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At the same time the extreme fidelity of ty - one tragic ballads , no less than five ,
of which the editor seems driven to excess ... to to the noble ballad of Hardyknute
, which has some prefer the worst to the better readings , as if their good verses .
At the same time the extreme fidelity of ty - one tragic ballads , no less than five ,
of which the editor seems driven to excess ... to to the noble ballad of Hardyknute
, which has some prefer the worst to the better readings , as if their good verses .
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Another collection which calls for anee of " Popular Ballads and songs , from Tra-
particular distinction , is in the same size ... four years which no antiquary had
hitherto so much as sus- Charles Leslie , a hawker , or ballad - singer , well
peciei .
Another collection which calls for anee of " Popular Ballads and songs , from Tra-
particular distinction , is in the same size ... four years which no antiquary had
hitherto so much as sus- Charles Leslie , a hawker , or ballad - singer , well
peciei .
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HISTORICAL BALLADS . SIR PATRICK SPENS . been freighted with the noblest
youth in the king . dom , is sufficiently probable ; and , having been deOre edition
of the present ballad is well known ; layed in Norway iill the tempestuous ...
HISTORICAL BALLADS . SIR PATRICK SPENS . been freighted with the noblest
youth in the king . dom , is sufficiently probable ; and , having been deOre edition
of the present ballad is well known ; layed in Norway iill the tempestuous ...
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ESSAY ON IMITATIONS OF THE ANCIENT BALLAD . The invention of printing
necessarily occasioned A sweeter creature in the world the downfall of the Order
of Minstrels , already reduDid never king embrace . od to contempt by their own ...
ESSAY ON IMITATIONS OF THE ANCIENT BALLAD . The invention of printing
necessarily occasioned A sweeter creature in the world the downfall of the Order
of Minstrels , already reduDid never king embrace . od to contempt by their own ...
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... where iny bones shall be thrown : with great vigour in ballads of the time , the
authors A thousand , thousand sighs to ... and remembered ; nor Sad true lover
never find my grave , is there a more spirited ballad preserved than that To weep
...
... where iny bones shall be thrown : with great vigour in ballads of the time , the
authors A thousand , thousand sighs to ... and remembered ; nor Sad true lover
never find my grave , is there a more spirited ballad preserved than that To weep
...
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Page 165 - There lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea. They hadna been a week from her, « A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife That her three sons were gane.
Page 141 - O that I were where Helen lies ! Night and day on me she cries ; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says,
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Page 325 - When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go— but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home' returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! II.
Page 46 - To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall topmast, But I fear you'll ne'er spy land.
Page 329 - Tis said, as through the aisles they pass'd, They heard strange noises on the blast ; And through the cloister-galleries small, Which at mid-height thread the chancel wall Loud sobs, and laughter louder, ran, And voices unlike the voice of man; As if the fiends kept holiday, Because these spells were brought to day. I cannot tell how the truth may be : I say the tale as 'twas said to me.
Page 347 - Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still, as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems as, to me, of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams were left ; And thus I love them better still, Even in extremity of ill.
Page 325 - When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory...
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| Title | The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 1 The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Walter Scott |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | Conner & Cooke, 1833 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Nov 2006 |
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