 | William Motherwell - Ballads, English - 1873 - 554 pages
...half-fou o' gude red gowd Out owre the sea wi' me. "Make ready, make ready my merrymen a'! Our gude ship sails the morn." "Now, ever alake! my master dear,...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... | |
 | William Motherwell - Ballads, English - 1873 - 554 pages
...sea wi' me. "Make ready, make ready my merrymen a'! Our gude ship sails the morn." "Now, ever alakel my master dear, I fear a deadly storm! "I saw the...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... | |
 | Weldon Thornton - Literary Criticism - 1968 - 568 pages
...In the ballad "Sir Patrick Spens," one of the seamen warns his captain against the voyage by saying, "I saw the new moon late yestreen/ Wi' the auld moon...gang to sea, master,/ I fear we'll come to harm." 700.36/685.20 THE APPEARANCE OF A STAR . . . ABOUT THE PERIOD OF THE BIRTH OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE .... | |
 | L. P. Wilkinson - History - 1969 - 392 pages
...portion is visible'. He goes on, however,41 to compare the lines in the ballad of Sir Patrick Spens, I saw the new moon late yestreen Wi' the auld moon in her arms. But there, surely, the phenomenon is taken as a sinister portent, whereas in Virgil it is the... | |
 | Joseph Needham - History - 1959 - 1146 pages
...the 'Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens' puts it: I saw the new moon yestereen Wi' the old moon in her arms, And if we gang to sea, Master, I fear we'll come to harm. Kuhnert (5), in an elaborate paper, has shown that this phenomenon was recognised by the Chinese under... | |
 | Sheila Hales - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1994 - 160 pages
...fou o' gude red goud Out o'er the sea wi' me. Make ready, make ready, my merry men a', Our gude ship sails the morn:' 'Now, ever alake! my master dear,...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... | |
 | Joseph Needham, Colin A. Ronan - History - 1978 - 476 pages
...the 'Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens' puts it: I saw the new moon yestereen Wi' the old moon in her arms, And if we gang to sea, Master, I fear we'll come to harm. The phenomenon was recognised by the Chinese, and Ssuma Chhien says: When the sky is serene, then the... | |
 | William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...The Return "Mak ready, mak ready, my merry men a'! Our gude ship sails the morn." "Now ever alack, my master dear, I fear a deadly storm. "I saw the...we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind... | |
 | Peter-Eric Philipp, Andrew Lang - 2000 - 442 pages
...o' gude red goud, Out o'er the sea wi' me. "Make ready, make ready, my merry-men a'! Our gude ship sails the morn." "Now ever alake, my master dear, I fear a deadly storm! They hadna sail'da league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind... | |
 | A. J. Hill - History - 2010 - 274 pages
...thin streamers of oil wavered up toward the distant surface. Otherwise, nothing moved. THE BEGINNING "I saw the new moon late yestreen Wi' the auld moon...we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." —TRADITIONAL BALLAD MONDAY, AUGUST 3O, 192O, 12:OO— BOSTON NAVY YARD. At noon on Monday, August... | |
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Now, ever alake ! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm ! " I saw the new moon late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm. 
