 I wish the wind may never cease, Nor fashes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me In earthly flesh and blood! ' It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sons came hame, And their hats were o  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Page 147by Walter Scott - 1842 - 699 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American ballads and songs - 1903 - 430 pages
...came to the carlin wife That her sons she 'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease, Nor fashes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me, In earthly flesh and blood." It fell about the Martinmass, When nights are lang and mirk, The carlin wife's three sons came hame, And their hats were... | |
 | Alice Meynell - English poetry - 1904 - 388 pages
...came to the carlin wife That her sons she'd never see, ' I wish the wind may never cease, Nor fashes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me, In earthly flesh and blood ! ' It fell about the Martinmass, When nights are lang and mirk, The carlin wife's three sons came hame, And their hats were... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1904 - 446 pages
...When nights are long and mirk, 1 Yielding. BALLAD POETRY 151 The carline wife's three sons came name, And their hats were o' the birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in any sheugh ; ' But at the gates of Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. " Blow up the fire, my maidens... | |
 | Frank Sidgwick - Ballads, English - 1904 - 272 pages
...to the carlin wife, That her sons she 'd never see. 4. ' I wish the wind may never cease, Nor fishes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me, In earthly flesh and blood.' 5. It fell about the Martinmass, When nights are lang and mirk, The carlin wife's three sons came hame,... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1904 - 778 pages
...nights are lang and mirk, The carlin wife's three sons came name, And their hats were o the birk. 6 It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; I iiit at the gates o Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. 7 ' Blow up the fire, my maidens, Bring... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - American poetry - 1905 - 346 pages
...to the carline wife, That her sons she 'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease, Nor fishes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me,...three sons came hame, And their hats were o' the birk. 20 It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - American poetry - 1905 - 348 pages
...Till my three sons come hame to me, TS In earthly flesh and blood ! " 266 The Wife of Usher's Well It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang...three sons came hame, And their hats were o' the birk. 2° It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk... | |
 | Saxo (Grammaticus) - Denmark - 1905 - 356 pages
...— "It fell about the Martinmas, when nights are long and mirk, The carline wife's three sons cam hame, and their hats were o' the birk. It neither grew in syke nor dyke, nor yet in ony sheugh, But at the gates o' Paradise that birk grew fair eneuch." The mantel is... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - English literature - 1906 - 844 pages
...to the carline wife 12 That her sons she'd never see. 'I wish the wind may never cease. Nor fashes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me, In earthly flesh and blood.' is It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carlinewife's three sons camehame,... | |
 | Francis Barton Gummere - Ballads - 1907 - 390 pages
...the imprecation of the "Wife of Usher's Well:" — " ' I wish the wind may never cease, Nor fashes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me In earthly flesh and blood.' " That old woman, again, who kneels on the plank over black water, and bans Robin Hood, 3 is impressive... | |
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