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... dead body he discovers in a recess of the hall . A description now occurs of the departure of Beowulf and his warriors from the country of the Gar Danes . They are conducted to their ship by the same warder who discovered their arrival ...
... dead body he discovers in a recess of the hall . A description now occurs of the departure of Beowulf and his warriors from the country of the Gar Danes . They are conducted to their ship by the same warder who discovered their arrival ...
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... Ye shal be hanged al thre . Ye shal be dead without mercy , As I am kynge of this lande . He commanded his officers everichone , Fast on them to lay hande . There they toke these good yemen , And arested them AND WILLIAM OF CLOUDESLY . 39.
... Ye shal be hanged al thre . Ye shal be dead without mercy , As I am kynge of this lande . He commanded his officers everichone , Fast on them to lay hande . There they toke these good yemen , And arested them AND WILLIAM OF CLOUDESLY . 39.
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... dead and gone , She layde her pale cold cheeke to his , And thus she made her moane . O staye , my deare and onlye lord , For mee thy faithfulle feere ; ' Tis meet that I shold followe thee , Who hast bought my love soe deare . Then ...
... dead and gone , She layde her pale cold cheeke to his , And thus she made her moane . O staye , my deare and onlye lord , For mee thy faithfulle feere ; ' Tis meet that I shold followe thee , Who hast bought my love soe deare . Then ...
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... was foughte on summer's daye . Upon king Arthur's own partyè , Onlye himselfe escaped there , And Lukyn duke of Gloster free , And the king's butler Bedevere . And when the king beheld his knightes , All dead 102 KING ARTHUR'S DEATH .
... was foughte on summer's daye . Upon king Arthur's own partyè , Onlye himselfe escaped there , And Lukyn duke of Gloster free , And the king's butler Bedevere . And when the king beheld his knightes , All dead 102 KING ARTHUR'S DEATH .
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Richard John King. And when the king beheld his knightes , All dead and scattered on the molde ; The teares fast trickled downe his face ; That manlye face in fight so bolde . Nowe reste yee all , brave knightes he said , So true and ...
Richard John King. And when the king beheld his knightes , All dead and scattered on the molde ; The teares fast trickled downe his face ; That manlye face in fight so bolde . Nowe reste yee all , brave knightes he said , So true and ...
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Page 273 - It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sons came hame, And their hats were o' the 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 I Bring water from the well ! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well.
Page 279 - O wha is this has done this deed, And tauld the king o' me, 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." They hoysed their sails on Monenday morn, Wi' a' the speed they may; They hae landed in Noroway, Upon a Wodensday.
Page 172 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
Page 174 - With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright.
Page 281 - O, where will I get a gude sailor To take my helm in hand, Till I get up to the tall top-mast To see if I can spy land ?" " O here am I, a sailor gude, To take the helm in hand, Till ye get up to the tall top-mast ; But I fear you'll ne'er spy land.
Page 224 - I digg'da grave, and laid him in, And happ'd him with the sod sae green. But think na ye my heart was sair, When I laid the moul...
Page 217 - He's lifted her on a milk-white steed, And himself on a dapple grey. With a bugelet horn hung down by his side, And slowly they baith rade away. O they rade on, and on they rade, And a...
Page 223 - There came a man, by middle day, He spied his sport, and went away; And brought the king that very night, Who brake my bower, and slew my knight. He slew my knight, to me sae dear ; He slew my knight, and poin'd his gear : My servants all for life did flee, And left me in extremitie.
Page 4 - In this our spacious isle, I think there is not one, But he hath heard some talk of him and little John; And to the end of time, the tales shall ne'er be done, Of Scarlock, George-a-Green, and Much the miller's son, Of Tuck the merry friar, which many a sermon made, In praise of Robin Hood, his out-laws, and their trade.
Page 192 - Light down, light down now, true Thomas, And lean your head upon my knee; Abide ye there a little space, And I will show you ferlies three.