 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
 | Ballads - 1894 - 326 pages
...stalwart sons, And sent them o'er 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...hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, When word came to the carline wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease,... | |
 | Francis Barton Gummere - Ballads, English - 1894 - 488 pages
...ladyes That ever ware womans weede !' THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. 1. There lived a wife at Usher's Wei!, And a wealthy wife was she; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea. 2. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife That... | |
 | James Baldwin - English poetry - 1894 - 376 pages
...please : And there they buried bold Robin Hood, Near to the fair Kirkleys. 2. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three sons and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely... | |
 | Francis Barton Gummere - Ballads, English - 1894 - 586 pages
...Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea. 2. 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. 3. They hadna been a week from her,... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1895 - 180 pages
...thy twa grey e'en, And put in twa e'en o' tree.' THE WIFE OF 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,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1895 - 652 pages
...she gaed weeping away. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. [Sometimes printed as part of The Three Clerks o' Ou 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, They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, Whan... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1895 - 650 pages
...weeping away. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. [Sometimes printed as part of The Three Clerks o' Ouwnford.] 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, They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, Whan... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 550 pages
...Compare the similar swiftness of tragic development in ' Babylon. ' THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL T HERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was...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 to the carlin1 wife That... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 406 pages
...stalwart sons, And sent them o'er 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, They had not been a week from her, A week but barely three, When word came to the carline wife That her... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1899 - 626 pages
...weeping away. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. [Sometimes printed as part of The Three Clerks a Owsenford.] 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, They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, Whan... | |
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