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... Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry . All day he pored over the precious ballads , under the shade of a huge plane tree , forgetful even of dinner until he was sent for . In young manhood " that child " was binding together for ...
... Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry . All day he pored over the precious ballads , under the shade of a huge plane tree , forgetful even of dinner until he was sent for . In young manhood " that child " was binding together for ...
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... Percy . In Shropshire he accidentally came upon an old folio of ballads and romances which was being used , page by page , by the maids to light their fires . This was a genuine ballad manuscript , and Percy , with its fragments safe in ...
... Percy . In Shropshire he accidentally came upon an old folio of ballads and romances which was being used , page by page , by the maids to light their fires . This was a genuine ballad manuscript , and Percy , with its fragments safe in ...
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... Percy then , " thy profer I doe scorne ; I will not yeelde to any Scott that euer yett was borne ! " 36. With that there came an arrow keene , out of an English bow , Which stroke Erle Douglas on the brest a deepe and deadlye blow . 37 ...
... Percy then , " thy profer I doe scorne ; I will not yeelde to any Scott that euer yett was borne ! " 36. With that there came an arrow keene , out of an English bow , Which stroke Erle Douglas on the brest a deepe and deadlye blow . 37 ...
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... harts bloode was wett . 47. This fight from breake of day did last till setting of the sun , For when the rung the euening - bell the battele scarse was done 48. With stout Erle Percy there was slaine Sir John 72 POPULAR BALLADS.
... harts bloode was wett . 47. This fight from breake of day did last till setting of the sun , For when the rung the euening - bell the battele scarse was done 48. With stout Erle Percy there was slaine Sir John 72 POPULAR BALLADS.
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Rose Adelaide Witham, William Allan Neilson. 48. With stout Erle Percy there was slaine Sir John of Egerton , Sir Robert Harcliffe and Sir William , Sir Iames , that bold barron . 49. And with Sir George and Sir Iames , both knights of ...
Rose Adelaide Witham, William Allan Neilson. 48. With stout Erle Percy there was slaine Sir John of Egerton , Sir Robert Harcliffe and Sir William , Sir Iames , that bold barron . 49. And with Sir George and Sir Iames , both knights of ...
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Annie Barbara Allan Binnorie bonny Earl bowr Captain Car Christ receive thy Cruel Brother Dæmon dear Douglas dowie Earl of Murray Edward English Erle Fair Annet Fair Annie father frae gane gold Gummere hair hame haue Hind Horn Iohn Johnie Armstrong Johnie Cock Kemp Owyne king Kinmont Willie kirk kiss knee lads lady Lamkin Lord Judge Lord Thomas Love Gregor lovers mair Margret maun merry minstrel mother never nevir night nourice nut-browne bride Otterburn Percy Popular Ballad pret printed by Child Professor Child rade receive thy saule refrain ring Robin Hood sall sang says Scott Scottish singing Sir Patrick Spence slain song stanza steed story sweet taen thee Thomas and Fair Thomas Rymer thou thro traditional true-love twa sisters wee pen-knife Whan Wife of Usher's Yarrow yonder Young Waters
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Page 38 - The first line that Sir Patrick red, A loud lauch lauched he; The next line that Sir Patrick red, The teir blinded his ee. "O wha is this has don this deid, This ill deid don to me, To send me out this time o' the yeir, To sail upon the se!
Page 42 - I dought neither speak to prince or peer, Nor ask of grace from fair ladye.' 'Now hold thy peace!' the lady said, 'For as I say, so must it be.' He has gotten a coat of the even cloth, And a pair of shoes of velvet green ; And till seven years were gane and past, True Thomas on earth was never seen.
Page 137 - That name does not belang to me; I am but the Queen of fair elfland, That am hither come to visit thee." "Harp and carp, Thomas," she said; " Harp and carp along wi me; And if ye dare to kiss my lips, Sure of your bodie I will be.
Page 108 - Lay me a green sod under my head, And another at my feet ; And lay my bent bow by my side, Which was my music sweet ; And make my grave of gravel and green, Which is most right and meet. Let me have length and breadth enough. With a green sod under my head ; That they may say, when I am dead, Here lies bold Robin Hood.
Page 83 - He was a braw gallant, And he rid at the ring: And the bonny Earl of Murray, Oh he might have been a king! He was a braw gallant, And he playd at the ba; And the bonny Earl of Murray Was the flower amang them a'.
Page 46 - 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!
Page 52 - O what hills are yon, yon pleasant hills, That the sun shines sweetly on ?' 'O yon are the hills of heaven,' he said, 'Where you will never win.' 'O whaten a mountain is yon,' she said, ' All so dreary wi' frost and snow ?' 'O yon is the mountain of hell,' he cried, 'Where you and I will go.
Page 88 - They thought King James and a' his men Had won the house wi' bow and spear; It was but twenty Scots and ten, That put a thousand in sic a stear! Wi' coulters, and wi' forehammers, We garr'd the bars bang merrilie, Until we came to the inner prison, Where Willie o
Page 38 - Wi ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare. "Mony a one for him makes mane, But nane sall ken where he is gane; Oer his white banes, when they are bare, The wind sall blaw for evermair.
Page 77 - Fight on, my merry men all, And see that none of you be taine ; For I will stand...