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... noble or hut of the peasant . Their genuine ballads may be roughly classified under three heads or divisions . First , and perhaps most important , are the heroic . These belong mostly to the border country , and are common to the two ...
... noble or hut of the peasant . Their genuine ballads may be roughly classified under three heads or divisions . First , and perhaps most important , are the heroic . These belong mostly to the border country , and are common to the two ...
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... noble knightes , On one side there were left but three . 60 For all were slain that durst abide , And but some fewe that fled awaye : Ay mee ! it was a bloodye fielde , As ere was foughte on summer's daye . Upon king Arthur's own partyè ...
... noble knightes , On one side there were left but three . 60 For all were slain that durst abide , And but some fewe that fled awaye : Ay mee ! it was a bloodye fielde , As ere was foughte on summer's daye . Upon king Arthur's own partyè ...
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... them of their foe . ' Then straite he grasp'd his trustye speare , And on his horse then mounted hee : As his butler holpe him to his horse , His bowels gushed to his knee . 90 95 ' Alas ! ' then sayd the noble king , 24 BALLAD I.
... them of their foe . ' Then straite he grasp'd his trustye speare , And on his horse then mounted hee : As his butler holpe him to his horse , His bowels gushed to his knee . 90 95 ' Alas ! ' then sayd the noble king , 24 BALLAD I.
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Arthur Milman. ' Alas ! ' then sayd the noble king , ' That I should live this sight to see ! To see this good knight here be slaine , All for his love in helping mee . ' He put his speare into his reste , And to sir Mordred loud gan ...
Arthur Milman. ' Alas ! ' then sayd the noble king , ' That I should live this sight to see ! To see this good knight here be slaine , All for his love in helping mee . ' He put his speare into his reste , And to sir Mordred loud gan ...
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... noble army of patriotic Saxons , who , spurning a foreign yoke , but refusing to expatriate themselves , sought a refuge from the invaders in the remoter sylvan districts of England , and ever and anon issuing forth from their ...
... noble army of patriotic Saxons , who , spurning a foreign yoke , but refusing to expatriate themselves , sought a refuge from the invaders in the remoter sylvan districts of England , and ever and anon issuing forth from their ...
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