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" Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well. "
The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last ... - Page 166
by Walter Scott - 1833
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The Flower of the Mind: A Choice Among the Best Poems

Alice Meynell - English poetry - 1904 - 388 pages
...syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. ' Blow up the fire, my maidens ! Bring water from the...three sons are well.' And she has made to them a bed, She 's made it large and wide ; And she 's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bedside. Up...
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ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH POPULAR BALLADS

HELEN CHILD SARGENT AND GEORGE LYMAN KITTREDGE - 1904 - 1194 pages
...syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; . But at the gates о Paradise, \ That birk grew fair eueugh. 'Blow up the fire, my maidens, Bring water from the...three sons are well.' And she has made to them a bed, She 's made it large and wide, And she 's taen her mantle her about. Sat down at the bed-side. 10 1...
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The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900

Arthur Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1904 - 1058 pages
...syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. , ' Blow up the fire, my maidens ! Bring water from the...three sons are well.' And she has made to them a bed, She *s made it large and wide ; And she 's ta'en her mantle her about. Sat down at the bedside. fashes]...
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Popular Ballads of the Olden Time: 2d Ser. Ballads of Mystery and Miracle ...

Frank Sidgwick - Ballads, English - 1904 - 272 pages
...syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. 7. ' Blow up the fire, my maidens, Bring water from the...shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well.' 8. And she has made to them a bed, She 's made it large and wide, And she 's ta'en her mantle her about,...
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Little Masterpieces of English Poetry, Volume 1

Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - American poetry - 1905 - 352 pages
...But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. ***** " Blow up the fire, my maidens ! »s Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast...three sons are well." And she has made to them a bed, She 's made it large and wide ; so And she 's ta'en her mantle her about, Sat down at the bed-side....
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The British classical authors: with biographical notices. On the basis of a ...

Ludwig Herrig - English literature - 1906 - 844 pages
...grew in sike nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates of Paradise, ANCIENT POPULAR BALLADS. 'Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night, 28 Since my three sons are well.' And she has made to them a bed, She's made it large and wide; And...
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The Book of Restoration Verse

William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 892 pages
...in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. 'Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the...And she's taen her mantle her about, Sat down at the bedside. Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the grey; The eldest to the youngest said,...
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English and Scottish Popular Ballads

William Allan Neilson - Ballads, English - 1909 - 244 pages
...wife's three sons came hame, And their hats were o the birk. 6. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, T. " Blow up the fire, my maidens, Bring water from the...shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well." 8. And she has made to them a bed, She 's made it large and wide, And she 's taen her mantle her about,...
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Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose

Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - English literature - 1910 - 778 pages
...syke» nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheughio, But at the gates o Paradise, That liirk grew fair eneugh. indly! And mould 'ring now in silent dust, That heart...BANNOCKBUBN EGBERT BRUCE 's ADDRESS TO His ARMY Scots, bed-side. 9 Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said,...
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A Collection of Ballads

Andrew Lang - Ballads, English - 1910 - 284 pages
...in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. " Blow up the fire, my maidens ! Bring water from the...And she's taen her mantle her about, Sat down at the bedside. Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the gray ; The eldest to the youngest said,...
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