English and Scottish Ballads, Volumen7Francis James Child Little, Brown, 1860 |
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... hundred miles from London , by the allegation that the language of a person in humble life in Warwickshire or Staffordshire would be very far behind the current speech of the metropolis . It happens , however , that the language of the ...
... hundred miles from London , by the allegation that the language of a person in humble life in Warwickshire or Staffordshire would be very far behind the current speech of the metropolis . It happens , however , that the language of the ...
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... so called from the town and castle of Noreham ( or Norham ) : and Bamboroughshire , the ward or hundred belong- ing to Bamborough - castle and town . - PERCY . Be that it drewe to the oware off none , 30 THE HUNTING OF THE CHEVIOT .
... so called from the town and castle of Noreham ( or Norham ) : and Bamboroughshire , the ward or hundred belong- ing to Bamborough - castle and town . - PERCY . Be that it drewe to the oware off none , 30 THE HUNTING OF THE CHEVIOT .
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... hundred bow - men bold All chosen men of might , Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright . 10 15 20 The gallant greyhounds swiftly ran , 25 To chase the fallow deer ; On Monday they began to hunt , When day - light ...
... hundred bow - men bold All chosen men of might , Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright . 10 15 20 The gallant greyhounds swiftly ran , 25 To chase the fallow deer ; On Monday they began to hunt , When day - light ...
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... hundred Scottish spears , All marching in our sight . " All men of pleasant Tividale , Fast by the river Tweed : ” 50 " Then cease your sport , " Erle Piercy said , 50 " And take your bows with speed . " And now with me , my countrymen ...
... hundred Scottish spears , All marching in our sight . " All men of pleasant Tividale , Fast by the river Tweed : ” 50 " Then cease your sport , " Erle Piercy said , 50 " And take your bows with speed . " And now with me , my countrymen ...
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... hundred Scottish spears Scarce fifty - five did fly . Of fifteen hundred Englishmen , Went home but fifty - three ; 200 205 210 The rest were slain in Chevy - Chace , 215 Under the green - wood tree . 198. " I , as one in deep concern ...
... hundred Scottish spears Scarce fifty - five did fly . Of fifteen hundred Englishmen , Went home but fifty - three ; 200 205 210 The rest were slain in Chevy - Chace , 215 Under the green - wood tree . 198. " I , as one in deep concern ...
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Página 23 - My nephew good, the Douglas said, What recks the death of ane; Last night I dream'da dreary dream And I ken the day's thy ain. My wound is deep, I fain would sleep; Take thou the vanguard of the three, And hide me by the braken bush That grows on yonder lilye lee. O bury me by the braken bush, Beneath the blooming brier; Let never living mortal ken That ere a kindly Scot lies here.
Página 52 - Rabby there was slain, Whose prowess did surmount. For Witherington needs must I wail, As one in doleful dumps ; For when his legs were smitten off, He fought upon his stumps.
Página 45 - Lo, yonder doth Earl Douglas come, His men in armour bright ; Full twenty hundred Scottish spears All marching in our sight ; All men of pleasant Teviotdale, Fast by the river Tweed...
Página 276 - The True Chronicle History of King Leir and his three Daughters, Gonorill, Ragan, and Cordelia. As it hath been diuers and sundry times lately acted.
Página 49 - With that, there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow ; Who never spake more words than these, " Fight on, my merry men all ; For why, my life is at an end, Lord Percy sees my fall.
Página 29 - And all that ever with him be. The fattiste hartes in all Cheviat He sayd he wold kill, and cary them away : " Be my feth," sayd the dougheti Doglas agayn, " I wyll let that hontyng yf that I may.
Página 93 - How long shall fortune faile me nowe, And harrowe me with fear and dread ? How long shall I in bale abide, In misery my life to lead ? " To fall from my bliss, alas the while...
Página 281 - Grew frantick mad ; for in his mind He bore the wounds of woe : Which made him rend his milk-white locks, And tresses from his head. And all with blood bestain his cheeks, With age and honour spread...
Página 117 - With courage fierce and fell, He will not give one inch of way For all the devils in hell.
Página 23 - When Percy wi' the Douglas met I wat he was fu' fain: They swakked their swords till sair they swat, And the blood ran down like rain.