 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, Whan word came to the carline wife That her three sons were gane.  The Works of Walter Scott, Esq - Page 31by Walter Scott - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Scottish border - 1869 - 624 pages
...wi' ! The place that my mother lies buried in Is far too good for thee." 1 Wee knowe -Little hillock. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. A FRAGMENT. NEVER BEFORE...hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came back to the carline wife, That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from... | |
 | Ballads - 1871 - 692 pages
...Owaenford— Part Second." The explanatory notes [marked S.] are from the pen of Sir Walter Scott. 1 THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...stout and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea. 2 They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came back to the carline wife,... | |
 | William Allingham - Ballads, English - 1872 - 444 pages
...to thee ! ' And for the words the Queen had spoke Did brave Young Waters dee. IX iJBtfe of 3Ksijer's THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; 2 They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word cam' to the carline wife That... | |
 | William Motherwell - Ballads, English - 1873 - 554 pages
...lief. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. This fragment is given from the " Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border." THERE lived a wife at Usher's well, And a wealthy...hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carlinewife That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her, A... | |
 | William Ritchie MacFadyen - 1873 - 72 pages
...eerieness and terror of the apparition described. The " Wife of Usher's Well" may illustrate this: There lived a wife at Usher's well, And a wealthy...hadna' been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife That her three sons were gane. ****** It fell about the Martinmas,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry - 1875 - 168 pages
...cap, , 55 And white owl's feather ! W. Allingham 28 Lights, the Aurora *54* THE WIFE OF USHER 'S WELL THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea. They had not been a week from her, 5 A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline -wife That her... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - Ballads, Scots - 1875 - 620 pages
...wife at Usher*! well. And a wealthy wife wa* she ; She bxd three stout and stalwart son«. And Bent them o'er the sea. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely aoe, When word came tu the carllne wife. That her three «on« were gane. They hadna been a week frum... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1876 - 290 pages
...And for the words the queen had spoke Young Waters he did die. Usher's Well THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife, That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry, English - 1877 - 326 pages
...jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather ! W. Allinsham 28 Lights, the Aurora THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea. They had not been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife That her three... | |
 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1880 - 376 pages
...thine eldest sou. But thanks to a' the powers in heaven, That I gae maiden hame ! " VOL. m. THE WIFE OP USHER'S WELL. A FRAGMENT. NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED....hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife, That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her,... | |
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