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 light,... The Works of Walter Scott, Esq - Page 160by Walter Scott - 1806Full view - About this book
| Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - Poetry - 1838 - 496 pages
...get back to your ain countrie." О they rade on, and farther on, And they waded through rivers aboon the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they...of the sea. It was mirk, mirk night, and there was пае stern light, And they waded through red blude to the knee, For a' the blude that's shed on earth,... | |
| Richard John King - Fairies - 1840 - 128 pages
...darkness up to their knees in water, and only hear the "swowyng of the flode." " It was mirk, mirk night, there was nae stern light, And they waded through...that's shed on earth Rins through the springs o' that countree." On this passage, Price," in the learned essay prefixed d Giraldus Cambrensis. Welch Itinerary,... | |
| Richard John King - Fairies - 1840 - 124 pages
...darkness up to their knees in water, and only hear the " swowyng of the node." " It was mirk, mirk night, there was nae stern light, And they waded through red blude to the knee ; For a' the hlude that's shed on earth Rins through the springs o' that countree." On this passage, Price/ in the... | |
| Abbeys - 1841 - 240 pages
...back to your ain countrie." — O 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 night, and there was nae stern light And they waded through red blade to the knee ; For a' the blude,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...ne'er get back to your ain countne. O they rade on, and farther on. And they waded through rivers aboon the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they...that's shed on earth Rins through the springs o' that countne. • [Hunlly Bank, and u* anjoinins ra«ine. called. Irom inmwmoral Irarflllon. the Rymtr »... | |
| Richard John King - Ballads, English - 1842 - 352 pages
...get back to your ain countrie." O they rade on, and farther on, And they waded through rivers aboon the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they...that's shed on earth Rins through the springs o' that countrie.1 1 The " olde gentil Bretons," to this day entertain a belief, that a very similar journey... | |
| Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 pages
...get hack to your aia cmmtrie." O they rade on, and farther on. And they waded through rivere ahoon the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon. But they...roaring of the sea. It was mirk, mirk night, and there wag nae stara light, And they waded through red hlude to the knee , For a' the hlude, that's shed on... | |
| 1909 - 844 pages
...later poets have been betrayed. O 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 moaning of the sea. It was mirk mirk night, and there was nae stern light, And they waded through rivers... | |
| Henry Allon - Christianity - 1885 - 530 pages
...of Thomas the Rhymer — :. . .. O they rode on and further on. And they waded through rivers aboon the knee ; And they saw neither sun nor moon, But...heard the roaring of the sea. It was mirk, mirk night, there was nae stern light, And they waded through red blood to the knee ; For all the blood that's... | |
| Robert Chambers - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1847 - 372 pages
...majesty to that country : — Oh 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 o' the sea. It was mirk, mirk night, and there was nae stern light, And they waded through red blude... | |
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