| Walter Scott - 1806 - 478 pages
...best sailor, " That ever sail'd the sea." Our king has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking...The first word that Sir Patrick read, Sae loud loud laughed he ; The neist word that Sir Patrick read, The tear blinded his e'e. " O wha is this has done... | |
| John Finlay - Ballads, Scots - 1808 - 234 pages
...best sailor " That ever sail'd the sea." Our king has written a braid letter, And sign'd it wi' his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. * Skeely skipper, skilful mariner. D " To Noroway, to Noroway, " To Noroway o'er the faem ; " The king's... | |
| John Finlay - Ballads, Scots - 1808 - 238 pages
...best sailor " That ever sail'd the sea." Our king has written a braid letter, And sign'd it wi' his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. * Skeely skipper, skilful mariner. D " To Noroway, to Noroway, " To Noroway o'er the faem ; " The king's... | |
| Scottish border - 1821 - 718 pages
...best sailor, " That ever sail'd the sea." Our King has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking...The first word that Sir Patrick read, Sae loud loud laughed he ; The neist word that Sir Patrick read, The tear blinded his e'e. " O wha is this has done... | |
| Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821 - 534 pages
...best sailor, " That ever saiPd the sea." Our King has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking...strand. " To Noroway, to Noroway, " To Noroway o'er the facm; " The King's daughter of Noroway, " 'Tis thou maun bring her hame." The first word that Sir Patrick... | |
| Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 532 pages
...best sailor, " That ever sail'd the sea." Our King has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. * In singing, the interjection O is added to the second and fourth line*. -|- Skecfy Skipper—Skilful... | |
| William Motherwell - Ballads - 1827 - 566 pages
...best sailor That ever sailed the sea." Our king has written a braid letter, And sealed it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking...The first word that Sir Patrick read, Sae loud loud laughed he ; The neist word that Sir Patrick read, The tear blindit his e'e. 11 " O whsi is this has... | |
| Minstrelsy - 1827 - 566 pages
...best sailor That ever sailed the sea." Our king has written a braid letter, And sealed it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking...The first word that Sir Patrick read, Sae loud loud laughed he ; The neist word that Sir Patrick read, The tear blindit his e'e. " O wha is this has done... | |
| Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 432 pages
...Malcolm Caumore to that of Alexander III. The king has written a braid letter, And signed it wi* his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the sand.* The first line that Sir Patrick read, A loud lauch lauchit he; The second line that Sir Patrick... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...best sailor, That ever sailed the sea."— Our King has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking...The first word that Sir Patrick read, Sae loud loud laughed he; The neist word that Sir Patrick read, The tear blinded his ee. "O wha is this has done... | |
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