 Ye'll ne'er get back to your ain countrie.' 0 they rade on, and farther on, And they waded through rivers aboon the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the roaring of the sea. It was mirk mirk night, and there was nae stern star light,...  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Page 177by Walter Scott - 1842 - 699 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Frederick Johnson - English language - 1904 - 380 pages
...or see, For if you speak word in Elfyn-land Ye'll ne'er get back to your ain countrie." O, they rode on and farther on, And they waded through rivers aboon...heard the roaring of the sea. It was mirk, mirk night, there was nae stern'-light, And they waded through red blude to the knee, For a' the blude that's shed... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - American poetry - 1905 - 346 pages
...ne'er win back to your ain countrie." 56 O they rade on, and farther on, And they waded rivers abune the knee ; And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the roaring of the sea. *J It was mirk, mirk night, there was nae sternlight, They waded thro' red blude to the knee; For a'... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1908 - 992 pages
...may hear or see ; For, if ye speak word in Elfyn land, Ye 'II ne'er get back to your ain countrie.' 0 e told of his benighted Buttheyheardtheroaring of the sea. It was mirk mirk night, and there was nae stern light, And they... | |
 | Harriet Eve Crandall - English language - 1908 - 290 pages
...get back to your own countree." . O they rode on and farther on, And they waded through rivers above the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the roaring of the sea. Soon they came to a garden green, And she pulled an apple from a tree: "Take this for thy wages, True... | |
 | Evelyn Blantyre Simpson - Folklore - 1908 - 252 pages
...winds about the fernie brae? That is the road to fair Elfland Where thou and I this night maun gae." " It was mirk mirk night, and there was nae stern light. And they waded through red blood to the knee; For a" the blude that's shed on earth Rins through the springs o' that countrie."... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 858 pages
...Young Tamiane for any of those painstaking descriptions into which later poets have been betrayed. O they rade on, and farther on, And they waded through...they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the moaning of the sea. it was mirk mirk night. and there was nae stern light. And they waded through rivers... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 892 pages
...Elflyn-land, Ye'll neer win back to your ain countrie.' 0 they rade on, and farther on, And they waded rivers aboon the knee, And they saw neither sun nor...heard the roaring of the sea. It was mirk, mirk night, there was nae star light, And they waded thro red blude to the knee; For a' the blude that's shed on... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Ballads, English - 1910 - 284 pages
...neer get back to your ain countrie. " 0 they rade on, and farther on, And they waded thro rivers ahoon the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they...night, and there was nae stern light, And they waded thro red blude to the knee ; For a' the blude that's shed on earth Rins thro the springs o that countrie.... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - English poetry - 1910 - 974 pages
...land, Ye '11 ne'er get back to your ain countrie.' O they rade on, and farther on, And they waded thro' rivers aboon the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the roaring of the sea. levcn, lawn. I i ay It was mirk mirk night, and there was nae stern light, And they waded thro' red... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - English Poetry Translations From Gaelic - 1910 - 966 pages
...aboon the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the roaring of the sea. leven, lawn. It was mirk mirk night, and there was nae stern light, And they waded thro' red blude to the knee ; For a' the blude that 's shed on earth Rins thro' the springs o' that... | |
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