The Works of Walter Scott, Esq, Volume 1James Ballantyne and Company, 1806 - Ballads, English |
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Page iii
... English , and to their sovereign . The sun of Douglas set in blood . The mur- ders of the sixth earl , and his brother , in the cas- tle of Edinburgh , were followed by that of their successor , poignarded at Stirling by the hand of his ...
... English , and to their sovereign . The sun of Douglas set in blood . The mur- ders of the sixth earl , and his brother , in the cas- tle of Edinburgh , were followed by that of their successor , poignarded at Stirling by the hand of his ...
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... English , deprived of many of their most gallant chiefs , and harassed by the intestine struggles of the survivors , were reduced to a wil- derness , inhabited only by the beasts of the field , and by a few more brutal warriors . Lord ...
... English , deprived of many of their most gallant chiefs , and harassed by the intestine struggles of the survivors , were reduced to a wil- derness , inhabited only by the beasts of the field , and by a few more brutal warriors . Lord ...
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... English residents , of the devastation occasioned by the depredations of the Elliots , Scotts , and Arm- strongs , connived at , and encouraged , by Max- 1528 well , Buccleuch , and Fairnihirst . At a convention of border commissioners ...
... English residents , of the devastation occasioned by the depredations of the Elliots , Scotts , and Arm- strongs , connived at , and encouraged , by Max- 1528 well , Buccleuch , and Fairnihirst . At a convention of border commissioners ...
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... English , and the exiled Douglasses , were defeated by the . Lords Huntly and Home ; but this was a transient gleam of success . Kelso was burned , and the bor- 1542 ders ravaged , by the Duke of Norfolk ; and finally , the rout of ...
... English , and the exiled Douglasses , were defeated by the . Lords Huntly and Home ; but this was a transient gleam of success . Kelso was burned , and the bor- 1542 ders ravaged , by the Duke of Norfolk ; and finally , the rout of ...
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... English monarch . There is still in existence the spirited instrument of vindication , by which he renounces his connection with Eng- land , and the honours and estates which had been proffered him , as the price of treason to his ...
... English monarch . There is still in existence the spirited instrument of vindication , by which he renounces his connection with Eng- land , and the honours and estates which had been proffered him , as the price of treason to his ...
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Page 9 - Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The anchors brak, and the top-masts lap, It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves cam' o'er the broken ship, Till a
Page 10 - To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall topmast, But I fear you'll ne'er spy land.
Page c - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Page 8 - To send us out, at this time of the year, "To sail upon the sea? "Be it wind, be it weet, be it hail, be it sleet, "Our ship must sail the faem; "The king's daughter of Noroway, '"Tis we must fetch her hame...
Page 6 - To sail this new ship of mine ?" , O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the king's right knee, — " Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor,
Page 12 - A' for the sake of their true loves ; For them they'll see na mair. O lang, lang, may the ladyes sit, Wi' their fans into their hand, Before they see Sir Patrick Spens Come sailing to the strand ! And lang, lang, may the maidens sit, Wi...
Page 11 - He hadna gane a step, a step, A step but barely ane, When a bout flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. " Gae, fetch a web o' the silken claith, " Another o' the twine, " And wap them into our ship's side,
Page 7 - O whare will I get a skeely skipper, To sail this new ship of mine?' O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the King's right knee, 'Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That ever sailed the sea.
Page 197 - And he has plunged in wi' a' his band, And safely swam them through the stream. He turned him on the other side, And at Lord Scroope his glove flung he — "If ye like na my visit in merry England, In fair Scotland come visit me...
Page 66 - Tis pleasant there to be ; But there is nought at Otterbourne, To feed my men and me. " The deer rins wild on hill and dale, The birds fly wild from tree to tree ; But there is neither bread nor kale, To fend my men and me.