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... knee at the fore- mast and break the craft in two ; that changes a man to esk , to adder , to bear , to lion , to red - hot iron , to burning gleed , and then by a plunge into cold water brings him back again to human shape . And all ...
... knee at the fore- mast and break the craft in two ; that changes a man to esk , to adder , to bear , to lion , to red - hot iron , to burning gleed , and then by a plunge into cold water brings him back again to human shape . And all ...
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... knee , And he saw neither sun nor moon , But heard the roaring of the sea . But ballads never meant to be suggestive . A naïve ballad fashion is that of repeating the same plots , the same situations , the same kind of characters , the ...
... knee , And he saw neither sun nor moon , But heard the roaring of the sea . But ballads never meant to be suggestive . A naïve ballad fashion is that of repeating the same plots , the same situations , the same kind of characters , the ...
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... his fill , 66 Lay down your head upon my knee " The lady sayd , " Ere we climb yon hill , And I will show you fairlies three . " Less frequently we find rhyme within the line , - INTRODUCTION xxxiii The Versification of Ballads.
... his fill , 66 Lay down your head upon my knee " The lady sayd , " Ere we climb yon hill , And I will show you fairlies three . " Less frequently we find rhyme within the line , - INTRODUCTION xxxiii The Versification of Ballads.
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... knee . 5. The ladie turned her head aside , The knight he woo'd her to be his bride . 6. The ladie blushd a rosy red , And sayd , " Sir knight , I'm too young to wed . * 7. “ O ladie fair , give me your hand , And I'll make you ladie of ...
... knee . 5. The ladie turned her head aside , The knight he woo'd her to be his bride . 6. The ladie blushd a rosy red , And sayd , " Sir knight , I'm too young to wed . * 7. “ O ladie fair , give me your hand , And I'll make you ladie of ...
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... knee . 4. " O rede , O rede , mither , " he says , " A gude rede gie to mee ; O sall I tak the nut - browne bride , And let Faire Annet bee ? " 5. " The nut - browne bride haes gowd and gear , Fair Annet she has gat nane ; And the ...
... knee . 4. " O rede , O rede , mither , " he says , " A gude rede gie to mee ; O sall I tak the nut - browne bride , And let Faire Annet bee ? " 5. " The nut - browne bride haes gowd and gear , Fair Annet she has gat nane ; And the ...
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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...