Reliques of Ancient English Poetry:: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets, (chiefly of the Lyric Kind.) Together with Some Few of Later Date. Volume the First. [-third.].J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall., 1765 |
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... downe ftreght , Many a freyke , that was full fre , Ther undar foot dyd lyght . 19 20 At last the Duglas and the Perfè met , Lyk to captayns of myght and mayne ; 25 The fwapte togethar tyll the both swat With fwordes , that wear of fyn ...
... downe ftreght , Many a freyke , that was full fre , Ther undar foot dyd lyght . 19 20 At last the Duglas and the Perfè met , Lyk to captayns of myght and mayne ; 25 The fwapte togethar tyll the both swat With fwordes , that wear of fyn ...
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... downe , Many a ftirande stage : And boldely brent Northomberlande , And haried many a towne ; They did our Englishe men great wronge , To battelle that weare not bowne . ' Then spake a berne uppon the bent , Of comforte that was not ...
... downe , Many a ftirande stage : And boldely brent Northomberlande , And haried many a towne ; They did our Englishe men great wronge , To battelle that weare not bowne . ' Then spake a berne uppon the bent , Of comforte that was not ...
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... downe . 165 The Percye was a mane of strengthe , I tell you in this stownde , He fmote the Dowglas at the fwords length , That he felle to the grounde . The fwoard was fharpe and foare can byte , I tell you in certayne ; To the earle he ...
... downe . 165 The Percye was a mane of strengthe , I tell you in this stownde , He fmote the Dowglas at the fwords length , That he felle to the grounde . The fwoard was fharpe and foare can byte , I tell you in certayne ; To the earle he ...
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... downe my daughter deere , She is a leeche fulle fine : 30 Goe take him doughe , and the baken bread , And ferve him with the wyne foe red ; Lothe I were him to tine . Fair Christabelle to his chaumber goes , Her maydens followyng nye ...
... downe my daughter deere , She is a leeche fulle fine : 30 Goe take him doughe , and the baken bread , And ferve him with the wyne foe red ; Lothe I were him to tine . Fair Christabelle to his chaumber goes , Her maydens followyng nye ...
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... downe on that lay - land . 110 Then up fyr Cauline lift his brande All over his head fo hye : And here I sweare by the holy roode , 115 Nowe , caytiffe , thou shalt dye . Then up and came that ladye brighte , Fafte wringing of her hande ...
... downe on that lay - land . 110 Then up fyr Cauline lift his brande All over his head fo hye : And here I sweare by the holy roode , 115 Nowe , caytiffe , thou shalt dye . Then up and came that ladye brighte , Fafte wringing of her hande ...
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Página xxviii - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
Página 201 - The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my love.
Página 220 - Crabbed age and youth Cannot live together ; Youth is full of pleasance, Age is full of care: Youth like summer morn, Age like winter weather ; Youth like summer brave, Age like winter bare. Youth is full of sport, Age's breath is short, Youth is nimble, age is lame : Youth is hot and bold, Age is weak and cold ; Youth is wild, and age is tame.
Página 228 - His cheek was redder than the rose ; The comeliest youth was he ; But he is dead and laid in his grave ; Alas, and woe is me ! " " Sigh no more, lady, sigh no more ; Men were deceivers ever ; One foot on sea and one on land, To one thing constant never...
Página 54 - OI hae killed my reid-roan steid, Mither, mither, OI hae killed my reid-roan steid, That erst was sae fair and frie O.
Página 247 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom...
Página 202 - Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten ; In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy- buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, All these in me no means can move, To come to thee and be thy love.
Página 269 - Content I live, this is my stay, I seek no more than may suffice; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo! thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.
Página 101 - Nae sooner said the grace, Till Edom o' Gordon and his men, Were light about the place. The lady ran up to hir towir head, Sa fast as she could hie, To see if by her fair speeches She could wi
Página 191 - IN Venice towne not long agoe A cruel Jew did dwell, Which lived all on usurie, As Italian writers tell.