 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
 | William Macneile Dixon - English poetry - 1910 - 972 pages
...sons come hame to me, In earthly flesh and blood ! ' 56. plat, knit togclher. 57. carline, rustic. It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sons cam hame, And their hats were o' the birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh... | |
 | American poetry - 1923 - 748 pages
...came to the carline 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 carline wife's three sons came hame, And their hats... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 268 pages
...controlled suggestiveness: It fell about the Martinmass, When nights are lang and mirk, The carlin wife's three sons came hame, And their hats were o the birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, [stream] Nor yet in ony sheugh; [trench] But at the gates o Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. It... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 268 pages
...It fell about the Martinmass, When nights are lang and mirk, The carlin wife's three sons came home, And their hats were o the birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, [stream] Nor yet in ony sheugh; [trench] But at the gates o Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. It... | |
 | Lee Blessing - Dysfunctional families - 1985 - 84 pages
...didn't get much sleep last night Besides, I always yawn on Saturdays. KESS. Go on, Jo. JO. (Sings.) "The carline wife's three sons came hame And their hats were o' the birk." SHERRY. What the hell does that mean? KESS. It means they're dead. JO. What? KESS. Her three sons are... | |
 | James J. Wilhelm - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 366 pages
...came to the' carlin wife That her sons she'd never see. 4. "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." 5. It fell about the Martinmass When nights are lang and mirk, The carlin wife's three sons came hame,... | |
 | Sandra M Gilbert, Susan Gubar, Diana Ohehir - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 386 pages
...They hadna' been a week from her, A week but barely three, "I wish the wind may never cease Nor fashes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me,...blood." It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are long and mirk, The carlin wife's three sons came hame, And their hats were o' the birk. It neither... | |
 | Peter-Eric Philipp, Andrew Lang - 2000 - 442 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, Whan nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sons came hame, And their hats... | |
 | George Douglas - Social Science - 2000 - 390 pages
...sons come home to her, in their likeness as she knew them of old. Her prayer is heard, and answered. " It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sons cam1 name. And their hats were o' the birk,1 " It neither grew in syke nor glen, Nor yet in ony sheuch... | |
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