Braes of Yarrow brave bride bright busk Camelot cheer cold cried dead dear death doth Earl eyes fair father fear flowers frae gallant gold gone grave Gray green Greensleeves hand hath hear heard heart Hearts of oak heaven heir of Linne High trolollie Inchcape Rock John king kiss Lady of Shalott land lassie light live looked Lord loud luve maid Mariner merry moon morning mother Nanie ne'er never night noble Nut-brown Maid o'er Oriana poor pray pretty Bessee quoth Robin Gray rose round sail ship sigh sing Sir Patrick Spens sleep SONGS AND BALLADS sorrow soul spake stood stormy sweet tears tell thee There's thine thro Twas unto waves weary weep wife wild wind wood wooing o't young
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Page 242 - River where ford there was none; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late : For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he...
Page 265 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!
Page 202 - Did send a dismal sheen: Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!
Page 260 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 120 - Go, lovely Rose! Tell her, that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died.
Page 177 - As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I, And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a" the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi
Page 212 - The sails at noon left off their tune, And the ship stood still also. The Sun, right up above the mast, Had fixed her to the ocean: But in a minute she 'gan stir, With a short uneasy motion— Backwards and forwards half her length With a short uneasy motion. Then like a pawing horse let go, She made a sudden bound: It flung the blood into my head, And I fell down in a swound.
Page 212 - twas like all instruments, Now like a lonely flute; And now it is an angel's song, That makes the heavens be mute. It ceased; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Page 207 - This body dropt not down Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
Page 239 - I met a little cottage girl: She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair, and very fair; —Her beauty made me glad. ' Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ?' ' How many ? Seven in all,' she said, And wondering looked at me.