 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 512 pages
...wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease, " Nor fishes in the flood, " Till my three sons come hame to me, " In earthly flesh and blood !" It fell about the Martinmass, Whan nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sons came hame, And their hats... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 504 pages
...wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease, " Nor fishes in the flood, " Till my three sons come hame to me, " In earthly flesh...birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. " Blow up the fire, my maidens... | |
 | Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821 - 516 pages
...wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease, " Nor fishes in the flood, " Till my three sons come hame to me, " In earthly flesh...birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. 8 MINSTRELSY OF " Blow up the... | |
 | Minstrelsy - 1827 - 566 pages
...carline wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease, Nor fishes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me In earthly flesh and blood ! Q It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sons came... | |
 | William Motherwell - Ballads - 1827 - 566 pages
...carline wife, That her sons she'd never see. *' I wish the wind may never cease, Nor fishes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me In earthly flesh and blood ! 121 It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sons came... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease,t Nor fishes? in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me, In earthly flesh...birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise. That birk grew fair eneugh.ll 1 The notion. that the souls... | |
 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1833 - 386 pages
...wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease,1 Nor fishes2 in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me, In earthly flesh and hlood!"— * It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sous... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...never see. " I wish the wind may never cease,' Nor fishes ' in the flood, Till my three sons come hanie to me, In earthly flesh and blood ! " — It fell...birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch. Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. J ' The tense of this »erse... | |
 | Richard John King - Fairies - 1840 - 128 pages
...again in "The Wife of Usher's Well"— " It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirkj The Carline wife's three sons came hame And their...birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates of Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh." The mode of access again to these... | |
 | Richard John King - Fairies - 1840 - 124 pages
...about wi' gillyflowers; I wot sweet company for to see!" and again in "The Wife of Usher's Well"— " It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk; The Carline wife's three sons came harm: And their hats were o" the birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But... | |
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It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. 
