The Common-place Book of Ancient and Modern Ballad: And Metrical Legendary Tales : an Original Selection, Including Many Never Before PublishedJ. Anderson, 1824 - 420 páginas |
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... thou faithless knight ! As the fisherman sat , at the close of the day , At break of day , with frightful dreams , Come listen to my mournful tale , Dark was the night and wild the storm , Fast by the margin of a mossy rill , Frederick ...
... thou faithless knight ! As the fisherman sat , at the close of the day , At break of day , with frightful dreams , Come listen to my mournful tale , Dark was the night and wild the storm , Fast by the margin of a mossy rill , Frederick ...
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... thou art , Lord Percy ; so am I. But trust me , Percy , pity it were , And great offence , to kill Any of these our harmless men , For they have done no ill . Let thou and I the battle try , And set our men aside . Accurs'd be he , Lord ...
... thou art , Lord Percy ; so am I. But trust me , Percy , pity it were , And great offence , to kill Any of these our harmless men , For they have done no ill . Let thou and I the battle try , And set our men aside . Accurs'd be he , Lord ...
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... thou shalt high advanced be By James , our Scottish king . Thy ransom I will freely give , And thus report of thee , Thou art the most courageous knight That ever I did see . No , Douglas , quoth Earl Percy then , Thy proffer I do scorn ...
... thou shalt high advanced be By James , our Scottish king . Thy ransom I will freely give , And thus report of thee , Thou art the most courageous knight That ever I did see . No , Douglas , quoth Earl Percy then , Thy proffer I do scorn ...
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... thou brought unto me ? I am come to bid thee to my wedding , And that is bad news for thee . O , God forbid , Lord Thomas , ( she said ) , That such a thing should be done ; I thought to have been thy bride my own self , And you to have ...
... thou brought unto me ? I am come to bid thee to my wedding , And that is bad news for thee . O , God forbid , Lord Thomas , ( she said ) , That such a thing should be done ; I thought to have been thy bride my own self , And you to have ...
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... thou look'st wondrous wan , Thou wast used for to look with as fresh a colour As ever the sun shined on . O ! art thou blind , Lord Thomas ? ( she said ) ; Or canst thou not very well see ? Oh ! dost thou not see my own heart's blood ...
... thou look'st wondrous wan , Thou wast used for to look with as fresh a colour As ever the sun shined on . O ! art thou blind , Lord Thomas ? ( she said ) ; Or canst thou not very well see ? Oh ! dost thou not see my own heart's blood ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Adam Bell Amang anither arrow auld baith billie Billy Blin Binnòrie bluid bonnie mill-dams bower braive brave bridal bride busk Carlisle cheek cried cry'd dame dear deir Draffan fair Alice Fair Annie fast father feir fell ferce frae gane gang gi'e Gil Morrice Gilderoy gowd green gude hair hame hand Hardyknute haste haud heart Hobie Noble horse Johnie king lady lady Elspat land Lord lov'd luve lyfe maid maiden mair meikle micht mither mony morn ne'er neir never night noble o'er owre Peblis quoth sall sang scho Scots slain speir St Keyne steed steid stryfe sune sweet sword syne ta'en tears thee thou trysting tree turn'd twa sisters Watty wedding weel ween Whare ye maun yeomen young young Bekie youth
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Página 130 - Well done! " as loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin, who but he! his fame soon spread around; "He carries weight! He rides a race! "Tis for a thousand pound!
Página 127 - I do admire Of womankind but one, And you are she, my dearest dear, Therefore it shall be done. " I am a linen-draper bold, As all the world doth know, And my good friend, the Calender, Will lend his horse to go.
Página 128 - For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more. 'Twas long before the customers Were suited to their mind, When Betty screaming came down stairs, " The wine is left behind ! " " Good lack ! " quoth he ; " yet bring it me, My leathern belt likewise, In which I bear my trusty sword When I do exercise.
Página 127 - So three doors off the chaise was stayed, where they did all get in, — Six precious souls, — and all agog to dash through thick and thin! Smack went the whip, round went the wheels ; were never folks so glad; The stones did rattle underneath, as if Cheapside were mad.
Página 166 - TURN, gentle Hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread, With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds, immeasurably spread, Seem lengthening as I go." " Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom.
Página 204 - A WELL there is in the West country, And a clearer one never was seen ; There is not a wife in the West country But has heard of the well of St. Keyne.
Página 180 - But still, as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling sounded nearer. " Oh, haste thee, haste ! " the lady cries, " Though tempests round us gather, I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father.
Página 167 - Forbear, my son," the hermit cries, "To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. "Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still ; And, though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
Página 126 - And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Página 11 - The noble earl was slain ; He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he...